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This is freaking unbelievable to me.  Apple has been in the browser business for much longer than Google.  And Safari ships with all Mac computers as the default browser!  But apparently, Google Chrome is just that cool!

Just last week, Google finally released official betas for its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux. That release had a nice effect on market share for the browser, propelling it past Apple’s Safari and into third place.

So what does this really mean?  Frankly, not a whole heck of a lot since this means that Chrome now has a total of just over 4.4% of the browser market share.   Good, but certainly not in any position to overtake Firefox or Internet Explorer .  In all honesty, I’d be thrilled if Internet Explorer got knocked down a few pegs. But you can have my Firefox when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands.  Yes. I’m that attached to it.

So… what do I think of Chrome?  Well, it’s better than Internet Explorer.  It’s better than Opera.  Versus Safari — it’s about a tossup for me.  I’m really not overly attached to either.  I tried Safari.  I really did.  But it just lacks the plugins of Firefox — a feature which I take full advantage of.  And at the end of the day, things are just more intuitive for me in Firefox.  Chrome, on the other hand, is just very different.  And I like that.  And I’ll probably download it and play with it more.