| > How is Mac version holding back Chrome in terms of adoption when mac represents roughly 9-10% OS market? Because Mac usage among early adopters and other tech influencers is a much higher percentage, and they're the ones who recommend software to use to the less savvy. That's how Firefox's marketshare got its initial big boost. > Noscript is used by a very small niche users Again, Noscript usage incidence is higher among that same market. > I think most of the early adopters of Chrome are fairly tech savvy users Most alpha geeks I know (including myself) use Firefox as their primary browser rather than Chrome, mainly because it's not quite there on Mac/Linux, and/or favorite extensions don't exist. Nearly all Chrome users I know are Windows users, and don't care about extensions, and like the perceived speed compared to other browsers. Nearly all alpha geeks I know use Chrome on Windows, when they have to use Windows, which isn't very often. Get more of those alpha geeks using Chrome as their primary, more recommendations trickle down to their less geeky friends. That's what happened with Firefox, and that's what will happen with Chrome once a stable Mac port and support for the popular extensions show up. |