Chrome seems to taking off not only in terms of the number of users but also its speed. Recent charts show an improvement of 26% this year.
There is nothing frustrating like slow browsers and one thing that has marketed chrome so much is its speed. With this report and the way google is committed to improving Chrome, then users number is likely to grow as well.
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The company's efforts aren't limited to JavaScript improvements , it also made recent moves to reduce the browser's startup time.