Comments on: Google Turns its Back on Firefox

By: 46Bit

46Bit — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:37:29 +0000

Who on earth actually likes Google Toolbar? It’s useless – clunks up & slows down your browser, provides a second search box when unless you’re using an old browser you already have one.

It’s “ad-blocking” is junk as well, useless on most modern sites with pop-up type ads!

By: Google Pack Abstainer

Google Pack Abstainer — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:39:49 +0000

No wonder why I’ve never installed Google Pack. This is all the more ammunition why to stay that way.

By: Daniel newns

Daniel newns — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:03:32 +0000

we all knew it would come after chrome had established itself. i must say i do prefer chrome over firefox especially of late, as my firefox seems to crash more often than windows and thats saying something!!!

By: Hierophant

Hierophant — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:37:43 +0000

@Hierophant: Actually, according to Compete, the Google Pack site gets about 1.5 million unique visitors per month. And I generally find that Compete tends to under count.

Visits do not equal downloads though. I visit the Google Pack site at least once a month but have never downloaded it. Either I have the products in it that I want already (Skype, Adobe Reader, Firefox, Norton) or have found what I consider superior counterparts (MS Office vs. OpenOffice or GoogleDocs and Flickr vs. Picasa). Or the offering just doesn’t fit a need like Google Earth, Google Talk, and Google Screensaver.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:59:45 +0000

I prefer Google Chrome over Firefox by a long shot.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:19:19 +0000

promote chrome

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:52:25 +0000

Don’t care because I love every product Google has ever put out.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:12:15 +0000

Meh. They need to get the Linux people on board.

By: TheLunchBox

TheLunchBox — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:46:00 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if Google is seeing a downturn on ad revenue in the current economy and trying to find ways to boost numbers. Maybe if they have some high profile wins they will see an up turn in AdWords.

By: Josh Catone

Josh Catone — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:01:09 +0000

@Hierophant: Actually, according to Compete, the Google Pack site gets about 1.5 million unique visitors per month. And I generally find that Compete tends to under count. That might be a fairly small number of users in the grand scheme of things, but the point is really more about the trend that seems to be developing at Google. They appear to be beginning to push away open source projects they've supported in the past in favor of promoting their own (not always open source) products. You can make of that what you will, of course.