That's not a gain in marketshare, that's some random statistical noise.<p>Take a look at the graph[1]. IE6's segment is generally trending downwards, but the "wiggle" from month to month is a bit bigger than the trend. This month it happens to be wiggling up. Next month it will probably wiggle down, and ars will get to write a breathless article on the impending demise of IE6.<p>The correct take-away is that IE6 is declining, but slowly. So slowly, that on a monthly timescale, the change is smaller than random variations. So stop measuring it on a monthly basis.<p>[1] <a href="http://static.arstechnica.net/2012/04/02/internet-explorer-adoption-2012-03-4f7a134-intro.png" rel="nofollow">http://static.arstechnica.net/2012/04/02/internet-explorer-a...</a>
The title is pure linkbait. The article doesn't make any kind of deal about that it it's such a small amount alot of sampling errors could account for that. The article tries to justify it's > 10 point difference from other surveys re: chrome vs IE so I don't think a sub 1 point gain is worht spending too much time talking about and the article doesn't.<p>Can someone change the title?
As a web developer, this graph is simply beautiful: <a href="http://static.arstechnica.net/2012/04/02/chrome-adoption-2012-03-4f7a134-intro.png" rel="nofollow">http://static.arstechnica.net/2012/04/02/chrome-adoption-201...</a>
When I read the title, a part of me was hoping that somewhere in the world it was still April 1st and this was a very distasteful April fools joke!<p>Interestingly enough, if you look at the "Internet explorer version adoption" graph, IE6 and IE7 appear to have identical adoption trends. Maybe this is some kind of sniffing error?
It will take much longer than most people expect to dethrone IE, thanks to the situation well illustrated by this graph: <a href="http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-CN-monthly-201104-201203" rel="nofollow">http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-CN-monthly-201104-201203</a>