The first option is to upgrade to a supported operating system. Upgrade Your Operating System or Switch BrowsersĮnd users of Chrome running one of the versions of Windows or Mac OS X that is now unsupported should stop using their installed copy of Google Chrome and decide which option they would like to take. If you attempt to install Google Chrome on Windows XP or Vista, the Chrome installer will download, run, install the Google Updater service and then show this error message:Įxisting users of Google Chrome on now-unsupported operating systems will see the following warning message: Existing users will see a message that they will no longer receive updates because their operating system is unsupportted.
New installations from the Chrome installer download will not work on machines with those operating systems. Google Chrome's new tab screen shows thumbnails of the most visited sites for easy selection.As posted about last month, Google Chrome has today dropped support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X releases 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. Opera, meanwhile, accounted for less than 1% of the browser market in August.
More information about Chrome can be found on the Google Web site, which offers up short video clips of the browser's main features.Ĭhrome will compete against established browsers including Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox, Apple's Safari and Opera Software ASA's namesake browser.Īccording to Web metrics vendor Net Applications Inc., IE accounted for 72.2% of the browsers used last month, while Firefox and Safari owned 19.7% and 6.4% of the market, respectively. On the download page, Google has touted Chrome as "a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer and easier." There was no similar link for users interested in a Linux edition. The download page sports a link to a form where users who want to be notified when the Mac version is done can enter their e-mail addresses.
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