&gt;And now we&#x27;ve got us into another IE6 situation and I think it will be even harder to overcome this time.<p>I hate to defend Chrome, but I don&#x27;t think that comparing Chrome to IE6 is warranted (yet). The problem with IE was that a large number of users were stuck with IE6 and never updated (either by their own choice or their IT departments&#x27;). So web developers had to write code for modern web browsers, and then implement a compatibility layer (I guess we call it polyfill, these days) for IE6. Chrome, however, has an update mechanism that the vast majority of users and IT departments do not override. Chrome is not in an IE6 situation because historically the number of users running old versions of Chrome is small and drops off rapidly as new versions come out.<p>I pulled these graphs from a few years ago, comparing Chrome adoption to IE adoption:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cdn.arstechnica.net&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;chrome-adoption-2012-09.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cdn.arstechnica.net&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;chrome...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cdn.arstechnica.net&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;internet-explorer-adoption-2012-09.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cdn.arstechnica.net&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;intern...</a><p>Notice that Chrome uptake is very rapid, with the vast majority of users being on the current version of Chrome after approximately two to three months. Compare that with IE, where the majority of users still aren&#x27;t using the most modern version of Internet Explorer after two to three <i>years</i>.<p>So no, I don&#x27;t think Chrome is in the same position as IE. Google pushes updates to Chrome on a frequent basis, and, more importantly, those updates are actually applied by users. That said, it&#x27;s still possible that Google could tomorrow do what Microsoft did when IE &quot;won the browser war&quot;, which is disband the team and cease Chrome development. Do I think this is a likely scenario? Of course not. Is it possible? Sure.