According to the StatCounter data record, the number of Google Chrome users in Indonesia increased almost twice in a year. In September 2010, the number of Chrome users in Indonesia was only 9.9% while in September 2011 the number of users has reach 17.56%. It is in accordance with the Chrome users’ trend that increases in many countries in the world. StatCounter predicted that Chrome will beat Mozilla Firefox as the 2nd rank browser globally, after IE, in December.
In Indonesia, the browser users’ statistic of shows that the top desktop users is Firefox with about 75% or 3 from 4 people who go online in Indonesia uses Firefox. The number decreases compared to September 2010. The further breaking down shows that the most popular version is the 3.6 although it decreases month to month, then followed Firefox 6.0. IE, Opera, and Safari are left behind in Indonesia, they are only used by not more than 5% of the users.
Both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox in Indonesia are doing intensive campaign to keep and increase the number of users’ base. Google Chrome is doing special campaign about broader internet usage and makes collaboration with several social communities. While Mozilla Firefox depends on the continue cooperation with community. The last participation of Mozilla Firefox is in the Mozilla Indonesia Mascot for National batik Day.
According to my experience, Chrome and Firefox have each own strength. Chrome tends to be faster for anything – from loading to rendering. While Firefox tends to be more stable and crashing is seldom happen – although on the newest version, Firefox reduces the loading time and increase the time of its rendering. Which one will be the favorite for Indonesian users? It depends on the users’ own preference whether the speed or stability.
