Even if we pretend the browser was installed against the users will, they still continue to use it extensively in preference to IE that has all the users bookmarks, settings and whatnot. While im very skeptic about users being forced to install Chrome against their will, they seem to like it either way since they really use it instead of IE, day after day after day....

The differences between Google and Microsoft is very deep, especially when it comes to origin, management and how they do things.

Read through this "little" list of things Microsoft has done:

http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=2005010107100653

Then, compare that mountain of evidence against what Google has done so far. In comparison with most online business Google comes out very clean. Compared to Microsoft you have to compare to something like Monsanto before you even begin to come into the same ballpark as Microsoft.

This article is a sham and probably paid for by MS.

Google Chrome has always asked me to choose a search engine for as long as i can remember. Maybe they should include more search engines, but it does not default to Google Search.

http://techhamlet.com/2010/09/google-know-about-the-other-search-engines/

It would be nice if Microsoft released those stats to dispel the "myth". But alas, its not myths but the sad truth.

Judging from the high return rate of WP7 phones and their abysmal sales, im not at all alone in thinking it sucks. Seems impossible to sell them even at a loss like Nokia is doing right now.

You are a fool if you think UI experts have anything to say about how Windows is designed. Metro was stolen off of the Sony Ericsson X1 that was essentially Metro ontop of Windows Mobile 6.5. It is in no way, shape or form created by UI designers. And if you look at Windows 8 its utterly apparent that no UI designer has had any input whatsoever there.

Metro is a mess because its nothing but widgets called "Tiles" and hyped as something groundbreaking and special. It sucked back when Sony Ericsson did it on the SE X1 mobile phone, and it sucks just as much now that Microsoft "borrowed" it.

I could drill down into specifics, but why would i do that? Its not like there aren't more than enough people inside Microsoft that hates the UI and has long lists of things they think should be changed.

If you talk about Gnome, it has gone to hell lately. Mostly because they took a small-screen touch based interface and tried to meld it onto a desktop. Its as stupid as taking Metro and cramming it ontop of Windows7. Oh wait...Windows 8 right?

KDE is doing very fine on the other hand, as is LXDE, XFCE and many others that has gotten an influx of activity now that Gnome hit the wall.

Unity is actually quite nice on a mobile phone. Its on a Desktop it sucks. The same cant be said about Metro because that baby sucks anywhere.

Except, that's not how it works. The only people who like the horrible UI mess that is Metro is the true believers. The Yesmen that would be happy with a brick with "Turn Over!" written on both sides, but only if it was a new game from Microsoft.