Tom Brokaw":3dscnqqf said:
I gave chrome about 5 minutes when it was new. I didn't like the search/url bar or (what I see as) the lack of configuration ability, compared to FF.
I use firefox because I like it. I have my plugins, I have my comfort with it. It doesn't mess with my bookmarks or my addons (anymore).
I'd like to hear from some of Chrome's more articulate evangelicals: why do you like it, and what makes you recommend it to others?
Chrome's search/url bar is quite jarring to new users, especially when it came out, because at that time IE and Firefox both had thick IE6,7,8 style toolbars. Now it is much more commonplace and the search/url bar together is really a boon to efficiency - no need to differentiate between the two. It also integrated well with Google Search Instant, which is something Firefox extensions do not do with comparable fluidity.
The new firefox interface is much like that of chrome, so you probably won't have many problems now. The chrome extensions are of high quality even though they are not as powerful as the firefox ones. In fact, I switched from chrome to firefox due to the more powerful addons, but switched back because the chrome addons were generally better updated (such as Google Voice). Also, chrome extensions hardly slow down the browser, which is the main reason I do not use Firefox. On my 5 year old $1400 dollar laptop, chrome runs very smoothly, as do most apps, but Firefox does not. I think this is somewhat due to the fact that Chrome is a native linux GTK+ app, while Firefox relies on a custom set of widgets. With addons, I have found chrome to have faster browsing speed and especially startup time on all systems. It also has built in flash, which crashes less often than the Adobe plugin, at least in my experience.
