[justtrying]

Well, this article is very wrong! Yes, Chrome is faster! But, it lacks some important functions that Mozilla Firefox has!
First, the safety of Firefox totally destroys Chrome! Chrome can track the activities of people using it! It is also impossible to block ads in Chrome because a lot of ads are made by Google! Firefox is considered as the safest web browser! It has tons of security add-ons like WOT and Ad-Block Plus!
Next, customization!
It's impossible to customize Chrome currently unlike Firefox which as tons of skins for a person which loves custom browsing!
Finally, there is the reliability of Firefox! There are a billion (seriously, it was announced recently) add-ons for Firefox to improve the experience of internet users!
So I recommend you to stick with Firefox for now unless they make some massive improvements with Chrome or any other browser!

[net2race]

I have given a fair trial to Google Chrome and finally uninstalled due to the following reasons: Yeah, it's faster, but so what? Where are fully customizable menues? Where are the extensions? Not available?, Ahh! How about privacy? Google penetrates (or at least tries to) every facet of your life, and very soon, after we have the Google, the G1 phone, The Android, The Google voice, the Google this, the Google that, we finally arrive at "Google Bedroom"??? You got the idea. The same monopoly as the Microsoft is professing. Firefox has been built on well designed and executed platform and is not going anywhere. Its stable and functional. To heck with the speed - we are not at the race track. Its like choosing between a college student and a mature, experienced pro. Who would you choose?

[candman]

I started using Chrome because Chrome runs each tab as a separate instance of the program, which I love. It's how I would code all of my programs if I had my way! Although I do use Chrome a great deal more than Firefox these days, I still keep Firefox around for the extensions. If Chrome adds extentions I may have to bail on Firefox altogether. If Firefox recodes such that having a problem in one tab doesn't crash everything, then I may well keep them around. I'm not sure I want Google to become omnipresent ala Microsoft, but thus far I am a big fan of Google and it's products. Will Firefox "fix" the single instance issue? Will Google add extensions to Chrome? Only time will tell, but Firefox, Chrome, or otherwise, when I see it, I will download it!

[brettschulte]

I've been a Safari fan, but the extensions and cross platform synchronization of Firefox has won me over for now. It seems that Firefox 3.1 is comparable to Chrome in performance and I don't see the bottle neck in performance being the browser...

[zachman1094]

I think the main feature that I like in Chrome that is impossible to have in Firefox is the ability to have every tab a different process. Earlier today I was working in Firefox with about 20-25+ tabs open, and Firefox froze because of one tab that I couldn't close. I lost all of my work, even though Firefox restored all of the tabs, it didn't restore all of my work. I may be in favor of Firefox, for now, but I still like to have a good argument. Check out this post by a user on here:
bsvols:
Don't you realize that the long wait is a huge advantage? You can click on Firefox, then go get a cup of coffee or turn on the TV and check out the local forecast and still get back to your computer in time to see it load. Built-in leisure time! Stop and smell the roses...or something...wait.....What's that???? The Firefox FanBoys are circling... the BOMBS are starting to fall...OH NOOoooo.......

[rgeiken]

I think that Keir Thomas has jumped the shark!!! If someone wants a full featured browser, they will likely chose Firefox rather than the lightweight contenders. Anyone that prefers those other browsers is welcome to them. I have been using Firefox for many a year, and will likely continue well into the future. I would also prefer to drive a BMW rather than a Geo!!!! It is amazing that they can create a story out of such a flimsy premise.

[Ronzini]

Safari beats all, no competition. Chrome is pretty, but it is lacking in features. As for Firefox and IE, they're just nightmarishly slow, and virtually unworkable when put side by side with Chrome and Safari.

I still highly recommend Chrome despite how the home screen being grotesque compared to that of Safari's. Safari's interface on the other hand is much more horrendous than Chrome's.

I used to use IE, than Firefox, and than Opera. But I rotate between Chrome and Safari. Chrome has incognito which is a lifesaver. I seriously can't live without it. Safari still lacks full screen though. To me that's a dissapointment. Notice how when you press f11 on every browser besides Safari, you get full screen. I also think Chrome's find (ctr+f) feature is superior to Safari's despite the fact that Safari's is prettier. Chrome has yellow tick marks on the scroll bar where the character/s are in, it shows which character/s your at relative to the others, and it shows the exact number of how many there are. Minor things. I'd also personally prefer Safari tabs to be crunched. All in all Safari = WIN, it is much faster than every other browser, therefore, working is much more efficient.

[KStrawn]

Ronzini, on 12 September 2009 - 11:37 PM, said:

Safari beats all, no competition. Chrome is pretty, but it is lacking in features. As for Firefox and IE, they're just nightmarishly slow, and virtually unworkable when put side by side with Chrome and Safari.

I still highly recommend Chrome despite how the home screen being grotesque compared to that of Safari's. Safari's interface on the other hand is much more horrendous than Chrome's.

I used to use IE, than Firefox, and than Opera. But I rotate between Chrome and Safari. Chrome has incognito which is a lifesaver. I seriously can't live without it. Safari still lacks full screen though. To me that's a dissapointment. Notice how when you press f11 on every browser besides Safari, you get full screen. I also think Chrome's find (ctr+f) feature is superior to Safari's despite the fact that Safari's is prettier. Chrome has yellow tick marks on the scroll bar where the character/s are in, it shows which character/s your at relative to the others, and it shows the exact number of how many there are. Minor things. I'd also personally prefer Safari tabs to be crunched. All in all Safari = WIN, it is much faster than every other browser, therefore, working is much more efficient.

Nightmarishly slow? Not when on Linux! I am using Firefox on Linux Mint 7, and it is the perfect combination. Safari and Chrome may be fast, but not on Windows! In fact, it only is Windows where you can see the difference. The reason for this? Temporary Internet Files. Every time images, downloads, videos, or Javascripts appear in a Windows browser, they are saved even when you close the browser. Firefox and IE generate a ton of temp files under Windows compared to Chrome and Safari, which is why they are fast under that particular operating system. But Linux deletes these files automatically anyway. So no matter how many temp files Firefox generates, they won't exist when the browser is opened a second time. It's like the difference between a self-cleaning oven and an oven that you have to get the grease out of. What an improvement the self cleaning feature makes!

[lutra]

KStrawn, on 13 September 2009 - 07:59 AM, said:

Nightmarishly slow? Not when on Linux! I am using Firefox on Linux Mint 7, and it is the perfect combination. Safari and Chrome may be fast, but not on Windows! In fact, it only is Windows where you can see the difference. The reason for this? Temporary Internet Files. Every time images, downloads, videos, or Javascripts appear in a Windows browser, they are saved even when you close the browser. Firefox and IE generate a ton of temp files under Windows compared to Chrome and Safari, which is why they are fast under that particular operating system. But Linux deletes these files automatically anyway. So no matter how many temp files Firefox generates, they won't exist when the browser is opened a second time. It's like the difference between a self-cleaning oven and an oven that you have to get the grease out of. What an improvement the self cleaning feature makes!

Firefox is pretty fast in Windows too to be honest. And I don't think you know what you're talking about with temporary internet files. I've not cleaned mine out for quite a while and running an analysis on the size, it was only 111KB so obviously it's not keeping a whole lot of information. Perhaps you're thinking of a much older version or another browser. Or maybe you're just blowing hot air. And what's with always mentioning Mint? Yeah, we get it, but nobody uses Mint. More people use Fedora than uses Mint. More people use Red Hat than uses Mint and that distro went stale years ago. Pick up Ubuntu already and join the rest of the Linux community.

[KStrawn]

lutra, on 13 September 2009 - 12:13 AM, said:

Firefox is pretty fast in Windows too to be honest. And I don't think you know what you're talking about with temporary internet files. I've not cleaned mine out for quite a while and running an analysis on the size, it was only 111KB so obviously it's not keeping a whole lot of information. Perhaps you're thinking of a much older version or another browser. Or maybe you're just blowing hot air. And what's with always mentioning Mint? Yeah, we get it, but nobody uses Mint. More people use Fedora than uses Mint. More people use Red Hat than uses Mint and that distro went stale years ago. Pick up Ubuntu already and join the rest of the Linux community.

Okay, maybe I mention Mint a little too much. But that's because it was the first Linux distro to pick up wireless networks using my Linksys WMP600N on the LiveCD. Linksys has always been stubborn about Linux. And Ubuntu sure didn't help. Even in Ubuntu, there always was trouble getting my wireless network adapter to work. Hardy, Intrepid, and Jaunty I tested. They all failed to recognize the adapter. Mint, which IS Ubuntu-based and NEW, recognized it with no problems whatsoever. I consider it the Ubuntu with the hardware holes filled in.

This post has been edited by KStrawn: 12 September 2009 - 11:48 PM

[Nuke61]

I agree with what seems to be a common thread here... yes, Chrome is fast, but it will never be my default browser until it supports extensions. I run Firefox on Mac and Windows with just a few extensions, but they are both great items: 1) NoScript & 2) DownloadHelper