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its great that they have improved compared to themselves, but i think the question is, is it vastly faster than chrome? think of it this way, why would i switc

its great that they have improved compared to themselves, but i think the question is, is it vastly faster than chrome? think of it this way, why would i switch to firefox to get back to where i was to begin with (speed wise)? firefox would have to be substantially different from chrome to make people make the effort to switch. right now it seems that it is just catching up to the competition. i look forward to the continued updates and will continue to look into the possibility of switching in the future. right now, the speed is comparable to chrome, and extensions seem to be at a disadvantage. a few more months to go for me, personally before trying again.

JohnTHaller 9y ago
Firefox is now comparable to Chrome in actual usage (some sites faster some sites slower) but generally starts up faster, uses less RAM if you're a tab-a-holic, and 'feels' faster in usage. This makes Firefox's other benefits (fully open source, not tied to an advertising company, more customizable, actual competition in the browser space so we don't wind up with an IE-style monoculture again with webkit/blink, etc) more attractive as they do not incur the penalty of using a slower browser to get them.