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I started off being uncomfortable that I was using Chrome more and more. But it is a lot of little things that make it better. I'm on the dev channel, and some

by bdotdub 16y ago

I started off being uncomfortable that I was using Chrome more and more. But it is a lot of little things that make it better. I'm on the dev channel, and some things might break, but having quick patches and updates is awesome. Three things are holding me back to fully switching over: - Awesome bar - its awesome - Web Inspector <<<<< Firebug - '/' to start searching (unless its there and i just dont know about it) edit: formatting

samstokes 16y ago
Yeah, those things plus the Delicious extension keep me on Firefox. Also, Chrome's "restore open tabs after a crash" feature is flaky. I use a lot of Chrome's "create application shortcut" feature, and it seems that if the first Chrome process I open after a crash is an application shortcut, it irrevocably forgets about the other tabs I had open.
fleitz 16y ago
Agree on awesome bar, but switched anyways, primarily because of the UX around closing tabs. (Chrome makes sure that the X stays over the cursor) and the search / url bar being one text box. I've found that the built in inspector is sufficient for me on Chrome, and I love the resource monitoring. '/' to searching is a big one for me but have adjusted back to CTRL-F I understand that there are 'vim' bindings now for chrome in some extension but haven't bothered installing it.
- ronnier 16y ago
  Vimium: http://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb http://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgnh... I find this to be the perfect browser experience. It enables a lot of the VIM key bindings without altering the browser's regular settings. Meaning, I can still use the mouse just fine. / works for find. j,k for moving up down.
njharman 16y ago
I use Chrome at work and FF everywhere else. Chrome is bloody fast. But, FF keywords and awesome bar are so much better than what Chrome does. Totally miss '/', and ctrl-u to view source. An extension to bring those back would make me 37% happier! Next version of FF claims big speed improvements. And since they've delivered on speed and memory improvements in the past I'm hopeful. I'll probably be switching back to FF only when that's out.
- cryptoz 16y ago
  FWIW, Ctrl+u works as View Source in Chrome! Sadly, / doesn't do anything.

by bdotdub 16y ago

samstokes 16y ago

Yeah, those things plus the Delicious extension keep me on Firefox. Also, Chrome's "restore open tabs after a crash" feature is flaky. I use a lot of Chrome's "create application shortcut" feature, and it seems that if the first Chrome process I open after a crash is an application shortcut, it irrevocably forgets about the other tabs I had open.

fleitz 16y ago

Agree on awesome bar, but switched anyways, primarily because of the UX around closing tabs. (Chrome makes sure that the X stays over the cursor) and the search / url bar being one text box. I've found that the built in inspector is sufficient for me on Chrome, and I love the resource monitoring. '/' to searching is a big one for me but have adjusted back to CTRL-F I understand that there are 'vim' bindings now for chrome in some extension but haven't bothered installing it.

ronnier 16y ago
Vimium: http://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb http://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgnh... I find this to be the perfect browser experience. It enables a lot of the VIM key bindings without altering the browser's regular settings. Meaning, I can still use the mouse just fine. / works for find. j,k for moving up down.

njharman 16y ago

I use Chrome at work and FF everywhere else. Chrome is bloody fast. But, FF keywords and awesome bar are so much better than what Chrome does. Totally miss '/', and ctrl-u to view source. An extension to bring those back would make me 37% happier! Next version of FF claims big speed improvements. And since they've delivered on speed and memory improvements in the past I'm hopeful. I'll probably be switching back to FF only when that's out.

cryptoz 16y ago
FWIW, Ctrl+u works as View Source in Chrome! Sadly, / doesn't do anything.