>> Chrome's appeal was primarily technical. Each tab got its own process and could crash without taking down the entire browser. >Curious, I remember speed bei

>> Chrome's appeal was primarily technical. Each tab got its own process and could crash without taking down the entire browser. >Curious, I remember speed being the primary reason It was probably both. I know I was definitely sick of sites (mostly Flash) crashing the browser and throwing my entire session in the bin. I was probably already using some Gecko-based "light" browser instead of Firefox, but V8 did make a difference when using the emerging web app style sites like Gmail.