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I've been really happy with Chrome after using Firefox for a long time. I couldn't bear one more Adobe Flash Plugin crash. Has any Chrome user here switched ove

by jaybol 16y ago

I've been really happy with Chrome after using Firefox for a long time. I couldn't bear one more Adobe Flash Plugin crash. Has any Chrome user here switched over to Firefox 4 and been pleased with it?

brianwillis 16y ago
Tried switching back this morning. I wanted to like it, I really did. But compared to Chrome, Firefox still feels heavy, cluttered, and it doesn't quite mesh with how I feel a browser should work. I realise that these are amorphous and inarticulate reasons for choosing one browser over another, but it's all I've got.
- bvi 16y ago
  The only thing preventing me from leaving FF to move to Chrome is TabMixPlus (especially multi-layered tabs), considering I regularly have 20-30+ tabs open simultaneously. Scrolling through tabs on Chrome is a very painful experience, and as such, my Chrome experience is limited to occasional moments when FF feels too clunky and needs to be restarted. If there is a Chrome extension that allows this, please let me know, because I've been unable to find one.
  - digitaltothem 16y ago
    I don`t know if this will help, but I am using extension Too Many Tabs for Chrome. Not that it is as awesome as TabMixPlus for FF, but it helps. And there are other similar extensions. I haven`t tried all of them, but here is the link: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?q=Tab+mix+Plus https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?q=Tab+mix+Plus
superdude 16y ago
Yes. Running OS X, Firefox is more responsive when opening and switching to new tabs. Maybe the act of creating a new process for each tab slows Chrome down? For example, if I open a new tab in Chrome while I have many already open and then attempt to scroll, the scrolling will lag by a second. I almost never have any lag with Firefox except when first starting the program. Even with an SSD Firefox is more responsive.
gfodor 16y ago
Yes, because of pentadactyl.
alexqgb 16y ago
Yes. I started using the beta a few months ago, and steadily used Chrome less and less. Now, not at all.
guelo 16y ago
If you'd have read the article to the end you would have seen that Firefox now isolates browser plugins so they don't take down the browser with them.
- skippybosco 16y ago
  With the addition of the FlashBlock plugin (http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://flashblock.mozdev.org/) the chance of those crashes happening drops significantly.
  - swaits 16y ago
    This can be done without a plugin in Chrome. Simply go to about:flags and enable the Click to Play plugins option. This enables an extra option in the prefs under Content Settings IIRC, that allows you to force any, all, or specific plugins to behave this way. Godsend.
- natmaster 16y ago
  This has been true since 3.6 unless you're on mac.
jacoblyles 16y ago
Firefox 4 has a clear lead over all the other browsers in HTML5 support and javascript performance. It is the best release on the market for HTML5 gaming.
- riffraff 16y ago
  I am fairly sure that is not true, e.g. http://arewefastyet.com/ http://arewefastyet.com/ does not show a clear lead over others, and that is by firefox devs themselves. Notwithstanding real usage, sensible benchmarking, concrete experience etc.. I'm just arguing it is not _clear_.
aerique 16y ago
More-or-less. I test drove Chrome for about a month but I cannot live without NoScript support. Besides that I find the browsers to be about equal for what I use them for. This was about 6 months ago. note: I did try NotScripts for Chrome, but it was too limited.
jakkinabox 16y ago
On ubuntu, yes. On windows, no. Chrome opens tabs kinda slow on ubuntu for some reason.

by jaybol 16y ago

brianwillis 16y ago

Tried switching back this morning. I wanted to like it, I really did. But compared to Chrome, Firefox still feels heavy, cluttered, and it doesn't quite mesh with how I feel a browser should work. I realise that these are amorphous and inarticulate reasons for choosing one browser over another, but it's all I've got.

bvi 16y ago
The only thing preventing me from leaving FF to move to Chrome is TabMixPlus (especially multi-layered tabs), considering I regularly have 20-30+ tabs open simultaneously. Scrolling through tabs on Chrome is a very painful experience, and as such, my Chrome experience is limited to occasional moments when FF feels too clunky and needs to be restarted. If there is a Chrome extension that allows this, please let me know, because I've been unable to find one.
- digitaltothem 16y ago
  I don`t know if this will help, but I am using extension Too Many Tabs for Chrome. Not that it is as awesome as TabMixPlus for FF, but it helps. And there are other similar extensions. I haven`t tried all of them, but here is the link: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?q=Tab+mix+Plus https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?q=Tab+mix+Plus

superdude 16y ago

Yes. Running OS X, Firefox is more responsive when opening and switching to new tabs. Maybe the act of creating a new process for each tab slows Chrome down? For example, if I open a new tab in Chrome while I have many already open and then attempt to scroll, the scrolling will lag by a second. I almost never have any lag with Firefox except when first starting the program. Even with an SSD Firefox is more responsive.

gfodor 16y ago

Yes, because of pentadactyl.

alexqgb 16y ago

Yes. I started using the beta a few months ago, and steadily used Chrome less and less. Now, not at all.

guelo 16y ago

If you'd have read the article to the end you would have seen that Firefox now isolates browser plugins so they don't take down the browser with them.

skippybosco 16y ago
With the addition of the FlashBlock plugin (http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://flashblock.mozdev.org/) the chance of those crashes happening drops significantly.
- swaits 16y ago
  This can be done without a plugin in Chrome. Simply go to about:flags and enable the Click to Play plugins option. This enables an extra option in the prefs under Content Settings IIRC, that allows you to force any, all, or specific plugins to behave this way. Godsend.
natmaster 16y ago
This has been true since 3.6 unless you're on mac.

jacoblyles 16y ago

Firefox 4 has a clear lead over all the other browsers in HTML5 support and javascript performance. It is the best release on the market for HTML5 gaming.

riffraff 16y ago
I am fairly sure that is not true, e.g. http://arewefastyet.com/ http://arewefastyet.com/ does not show a clear lead over others, and that is by firefox devs themselves. Notwithstanding real usage, sensible benchmarking, concrete experience etc.. I'm just arguing it is not _clear_.

aerique 16y ago

More-or-less. I test drove Chrome for about a month but I cannot live without NoScript support. Besides that I find the browsers to be about equal for what I use them for. This was about 6 months ago. note: I did try NotScripts for Chrome, but it was too limited.

jakkinabox 16y ago

On ubuntu, yes. On windows, no. Chrome opens tabs kinda slow on ubuntu for some reason.