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Firefox users have had more time to accumulate extensions b/c they haven't switched to Chrome yet, which would reset the count to zero until they accumulated so

Firefox users have had more time to accumulate extensions b/c they haven't switched to Chrome yet, which would reset the count to zero until they accumulated some for Chrome.

frossie 15y ago
I am not sure it is that simple. For one, there are people who don't switch to Chrome because of specific Firefox extensions that they love [ed: you can pry Tree Style Tab out of my cold dead hands] and therefore maybe those who switch to Chrome are people who use extensions less extensively to start with. In other words if you don't use extensions a lot, perhaps you are more likely to switch browsers. And while I have no reason to believe I am representative, I don't tend to accumulate Firefox extensions the way I, say, accumulate iOS apps. There are advantages in culling, and new releases offer a frequent opportunity to do so.
icebraining 15y ago
The Chrome API isn't as powerful as Firefox's (which isn't surprising, considering Firefox itself uses the same infrastructure (JS + XUL) offered to extensions). For example, I doubt Vimperator/Pterodactyl is possible on Chrome, and that's a killer feature for me.
- jokermatt999 15y ago
  Pentadactyl. Not trying to be a pedant, just trying to help if someone wanted to find it. There are actually sort of similar addons for Chrome. Vimium has the keyboard navigation, but the full command line and customization is completely gone. It's basically just for keyboard navigation, and last time I checked, that was a little weird with Chrome's focus models (something about hitting escape and it working with my muscle memory; I don't recall exactly).
  - icebraining 15y ago
    >Pentadactyl. Not trying to be a pedant, just trying to help if someone wanted to find it. Right, thanks! >There are actually sort of similar addons for Chrome. Vimium has the keyboard navigation, but the full command line and customization is completely gone. It's basically just for keyboard navigation, and last time I checked, that was a little weird with Chrome's focus models (something about hitting escape and it working with my muscle memory; I don't recall exactly). Yeah, I use much more than that. I've "installed" a Vimperator script to control NoScript in the Command mode, I use quickmarks, macros and the :js command with interactive tab completion is very useful.
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Firefox users have had more time to accumulate extensions b/c they haven't switched to Chrome yet, which would reset the count to zero until they accumulated some for Chrome.

frossie 15y ago

I am not sure it is that simple. For one, there are people who don't switch to Chrome because of specific Firefox extensions that they love [ed: you can pry Tree Style Tab out of my cold dead hands] and therefore maybe those who switch to Chrome are people who use extensions less extensively to start with. In other words if you don't use extensions a lot, perhaps you are more likely to switch browsers. And while I have no reason to believe I am representative, I don't tend to accumulate Firefox extensions the way I, say, accumulate iOS apps. There are advantages in culling, and new releases offer a frequent opportunity to do so.

icebraining 15y ago

The Chrome API isn't as powerful as Firefox's (which isn't surprising, considering Firefox itself uses the same infrastructure (JS + XUL) offered to extensions). For example, I doubt Vimperator/Pterodactyl is possible on Chrome, and that's a killer feature for me.

jokermatt999 15y ago
Pentadactyl. Not trying to be a pedant, just trying to help if someone wanted to find it. There are actually sort of similar addons for Chrome. Vimium has the keyboard navigation, but the full command line and customization is completely gone. It's basically just for keyboard navigation, and last time I checked, that was a little weird with Chrome's focus models (something about hitting escape and it working with my muscle memory; I don't recall exactly).
- icebraining 15y ago
  >Pentadactyl. Not trying to be a pedant, just trying to help if someone wanted to find it. Right, thanks! >There are actually sort of similar addons for Chrome. Vimium has the keyboard navigation, but the full command line and customization is completely gone. It's basically just for keyboard navigation, and last time I checked, that was a little weird with Chrome's focus models (something about hitting escape and it working with my muscle memory; I don't recall exactly). Yeah, I use much more than that. I've "installed" a Vimperator script to control NoScript in the Command mode, I use quickmarks, macros and the :js command with interactive tab completion is very useful.

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