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Firefox's plugins are what keeps it as my main browser. It is nice for Chrome to be faster, more robust, better designed, etc... but in the end features really

by dejb 18y ago

Firefox's plugins are what keeps it as my main browser. It is nice for Chrome to be faster, more robust, better designed, etc... but in the end features really do matter.

unalone 18y ago
They did announce plug-ins, you know. And I don't know about you or other people, but for me it's browsing the Internet that matters most for a web browser. People are disagreeing, but it's true. I stopped using Firefox because every feature it added was one that didn't add anything to the INTERNET but to the BROWSER. I think that's a pretty important distinction. It added clutter and took away from the web pages I visited. That's why I dropped it.
- dejb 18y ago
  > They did announce plug-ins, you know. Yes but so far I'm not aware of any. Not even the google toolbar AFAIKS. For me plugins like online bookmarks (delicious), current page/site info (seoquake) and web debugging (firebug) have become 'must haves'. There are many others that I have tried and found I did't need but it is nice to have options.
  - unalone 18y ago
    I've never found plug-ins useful. I use only one computer, so I only have one set of bookmarks, and I use MobileMe running through a mobile browser I set in Dropbox to sync everything. Dunno why page info ever matters, really. And I feel stupid saying this, but I've never had to debug a page. Things run more or less logically. If something messes up you just look at your code again.