There are a few replies on performance here: I didn't notice at the time, I just did it because Google was still a 'cool' company. In the intervening years I b

There are a few replies on performance here: I didn't notice at the time, I just did it because Google was still a 'cool' company. In the intervening years I bounced between the two depending on which made the most asinine UI decisions but settled on Firefox when my FOSS sensibilities and distaste for Google hardened.