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Lots of good reasons already mentioned, but there were 2 killer reasons for me: developer tools and extensions. I really wanted to stick with Firefox, but as so

by xctr94 3y ago

Lots of good reasons already mentioned, but there were 2 killer reasons for me: developer tools and extensions. I really wanted to stick with Firefox, but as someone working on the web, it was an appalling experience. And then Chrome just kept getting better and better extensions that I couldn’t find elsewhere. Obviously Firefox becoming much slower and heavier over time, whilst introducing anti-features didn’t help either. I despise Google now, so I don’t use Chrome anymore. But I’m not going back to Firefox either. The trust battery towards Mozilla never got back from zero.

pseudalopex 3y ago
Some developers preferred Chrome's developer tools. Some preferred Firebug. What better and better extensions were Chrome only before Chrome overtook Firefox?
- xctr94 3y ago
  I did say “then Chrome…”. Over time I found more and more extensions being Chrome-only. This before the manifest harmonization, of course. A quick example that comes to mind is The Great Suspender (the tracking-free community edition). Firefox’s alternatives were really not very good. (I’m not sure how it is now.)
  - pseudalopex 3y ago
    Saying then Chrome did not communicate it wasn't supposed to answer how Chrome overtook Firefox. What was really not very good about Firefox's alternatives to The Great Suspender? I read some opinions now. All but 1 recommended alternatives even in Chrome because The Great Suspender could lose tabs if the browser crashed. And tabs suspended with it couldn't be restored without it. The other preferred The Great Suspender because it let them activate a tab without loading it. But the question was why Chrome beat out Firefox the way that it did. I think Chrome overtook Firefox before Chrome extensions overtook Firefox extensions.
    - xctr94 3y ago
      I’m sorry for my lack of clarity. Please keep in mind this is what killed Firefox for me, not the wider audience.

by xctr94 3y ago

pseudalopex 3y ago

Some developers preferred Chrome's developer tools. Some preferred Firebug. What better and better extensions were Chrome only before Chrome overtook Firefox?

xctr94 3y ago
I did say “then Chrome…”. Over time I found more and more extensions being Chrome-only. This before the manifest harmonization, of course. A quick example that comes to mind is The Great Suspender (the tracking-free community edition). Firefox’s alternatives were really not very good. (I’m not sure how it is now.)
- pseudalopex 3y ago
  Saying then Chrome did not communicate it wasn't supposed to answer how Chrome overtook Firefox. What was really not very good about Firefox's alternatives to The Great Suspender? I read some opinions now. All but 1 recommended alternatives even in Chrome because The Great Suspender could lose tabs if the browser crashed. And tabs suspended with it couldn't be restored without it. The other preferred The Great Suspender because it let them activate a tab without loading it. But the question was why Chrome beat out Firefox the way that it did. I think Chrome overtook Firefox before Chrome extensions overtook Firefox extensions.
  - xctr94 3y ago
    I’m sorry for my lack of clarity. Please keep in mind this is what killed Firefox for me, not the wider audience.