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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
by 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 agoSaying 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 agoI’m sorry for my lack of clarity. Please keep in mind this is what killed Firefox for me, not the wider audience.