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Honestly, it's just not the same. I know Mozilla agrees, because my friend is in charge of bringing out a better "App store" for Firefox. It's not enough to app

Honestly, it's just not the same. I know Mozilla agrees, because my friend is in charge of bringing out a better "App store" for Firefox. It's not enough to appeal to the developer crowd, who's willing to search hard for what they want - you have to do the Apple and Chrome thing, and appeal to people who are not technophiles, and just want a browser with cool tools.

kaolinite 14y ago
Out of interest, what's the difference? The chrome store looks a bit nicer (although it's a pain to navigate IMO) - but I don't really see much difference in terms of functionality. The search is just as good on the Firefox store.
- RudeBaguette 14y ago
  Perhaps its integration within the browser, or marketing - I'm not sure. But again, it's not a matter of assessing each feature and comparing the two, because that's what developers do. It's a matter of appealling to the non-developer community using the internet (much larger than the developer community, unfortunately).
  - kaolinite 14y ago
    Integration into the browser is definitely an issue. Addons are hidden away in a menu and non-techies are definitely less likely to find them. I hope this will change soon as Firefox rolls out the new tab page. It would be nice to have something similar to Chrome with a page you can scroll across to for extensions. I'm still confused as to why this made you switch, however, as I'm sure you're capable of installing addons in either browser. Still, each to their own :-)
  - AndrewDucker 14y ago
    Tools->Addons->Get Addons has the addon site inside the browser.
  - nodata 14y ago
    It's not clear enough what the difference between these things are: * Add-ons * Extensions * Plug-ins * Themes * Appearance * Personas (Note: I'm not asking for an explanation, I'm pointing out a problem)
    - kaolinite 14y ago
      Same applies to Chrome too, to an extent: - Extensions - Apps - Plugins - Themes
      - TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
        I think with Chrome, aside from Plugins, it's pretty clear. Extensions add stuff to the browser, Apps are applications, and Themes make the browser pretty (or ugly).
- RudeBaguette 14y ago
  Actually, I honestly originally switched because I thought ctrl+shift+n was a smarter hotkey to open a private navigation window than ctrl+shift+p, as it is in Firefox. After that, Firefox just didn't do anything to win me back. It's small, but there 99% identical anyway - i's like Chimps and Humans.

kaolinite 14y ago

Out of interest, what's the difference? The chrome store looks a bit nicer (although it's a pain to navigate IMO) - but I don't really see much difference in terms of functionality. The search is just as good on the Firefox store.

RudeBaguette 14y ago
Perhaps its integration within the browser, or marketing - I'm not sure. But again, it's not a matter of assessing each feature and comparing the two, because that's what developers do. It's a matter of appealling to the non-developer community using the internet (much larger than the developer community, unfortunately).
- kaolinite 14y ago
  Integration into the browser is definitely an issue. Addons are hidden away in a menu and non-techies are definitely less likely to find them. I hope this will change soon as Firefox rolls out the new tab page. It would be nice to have something similar to Chrome with a page you can scroll across to for extensions. I'm still confused as to why this made you switch, however, as I'm sure you're capable of installing addons in either browser. Still, each to their own :-)
- AndrewDucker 14y ago
  Tools->Addons->Get Addons has the addon site inside the browser.
- nodata 14y ago
  It's not clear enough what the difference between these things are: * Add-ons * Extensions * Plug-ins * Themes * Appearance * Personas (Note: I'm not asking for an explanation, I'm pointing out a problem)
  - kaolinite 14y ago
    Same applies to Chrome too, to an extent: - Extensions - Apps - Plugins - Themes
    - TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
      I think with Chrome, aside from Plugins, it's pretty clear. Extensions add stuff to the browser, Apps are applications, and Themes make the browser pretty (or ugly).
RudeBaguette 14y ago
Actually, I honestly originally switched because I thought ctrl+shift+n was a smarter hotkey to open a private navigation window than ctrl+shift+p, as it is in Firefox. After that, Firefox just didn't do anything to win me back. It's small, but there 99% identical anyway - i's like Chimps and Humans.