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I've been using the Firefox 3.5 beta (Shiretoko) as my primary browser for a few months now. Despite the occasional crashes its the best browser I've ever used.

by qeorge 18y ago

I've been using the Firefox 3.5 beta (Shiretoko) as my primary browser for a few months now. Despite the occasional crashes its the best browser I've ever used. Chrome runs circles around Firefox 3, but its no faster than Shiretoko. Combined with the extra ads I have to pull down because Chrome has no extensions its not even a contest. But even comparing Chrome to Firefox 3, I still don't see Chrome taking a lot of marketshare away from Firefox. Asking a user to change browsers is an extremely hard sell. When Firefox arrived the current offering (IE6) was so bad that browsers were a hair-on-fire problem. I don't think that case can't be made now. Furthermore, Google's track record for software doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. I'm pretty sure Mozilla will continue to pump most of their resources and focus into Firefox for the foreseeable future. I don't have that feeling about Google.

palish 18y ago
I've been using Chrome as my primary browser for about .5 years now. Apart from a few crashes, it has been the best browser I've ever used. I don't see any ads after I click my Readability bookmarklet either. When I shut down my computer a few nights ago, I had 92 Chrome windows open, each with 6-12 tabs. Firefox probably would have died had I tried this. Two things annoyed me about Firefox. When it crashed, all open windows were shut down. Since Chrome spawns separate processes for each window, it doesn't have this problem. Secondly, Firefox took 5-10 seconds to open, and frequently lagged. Chrome opens instantly and has no performance problems on my machine. Also, could we please stop killing every somewhat-questionable link? The HN conversation surrounding them is typically very interesting. (Until people start complaining about the quality of the articles, that is.)
- qeorge 18y ago
  Regarding ads, the big advantage of AdBlock is that the request is never made to the ad server. Ad includes can get pretty bulky so it makes a difference. Regarding Chrome, I agree that having one process per window is a great idea. I have to ask though, what are you doing that is best accomplished with 92 browser windows open?
  - palish 18y ago
    Heh. I just don't close browser windows, most of the time. I use alt-tab as a form of 'daily history', meaning when I press alt-tab, I can view all of what I've been looking at / doing for the day. So if I was reading about Numpy earlier in the day, then went to read something else, I'd open a new Chrome window. That way I can tab back and finish reading at some later point. 92 windows is of course extreme. My laptop had been on for a couple days at that point.

by qeorge 18y ago

palish 18y ago

I've been using Chrome as my primary browser for about .5 years now. Apart from a few crashes, it has been the best browser I've ever used. I don't see any ads after I click my Readability bookmarklet either. When I shut down my computer a few nights ago, I had 92 Chrome windows open, each with 6-12 tabs. Firefox probably would have died had I tried this. Two things annoyed me about Firefox. When it crashed, all open windows were shut down. Since Chrome spawns separate processes for each window, it doesn't have this problem. Secondly, Firefox took 5-10 seconds to open, and frequently lagged. Chrome opens instantly and has no performance problems on my machine. Also, could we please stop killing every somewhat-questionable link? The HN conversation surrounding them is typically very interesting. (Until people start complaining about the quality of the articles, that is.)

qeorge 18y ago
Regarding ads, the big advantage of AdBlock is that the request is never made to the ad server. Ad includes can get pretty bulky so it makes a difference. Regarding Chrome, I agree that having one process per window is a great idea. I have to ask though, what are you doing that is best accomplished with 92 browser windows open?
- palish 18y ago
  Heh. I just don't close browser windows, most of the time. I use alt-tab as a form of 'daily history', meaning when I press alt-tab, I can view all of what I've been looking at / doing for the day. So if I was reading about Numpy earlier in the day, then went to read something else, I'd open a new Chrome window. That way I can tab back and finish reading at some later point. 92 windows is of course extreme. My laptop had been on for a couple days at that point.