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I switched from Firefox to Chrome at about the same time as op. But I can't relate to how he feels: - Chrome still has better dev tools than Firefox - Chrome

by pioul 14y ago

I switched from Firefox to Chrome at about the same time as op. But I can't relate to how he feels: - Chrome still has better dev tools than Firefox - Chrome doesn't freeze at all (while Firefox does when handling a lot of tabs) - Chrome doesn't require to restart when installing an extension (even if Firefox starts moving to this too) - I still prefer Chrome's UI - Even though I didn't try syncing with Firefox, Chrome does that very nicely

keeperofdakeys 14y ago
> Chrome doesn't require to restart when installing an extension (even if Firefox starts moving to this too) Mozilla did introduce an api to do restart-less addons about two years ago, as a side effect these addons don't depend on specific firefox versions anymore. The problem with firefox addons is that they have always hooked directly into XUL, a layout language used inside firefox, which changes (nearly) every version. This means addons needed to be updated regularly. However it did allow them many capabilities (that I suspect the new api doesn't give them).