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Both things you mention have to do with Google, who happens to own Chrome. Why do you think it is a ridiculous proposition? After all, you gave in and switched

by arien 11y ago

Both things you mention have to do with Google, who happens to own Chrome. Why do you think it is a ridiculous proposition? After all, you gave in and switched to Chrome... I've actually done the opposite, switched back to Firefox after many years of using Chrome. Was a bit wary, but no issues at all, runs fine in both PC and Mac. Although I don't use hangouts on it.

robbyking 11y ago
I recently switched back to Firefox, too, after almost 6 years with Chrome. In that time it felt like the two browsers switched roles, and now Firefox is lightweight and privacy minded, while Chrome is bloated and invasive. I recently launched Chrome to see if an issue a website I was visiting was experiencing was Firefox specific (they weren't), and I was really taken back by how old Chrome felt†. It lacked the "crisp" feeling Firefox has††, and the UI (new tab screen especially) just felt stale. It was actually really surprising. † I was updated to the current version. †† I understand how caching works.
- theandrewbailey 11y ago
  > It lacked the "crisp" feeling Firefox has††, and the UI (new tab screen especially) just felt stale. > †† I understand how caching works. I'm confused. Do you mean Chrome lacked Firefox's speed? Or you simply like Firefox's UI better?
  - robbyking 11y ago
    In my opinion, both. Chrome's new tab screen looks very out of date to me, and both the UI and page loading feels faster on Firefox.
- throwaway6845 11y ago
  > now Firefox is lightweight and privacy minded Yeah, I'm not so sold on that. Go to https://somethingorother https://somethingorother without a proper certificate (e.g. a private dev machine) and Chrome, while alerting me of the issue, gives me a straightforward way through - click "Advanced", click "Proceed". Firefox gives me a lecture and a snarky comment about "if you understand the risks, you understand how to fix it". Damn right I do. I fix it by using Chrome.
skrowl 11y ago
I also upgraded (back) to Firefox after using Chrome. The bloat killed me. Soooooo much wasted memory. Firefox Dev edition, x64 build on windows 8.1 with multi-process enabled runs twice as fast as Chrome ever did on my computer, while consuming less than 25% as much RAM.

by arien 11y ago

robbyking 11y ago

I recently switched back to Firefox, too, after almost 6 years with Chrome. In that time it felt like the two browsers switched roles, and now Firefox is lightweight and privacy minded, while Chrome is bloated and invasive. I recently launched Chrome to see if an issue a website I was visiting was experiencing was Firefox specific (they weren't), and I was really taken back by how old Chrome felt†. It lacked the "crisp" feeling Firefox has††, and the UI (new tab screen especially) just felt stale. It was actually really surprising. † I was updated to the current version. †† I understand how caching works.

theandrewbailey 11y ago
> It lacked the "crisp" feeling Firefox has††, and the UI (new tab screen especially) just felt stale. > †† I understand how caching works. I'm confused. Do you mean Chrome lacked Firefox's speed? Or you simply like Firefox's UI better?
- robbyking 11y ago
  In my opinion, both. Chrome's new tab screen looks very out of date to me, and both the UI and page loading feels faster on Firefox.
throwaway6845 11y ago
> now Firefox is lightweight and privacy minded Yeah, I'm not so sold on that. Go to https://somethingorother https://somethingorother without a proper certificate (e.g. a private dev machine) and Chrome, while alerting me of the issue, gives me a straightforward way through - click "Advanced", click "Proceed". Firefox gives me a lecture and a snarky comment about "if you understand the risks, you understand how to fix it". Damn right I do. I fix it by using Chrome.

skrowl 11y ago

I also upgraded (back) to Firefox after using Chrome. The bloat killed me. Soooooo much wasted memory. Firefox Dev edition, x64 build on windows 8.1 with multi-process enabled runs twice as fast as Chrome ever did on my computer, while consuming less than 25% as much RAM.