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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 lightw

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 Chrome's new tab screen looks very out of date to me, and both the UI and page loading feels faster on Firefox.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.