Re:Firefox 4 RC now available
by SkyMarshal on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @10:03PM
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Can you elaborate on the differences b/t Chrome and FF extensions a bit? As a Vimperator addict I don't doubt it, but Chrome does seem to have a rapidly expanding extension & app ecosystem.
Re:Firefox 4 RC now available
by shantanubala on Wednesday March 09, 2011 @11:29PM
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A lot of Chrome's extensions don't integrate well with the browser itself. They feel a lot like bookmarklets rather than an actual extension of the browser (this is by design). Firefox extensions can be very well integrated. For example, NoScript on Firefox far exceeds the quality any of the alternatives on Chrome.
Simply put, Chrome extensions are HTML/CSS/JS, while Firefox extensions can actually manipulate the interface of the browser to a greater degree (making stuff like Vimperator possible when it wouldn't be possible on Chrome)
Extensions. Firefox has the greatest browser extension ecosystem bar-none. In the past, you had to choose between Chrome's performance, and Firefox 3's extensions.
Certainly Firefox was playing catch-up in performance, but we're there now. Chrome is still far far behind in terms of extensions, and showing no sign of catching up.