Re:Ask HN: Are There Any Compelling Reasons To Continue Usin...
by bendmorris on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @01:39PM
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I was a faithful Firefox user until there were just too many features Chrome had that either Firefox lacks or I just haven't found. For example:
* Takes up less vertical space - very nice on a netbook.
* You can use one address bar to search any search engine with just the keyboard. I used to have separate address/google and wikipedia bars on Firefox; now everything's combined into one bar.
* Sync lets me keep my bookmarks, etc. up to date on multiple machines/operating systems.
* I've noticed that load times and browsing are significantly faster.
etc.
As a web developer, I loved Firefox for its web development tools, but nowadays I've been able to find all the tools I need for Chrome.
* Takes up less vertical space - very nice on a netbook.
* You can use one address bar to search any search engine with just the keyboard. I used to have separate address/google and wikipedia bars on Firefox; now everything's combined into one bar.
* Sync lets me keep my bookmarks, etc. up to date on multiple machines/operating systems.
* I've noticed that load times and browsing are significantly faster.
etc.
As a web developer, I loved Firefox for its web development tools, but nowadays I've been able to find all the tools I need for Chrome.