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Re:Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome? by tobyo on Thursday September 04, 2008 @09:10PM (#295397)
I can't live without the vimperator plugin now. It's so nice to browse without using the mouse. I can't go back. If only Firefox had Opera's password storage interface I would be ecstatic.

Chrome offers nothing new right now aside from potential performance gains. If the beta version is crashing, that is worse for performance than slow-loading pages.

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Re:Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome? by wyclif on Friday September 05, 2008 @12:53AM (#295571)
I love vimperator too, as well as Firebug and the delicious plugin. Until they have a Linux version, switching isn't an issue for me. I did try it on the Win box though and love it. I loaded pages with lots of JavaScript and it didn't blink.

Chrome offers nothing new right now aside from potential performance gains.

Still. The Webkit-based JavaScript engine performance gain IS something new.

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