Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share anyways?

Re:Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share any... by seti0Cha on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:24PM (#36760154)

I think you're overplaying the social aspect. For quite a while, Chrome had a serious speed advantage over Firefox and the developer tools were (are?) considered much better. I'm not sure if either is still the case. They both seem fine for my purposes, but I use Chrome because it subjectively feels a bit quicker and I've gotten disillusioned with the practice of choosing software based on political considerations.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share any... by blahyawnblah on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:28PM (#36760227)

Firefox's dev tools are much better than Chrome's

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share any... by 0x073 on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:55PM (#36760677)

Firefox devtools where long time not comparable to chrome, now they are almost the same. There are now some features I prefer on Firefox and some I prefer on chrome.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share any... by WorldMaker on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:52PM (#36763146)

The biggest difference was Firefox's best Dev Tools in those years were extensions and maintained via a wider community and updated on a different (sometimes faster) cadence than the browser itself. Good old Firebug was more capable than Chrome's Dev Tools at most points in time in that "long time not comparable" people believe existed, but Firefox didn't get "credit" for it until Firefox was finally pressured to move extensions like Firebug in-box and into the browser's normal deployment cycle. (I'm not sure that's necessarily the improvement people think it was.)

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