5 Reasons Why I Would NeverSwitch to Firefox
No doubt, Firefox is a good browser.
But, in my opinion, it’s not the best. I
personally love Chrome a lot and I
often wonder why people don’t
migrate to Chrome. I’m not against
Firefox, I just want to tell you that there’s a better option. You may
reverse question me, why don’t you
switch to Firefox? I do have some
valid points, read on! #1. Interface I love playing with Chrome tabs, they
are that flexible. You can rearrange
them easily, drag them or merge them.
Firefox interface has evolved a lot,
especially Firefox 4.0 was a real
breakthrough. You may know about the recent
theme Firefox is working on, that’s
Australis and the next versions of
Firefox would come with that theme
preloaded. Now Australis’ interface is
appealing but it resembles a lot with Chrome, for example the curvy tabs
and light colors are used by Chrome
initially. It seems Firefox is also
copying Chrome for its interface. #2. Start Page Start page or a New Tab page is one of
the basic features the Chrome browser
and Firefox doesn’t have one. I know,
there are many add-ons like Speed
Dial which can provide an elegant start
page but like everyone but I don’t prefer add-ons in the first place. If
you’re using Chrome Dev or Canary,
you might know about the new start
page the Chrome team is working on.
It’s much better than the previous one
in terms of UI. #3. Apps Apps are different from extensions/
add-ons, they are actually introduced
for Chromebooks but now they can be
installed on the Chrome browser itself.
You may consider apps as slightly
modified websites, for example, the SpringPad app and the Angry birds app for Chrome gives offline access (which is not available in other
browsers) unlike the native websites. #4. Instant Pages This is a Chrome-only feature by
Google. Whenever you search on
Google, it pre-renders the webpage of
the first search result, so it will take
only a nano second (that’s 10 to the
power of -9) to load, irrespective of your internet speed (even on a Dial-up
connection). Unless and until Mozilla
teams up with Google to support this
feature in Firefox, Instant Pages will be
Chrome-only. #5. Mozilla’s history of borrowing from
Chrome.. Whenever any Chrome feature ends
up as a big hit, Mozilla starts working
on it. This is not new, there are many
instances and here are some of them. LessChromeHD: When Chrome released Compact Navigation feature,
just then Firefox released
LessChromeHD which can be found in
Mozilla Labs. Channels: Remember? Chrome was the first to classify browsers based on
the frequency of updates, that’s
channels and Firefox copied this very
soon. Firefox Sync: Chrome Sync is one of the oldest features of Chrome and
Firefox started supporting sync with
its 4.0 version. Instant Preview: Chrome has developed Chrome Instant and it’s
available even in the most stable
release of Chrome, while Mozilla is
working on Instant Preview which is
still in Mozilla Labs. Conclusion These are just the major features
Firefox is missing, but apart from these
there are also features like Chrome
Profiles (Profiles doesn’t have a GUI in
Firefox), Auto-Translate, Auto-Fill,
Cloud Print, frequency of updates and many more. Chrome also misses some features like
toolbar customization and Panaroma,
but there are not many. Finally, at the
end of the day, it all comes to personal
choice but rising popularity of Chrome shows what people are choosing. Which is your primary browser?
Firefox or Chrome? Or something else?
Do drop in your comments.
But, in my opinion, it’s not the best. I
personally love Chrome a lot and I
often wonder why people don’t
migrate to Chrome. I’m not against
Firefox, I just want to tell you that there’s a better option. You may
reverse question me, why don’t you
switch to Firefox? I do have some
valid points, read on! #1. Interface I love playing with Chrome tabs, they
are that flexible. You can rearrange
them easily, drag them or merge them.
Firefox interface has evolved a lot,
especially Firefox 4.0 was a real
breakthrough. You may know about the recent
theme Firefox is working on, that’s
Australis and the next versions of
Firefox would come with that theme
preloaded. Now Australis’ interface is
appealing but it resembles a lot with Chrome, for example the curvy tabs
and light colors are used by Chrome
initially. It seems Firefox is also
copying Chrome for its interface. #2. Start Page Start page or a New Tab page is one of
the basic features the Chrome browser
and Firefox doesn’t have one. I know,
there are many add-ons like Speed
Dial which can provide an elegant start
page but like everyone but I don’t prefer add-ons in the first place. If
you’re using Chrome Dev or Canary,
you might know about the new start
page the Chrome team is working on.
It’s much better than the previous one
in terms of UI. #3. Apps Apps are different from extensions/
add-ons, they are actually introduced
for Chromebooks but now they can be
installed on the Chrome browser itself.
You may consider apps as slightly
modified websites, for example, the SpringPad app and the Angry birds app for Chrome gives offline access (which is not available in other
browsers) unlike the native websites. #4. Instant Pages This is a Chrome-only feature by
Google. Whenever you search on
Google, it pre-renders the webpage of
the first search result, so it will take
only a nano second (that’s 10 to the
power of -9) to load, irrespective of your internet speed (even on a Dial-up
connection). Unless and until Mozilla
teams up with Google to support this
feature in Firefox, Instant Pages will be
Chrome-only. #5. Mozilla’s history of borrowing from
Chrome.. Whenever any Chrome feature ends
up as a big hit, Mozilla starts working
on it. This is not new, there are many
instances and here are some of them. LessChromeHD: When Chrome released Compact Navigation feature,
just then Firefox released
LessChromeHD which can be found in
Mozilla Labs. Channels: Remember? Chrome was the first to classify browsers based on
the frequency of updates, that’s
channels and Firefox copied this very
soon. Firefox Sync: Chrome Sync is one of the oldest features of Chrome and
Firefox started supporting sync with
its 4.0 version. Instant Preview: Chrome has developed Chrome Instant and it’s
available even in the most stable
release of Chrome, while Mozilla is
working on Instant Preview which is
still in Mozilla Labs. Conclusion These are just the major features
Firefox is missing, but apart from these
there are also features like Chrome
Profiles (Profiles doesn’t have a GUI in
Firefox), Auto-Translate, Auto-Fill,
Cloud Print, frequency of updates and many more. Chrome also misses some features like
toolbar customization and Panaroma,
but there are not many. Finally, at the
end of the day, it all comes to personal
choice but rising popularity of Chrome shows what people are choosing. Which is your primary browser?
Firefox or Chrome? Or something else?
Do drop in your comments.
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