A while back Chrome pulled me away with its fast speed, dev tools, and syncing... I have it installed on all my systems. However, I've been noticing that it really isn't so fast any more. Sure having it on all my devices is nice and the dev tools are great, but I was getting frustrated with the speed of start up and page loading problems and a periodical JavaScript black hole and alternate download manager integration issues to the point that I decided to take a gander back at FireFox.
Hmm... FireFox has sync now. OK that's cool. While not all the tools are the same, the app starts fast and loads fast and everything seems to be working. Tried it on all my systems, except for my iPhone which FireFox doesn't have a app for yet, and OK its not a fluke it is fast and working on all of them.
The WebKit has some functionality not present in FireFox, but for me all the things I do are there. SpiderMonkey runs great and seems just as good as Chrome's V8. So from a dev standpoint FireFox has come a ways to spark my interest in a shift back as well.
After just using FireFox for a week I've decided to go back to it as my default. I will keep chrome around and use it on my iPhone as I wait for FireFox to go there. Great job Mozilla FireFox!
Hmm... FireFox has sync now. OK that's cool. While not all the tools are the same, the app starts fast and loads fast and everything seems to be working. Tried it on all my systems, except for my iPhone which FireFox doesn't have a app for yet, and OK its not a fluke it is fast and working on all of them.
The WebKit has some functionality not present in FireFox, but for me all the things I do are there. SpiderMonkey runs great and seems just as good as Chrome's V8. So from a dev standpoint FireFox has come a ways to spark my interest in a shift back as well.
After just using FireFox for a week I've decided to go back to it as my default. I will keep chrome around and use it on my iPhone as I wait for FireFox to go there. Great job Mozilla FireFox!
