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Firefox to Chrome- Officially Time to Switch

July 18, 2011 - 2:55 pm by toddjensen

Chrome over FirefoxAlthough I use Safari on my Mac Book Air, I’ve been a loyal Firefox user on my PC laptop. I’ve looked at switching to Chrome for over a year, but the Firefox extensions that I love have kept me hooked. Well, that has changed with my favorite Firefox plug in, Firebug, losing it’s lead programmer. John Barton is joining Google’s Chrome team- and I’m going with him in the switch.

Firebug has long been my favorite browser de-bugging tool. It has not been able to keep up with the changes made to Firefox, as Firefox tries to keep up with a much more competitive browser landscape. Chrome has been stealing Firefox market share as the premium IE alternative. I posted a blog reviewing my favorite ways to view and analyze source code. Although I love the competition between browsers, I’m going to miss the lovable Firefox, but I just don’t think the development community can keep up with the beef that Google is putting into Chrome- especially in the mobile and soon to be emerging ‘Chrome Book’ space. I wish Firefox luck and I leave them with fond memories and I’ll send out a letter of recommendation if they request one.

Feedback: How many of you use Chrome vs. Firefox? Are there any extensions that are keeping you with Firefox over Chrome? Let us know.

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toddjensen
toddjensen

Todd started in his online marketing career while working at eBay for over 6 years. He has a passion for high quality content driving SEO results. A training and learning development background compliment his SEO expertise nicely, as he works hard to obtain links for his clients by creating content that offers valuable information and increases the equity and long term success of a website.

3 Comments

  1. Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:03 am by Faalagorn

    I also was a loyal Firefox user since I first discovered it. But when Chrome started supporting plugins and I could had Adblock with my Chrome and Firefox started to be more and more memory hog, I slowly switched over to Chrome. I have both browsers installed, but I’m using Chrome 90% of the time – just becasue it’s more stable and feels “lighter” than Firefox.

  2. Posted on July 19, 2011 at 9:31 am by admin

    Thanks for the input, man. I hear that a lot about Chrome. I’m using it now about 50% of the time (having a hard time letting go of firefox completely) but I really like the experience. It does feel streamlined and lighter.

  3. Posted on September 16, 2011 at 12:35 am by Seth Helgeson

    I switched to Chrome after Firefox decided to up their development cycle. It seems the quality and speed greatly diminished after that. I have to agree with you that Firebug is an incredible resource that I could not live without!

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