Google Chrome vs. Mozilla Firefox - The Browser Duel
There is a browser that gets more and more market shares: the Google Chrome Browser! And even fellow Firefox fans (like myself) are starting to use Google Chrome recently. But why?
Let´s start with the advantages of both browsers.
Things that I really like in Google Chrome:
- It is really fast: loading new pages or opening a chrome browser window is definitely fast.
- It is still fast even after adding dozens of Chrome Extensions!
- The Google Chrome User Interface is very simple and not polluted with unnecessary features that you don´t use regularly
Cool minimalistic Chrome User Interface: Everything that you need in a very small space: Tabs, back buttons, Refresh Button, URL field and Extension Icons on the right.
Things that I like in Firefox:
- Firefox still has the biggest variety of useful Firefox Plugins
- Since Firefox is together with Internet Explorer the most popular browser, all the webdesigners test their sites in Firefox - and you can be pretty much sure that every website works fine while browsing through the web
- It is an open-source browser
Reasons why I will no longer use Firefox as my primary browser:
- The more plugins you add to Firefox, the slower it tends to be - that doesn´t happen in Chrome. Since I want to have many plugins and there are now also quite a bit of cool Chrome Plugins, I better go with Google Chrome.
- The way how extensions are implemented in Google´s minimalistic UI is much cooler. No more toolbars-crap that polluted the Firefox user interface.
Reasons that prevent me from fully switching to the Google Chrome Browser:
- There are some Firefox plugins I can´t live without that are (not yet) available for Google Chrome like for example Selenium IDE for QA testing or Firebug (the Chrome version of Firebug Lite didn´t really convince me so far)
- Google Chrome is not yet on everybody´s “browsers-to-test” list => from time to time you can see smaller design bugs while browsing through the web
In the end I couldn´t fully switch to Chrome due to some plugins that I just need for work, but for the everyday use I now prefer Chrome, because of the good speed performance and the convincing user interface.
BTW: I skipped comparing Google Chrome with Internet Explorer, because I just assume that no web developers, webdesigners and web product managers seriously use Internet Explorer for the following reasons: (Ok, for browser testing purposes it makes sense to watch your sites through IE eyes from time to time)
- I don´t personally now people working in the internet industry that personally prefer Internet Explorer
- If I look into webproductblog.com Google Analytics, I can only see a very small percentage of around 15% IE users
If you don´t agree with that and know a good argument to use IE, please let me know and write a comment below!
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for me, speed, the UI and new features being added almost everyday - these keep me glued to chrome
Great post! Totally agree with you, Chrome is fast and efficient.. but don’t think I’m quite ready to leave Firefox yet thanks to the big range of plug-ins. I know it’s a bit silly but quite like FF’s ‘personas’ as I’m a big fan of customizing and adding your own little touches to browsing
IE,,, let’s not even go there
btw which are your favourite FF plug ins?
Hello from Bulgaria ! Here most of young people use Firefox too. Chrome is not so popular yet. From the reviews and comments about Chrome, i left with good impressions and would probably try it on my PC (but keep the good old FF).
Chrome is neat, clean, and functional. FF is extremely useful, but can slow down on slower machines if used to its full potential. IE is good for people who are basically PC n00bs and don’t know how to use anything else properly. IE is also good for n00bs because it is a very safe and secure browser to use day to day so no one has to worry about identity theft and fraud from improper internet browser usage.
All of this is my opinion of course, but I think I am considerably accurate.
I don’t know….I mean Chrome it’s pretty good. It’s nice and all, however Firefox it’s still number one. Every version that it comes gets better and better.
yo i think mozilla is very good. google chrome is good but its slow poke
I just recently switched from Firefox to Google Chrome because Firefox was becoming to slow and frustrating to deal with. I can safely say after using Google Chrome alone for almost two months now that it is great! Like you mentioned, it does not slow down because i add plugs but stays effeciet and fast. I can truly say that i am satisfied.
u cant remember passwords in google chrome. FIREFOX ROCKS ITS THE BEST
Mozilla firefox is a standard one it always rockzzzzz………..