Poll: Firefox vs. Chrome (and why?)

[13thforswarn]

I used to use Firefox all the time, but two things made we switch ti Chrome completely.

1) When Youtube made it's retarded layout change (the subbox no longer being in a grid format) Google Chrome had better extensions than Firefox to switch it back to a grid format.
2) After 5 years of using Firefox, Firefox all of a sudden began crashing my computer. I don't know how, or why, but it does.

So now I've switched to the best alternative. I wouldn't say one is better than the other. Both Firefox and Chrome have their own perks make them excellent browsers.

 

[Magmarock]

Niehter, get waterfox it's optimized for 64 bit. All the features of firefox and almost as fast as chrome.

 

[Jamieson 90]

No Chrome on my PCs, I already have enough Google sniffing on my phone and websites like YT. I'm not paranoid, but at least with PC webbrowsers I still have the option to keep my pants up...

On the PC: Palemoon (optimized FF)
On the Mac: Safari

The thing is though there is literally a ton of Chrome extensions solely dedicated to privacy, so you can have all the benefits of Chrome (the crazy speed and user friendly interface) without any of the drawbacks (the snooping).

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I used to only use Firefox, but one of the updates made viewing and printing PDFs at work a huge hassle. So now I use Chrome for work and home.

 

[Ironbat92]

I use to use Firefox and Safari, but now I use Chrome. Chrome seems better and I don't get annoying loading time like I got with Firefox sometimes or it never once has crashed with me, like with Safari.

 

[Jamieson 90]

Watch what you say about certain ad blocking programs.

 

[Drake666]

So, I'm the only one who uses Opera?
It's pretty fast, the mouse gesturing is useful and the browser can be easily use to check email and rss feed. It can also be use to irc. So, yeah, big Opera fan!

 

[BakedSardine]

Safari.

Chrome crashes constantly on my Mac for some reason, so just easier to stick with Safari. Chrome at work, where I have to use Windows.

 

[thesilentman]

Firefox. It's interface is just too friendly to me for Chrome to make a difference. I'm an old futzy man I'll admit when it comes to tech.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Despite I know Chrome is better but I just still prefer Firefox. I just don't like Chrome minimalist appearance and I can still change the layout to the way I want in Firefox.

 

[Zipa]

Chrome , mostly because it is better at syncing things like bookmarks to my other devices. Only reason really I used to use FF and it was as good that minor point not withstanding.

 

[devotedsniper]

I use chrome all day everyday, I used to be a big firefox fan but I found chrome just worked better as time goes by.

As a web developer though we (where I work) develop with firefox as it does exactly what your expecting, then we make it work for Chrome and well then IE...cause IE is just a damn disease on this earth and never works like it's meant to...

 

[Brandon237]

Chrome. 3 words: Integration, minimalism, speed.

All the google stuff works great through chrome, makes admin minimal, I have f*** all to hide XP
The clean, minimalistic look and fast, easy to use UI is for me the most stunning thing I have ever seen in an application.
Finally it is just really really fast, even if it does enjoy eating RAM.

The extensions are also really simple to add and manage for chrome and the fully customisable theme (I even made my own themes at one point XP) makes it quite adaptable.

 

[Moderated]

I doubt it would be editable to my specific tastes.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Seriously, you can have it look however you want. This is my firefox:
http://i.imgur.com/HON8TrQ.png

 

[Mrkillhappy]

I used Firefox for a long time and made the switch to Chrome about a year ago. Chrome just feels slightly faster then firefox although I have heard that their are less exploits in Chrome then if Firefox so I guess that is a plus. Though I do use Firefox when Chrome shits the bed which is not often.

 

[Mad World]

Used to use Firefox, but it suffers (or suffered) from a memory leak, so I use Chrome.

 

[KungFuJazzHands]

I treasure my privacy, so no Chrome for me. Firefox may have been become a bloated mess over the last couple years, but at least I can trust Mozilla to not sell my personal habits to the highest bidder.

 

[ATRAYA]

I primarily use Firefox, but we use Chrome at my college. Chrome CAN be nice, but it refuses to load pages FAR too often for me to use it regularly. About eight out of ten YouTube videos I try to watch I'll end up having to refresh the page five or six times to get the video to play. Some Google pages will load, then immediately go blank, causing me to refresh once or twice. Those are the main problem sites, but there are several others that do this on and off.

Granted, I haven't used too many scripts or add-ons for Chrome, so maybe somebody out there has fixed Chrome page loading with some third-party software, but I can't be arsed to look one up. :/

Got a million add-ons for Firefox though, and it works great, so I have no reason to switch.

 

[Storm Dragon]

NetscaBWAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, couldn't keep a straight face there. I prefer Chrome because I like the layout better.

 

[DirgeNovak]

I was on Chrome until recently, but I got some sort of malware extension that made it crash randomly several times per hour. I was unable to remove it, and uninstalling/reinstalling didn't help. So I'm back on Firefox.