Tell me why you think Firefox is better.

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I currently use Google Chrome. I see a lot of people still using Firefox. Is there a particular reason (not because I've always used Firefox). I feel like Chrome is faster than Firefox. That's why I use it. But I would switch back to Firefox if there is something that Firefox has but Chrome doesn't have.

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Firefox (on my hardware) more often than not renders pages faster than Chrome.. pretty much the only time Chrome beats it (again on my hardware) is on benchmark sites, and lately that's getting really close.   Extensions are 1000% better than the Chrome variants and usually provides more functionality as well.  Performance is almost as fast as Chrome and getting better with each release. Doesn't take up over a gig of memory just for a couple of tabs.  I can make the interface look how I want and not locked into what Google says.. no matter how crazy I want it I can do it, but with Chrome you're locked into that one layout, period.  I've used Chrome off and on but it just really doesn't give me anything that Firefox can't.  I do think their Android version's a bit better than the Android version of Firefox though, but I use Firefox there too for the syncing.  Getting really disappointed with Google in general lately as a whole. 

 

But that's just me, Chrome's a good browser too.

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Firefox (on my hardware) more often than not renders pages faster than Chrome.. pretty much the only time Chrome beats it (again on my hardware) is on benchmark sites, and lately that's getting really close.   Extensions are 1000% better than the Chrome variants and usually provides more functionality as well.  Performance is almost as fast as Chrome and getting better with each release. Doesn't take up over a gig of memory just for a couple of tabs.  I can make the interface look how I want and not locked into what Google says.. no matter how crazy I want it I can do it, but with Chrome you're locked into that one layout, period.  I've used Chrome off and on but it just really doesn't give me anything that Firefox can't.  I do think their Android version's a bit better than the Android version of Firefox though, but I use Firefox there too for the syncing.  Getting really disappointed with Google in general lately as a whole. 

 

But that's just me, Chrome's a good browser too.

Thank you for your response. What do you suggest as far as web developmentdevelopment goes?

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It's completely open source.

Mozilla's values are in the right place, and they are a non-profit.

It's faster than Chrome.

It's more lightweight than Chrome.

Gecko is awesome. I love it! (I develop for the web). It is very representative of how your site will look like in any modern browser. It conforms to the standards exactly.

Addons.

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Firefox is much more customizable than Chrome. Chrome's extension are nothing compared to Firefox's add-ons. Chrome extensions can add a little functionality, but really doesn't change the experience. On the other hand, Firefox add-ons can change the browser completely. I feel like Chrome is becoming the 'new IE' as they're moving away from the idea of an open web to an idea that Google should be in charge of what the web is. 

 

I've been using Cyberfox, a 64-bit variant of Firefox as my secondary browser and it's feels snappier than Chrome.

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yeah, I preferred waterfox before, but pretty much after 34, I hate it and switched to Firefox Developer Edition.

That said, I read Mozilla might be aiming for an official 64-bit stable release with Firefox 38. So who knows, the 64-bit variants may not be needed anymore (other than for 'optimizations' aimed towards faster benchmark scores).

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Unless you're using a 64-bit variant like Waterfox. I read that memory usage for it has skyrocketed in the last release.

Couldn't say, my copy typically hovers around 400-500MB with only a couple tabs, I don't do the gazillion tab thing, so never bothered to stray away from vanilla. Beta 37 is running like a champ here, and especially liking the media extension improvements. Probably the one thing I was missing from Chrome. I did like PCXFirefox when I did fiddle with unofficial builds though, seemed nice with 35.0.1.

 

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Who said FireFox was better? - FireFox user (2004-2012) 

 

Chrome is More Stable and Faster. Feels Much Snappier than FireFox.

Don't believe me? go search for Benchmarks between two and test HTML5 yourself here:

http://beta.html5test.com/ 

 

The people who like Firefox are the one's who still like to live in Past. You know Windows 7 with start menu, Cool looking XP etc.

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The people who like Firefox are the one's who still like to live in Past. You know Windows 7 with start menu, Cool looking XP etc.

Now that's not fair to say at all. Even though I use Chrome as my main browser I still use Firefox and Nightly quite a bit and follow the development quite closely. In fact I'd say I follow Firefox's development more closely than I do Chromium/Chrome.

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The people who like Firefox are the one's who still like to live in Past. You know Windows 7 with start menu, Cool looking XP etc.

That's cute but I'm using it on my Windows 8 machines too. The ones that have them new fangled tile dealies. Unless 'flexibility' and 'customizable' suddenly became old fashioned, never mind I've had Chrome crash plenty of times on me.
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Boo Berry

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Besides, those benchmarks are pretty moot considering they mean nothing when it comes to real-world usage. Paramore, use any browser you want be it Firefox, Chrome or even Internet Explorer 11. You can't go wrong with any of the three.

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I like Firefox over Chrome, because right now Microsoft cares more about standards compliance for IE than Google seemingly does for Chrome (And of course Apple is off in the distance not giving a crap about Safari)

Also Firefox has always been more stable for me, and benchmark wise it's been fast enough for quite a while.

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Who said FireFox was better? - FireFox user (2004-2012) 

 

Chrome is More Stable and Faster. Feels Much Snappier than FireFox.

Don't believe me? go search for Benchmarks between two and test HTML5 yourself here:

http://beta.html5test.com/ 

 

The people who like Firefox are the one's who still like to live in Past. You know Windows 7 with start menu, Cool looking XP etc.

That is false. I'm using Windows 8.1 with the Start Screen, and I can tell you Firefox just seems to work better than Chrome without a doubt. Plus, Firefox seems to barely crash compared to Chrome, which crashes quite a lot.

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I can honestly say I haven't experienced a crash in either Chrome or Firefox (stable builds of course) in a good long time now. If you're using Firefox for web development, the Firebug extension is highly recommended.

I doubt that. Chrome is known for that sort-of thing.

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