Browser switch
May. 22nd, 2012 09:25 pmOK, so some stats came out a few days ago that Chrome is now the world's leading web browser by number of users (heavily used in Asia apparently). I've used Chrome as a backup in case FF didn't get along with some site, but when I've tried it as a primary browser in the past it didn't last long owing to the lack of addons. As I said elsewhere today, I "dislike" browsing without Adblock in the same way that I "dislike" driving nails through my arm.
Anyway, I decided to give it another go. Turns out that there is now a very complete complement of extensions, everything I've been using anyway. As a bonus, it's a ton faster. And I already knew that if there was a site that didn't work right in FF, so far all of them worked in Chrome.
EDIT: it also has a heck of a sweet developer interface built in, by hitting ctrl+shift+I - possibly all I need for developing my stuff rather than having to use plugins like Tamper Data.
I'm almost certainly staying with Chrome, I haven't found a downside yet.
Anyway, I decided to give it another go. Turns out that there is now a very complete complement of extensions, everything I've been using anyway. As a bonus, it's a ton faster. And I already knew that if there was a site that didn't work right in FF, so far all of them worked in Chrome.
EDIT: it also has a heck of a sweet developer interface built in, by hitting ctrl+shift+I - possibly all I need for developing my stuff rather than having to use plugins like Tamper Data.
I'm almost certainly staying with Chrome, I haven't found a downside yet.