The Switch to Chrome

I have been using Firefox for almost 8 years. I have loved being able to customize it with a few extensions  and such. This was the major thing that kept me from change to Google Chrome when it was first released because I am a huge Google nut. Firefox has served me well but recently I have felt it has gotten sluggish and unstable.

Recently most of the features and extensions I used to use are no longer required or invalid, the biggest being Better Gmail to enhance my Gmail experience. Now most of the features it are supported directly in Gmail.

With Firefox no longer missing any features added by extensions it becomes a direct battle between speed, usability and stability for me. For me this battle was quickly won by Chrome for several reasons. First is that Chrome has a few nice extensions that offer nice features for me like Google Voice and Flixter. Something similar is available for Firefox but it just works so nice in Chrome.

Second is Chrome's syncing ability with your Google Profile to keep your settings. This makes it real nice to sync between your different browsers on your different computers. Firefox again does offer something similar but it just doesn't work as clearly for me. The third things is that Chrome is made by Google, and I just enjoy using everything Google.

For my Linux computers I've decided to use Chromium to Chrome because it is in the Ubuntu repositories  which makes it easier to work with.

Firefox is still a great product and I won't knock anyone who uses it. I still almost prefer its interface to Chrome but I am going to stick with my switch to Chrome. Google has done a great job at bringing a solid product into the market and I'm looking forward to see what they have in store for innovations to help with my web browsing experience.

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