Mozilla Firefox vs Google Chrome

[mbc07]

NaturalViolence Wrote:Whereas FF seems to just stop whatever tab/plugin is causing the problem.

Chrome do this, however, it "wait" a plugin response more than Firefox.

About memory usage, Chrome uses less memory than Firefox, even with many tabs. What makes chrome slow with multiple tabs is the sandboxed plugin system: for every new tab, a new "thread" (or something like that) are opened for every plugin running at the moment. Test opening 100+ Google pages (google.com) on Firefox and Chrome, then go to Taks Manager: Chrome will be using about 50-200MB less memory. It's negligible, but the difference is there.

However, just install a lot of extensions and plugins on Chrome and all speed advantages it have over Firefox are gone: even the cold statup times get slower compared to Firefox with lots of extensions...

After all, there isn't "The best browser". It's a personal choice, people should use the browser that he/she likes. For a long time, IE7 was the best browser for me (YES, IE7!). After some releases, Chrome became the best in my opinion, and I'm using it right now...

And for the ones discussing about what browser starts quickly, test IE9 (Vista, 7, 8) or IE10 (Windows 8 only). It'll start even faster than a fresh install of Chrome...

[MayImilae]

IE10 is available on Windows 7 now. In fact, MS has been pushing it on Windows Update.

[AnyOldName3]

On my windows 8 virtual machine, Chrome is far faster than IE10, however it's only the customer preview, so there may have been some improvements.

[ExtremeDude2]

y u no read post above you?

[Zee530]

The latest windows update prevents a few applications like the divx player from opening, the process appears in task manager for a second and disappears, rolling back the update fixed the issue however.

[noah]

What are some cool Firefox Addons? (or chrome, as they are most likely on Firefox as well)

I just got one that lets me download streaming media and flash games. Great for my website.

[NaturalViolence]

Mine:

[Garteal]

Yep, Adblock Plus is the first thing I always install on a fresh install of Firefox.

Here's mine for now.

Spoiler: (Show Spoiler)

[ExtremeDude2]

Or you could just use chrome :p

[AnyOldName3]

The only extension I actually use is the Reddit enhancement suite. I don't use an adblocker, as when I'm on a website I approve of, i.e. this one, and an advert for Dell comes up, I spam it. I'm sure I've cost Dell a few pence since I started that practice.