Chrome vs Firefox

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Alexandoy

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I have read many discussions that Google Chrome is now the number 1 browser. Our desktop has Chrome and Firefox. Comparing the 2 it is Chrome for our main browser. But there are web pages that couldn't be displayed properly by Chrome but it can be handled by Firefox. Take note, just some web page of a site and not the site itself that cannot be displayed by Chrome. There are also HTTPS sites that Chrome wouldn't open but Firefox can.

Just food for thought.
 
Firefox. Chrome has always been a resource hog, and waaay overrated also.

Also that there's a thing called Firefox Quantum now, which is reported to be much faster than Chrome and even I can see it.
 
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It comes down to personal preference, and what you're willing to sacrifice. Firefox is easier on the memory, but it still doesn't have perfect multitouch support, so if you want to pinch to zoom it wouldn't be as smooth as Chrome.

I personally use Chrome, but i have 32GB of RAM in my laptop, so i'm not going to miss much of the RAM. 😛
 
Chrome, because Firefox is literally a mere shell of itself now...
 
Honestly, I have not used chrome much and prefer Firefox. It was my first choice I believer after I dropped Internet Explorer.
 
I’ve recently switched to Firefox and I love it.

Pages load quick and it has a cleaner UI. Plus, it’s made by Mozilla who are non-profit(I might be wrong so please correct me if I am)
 
Chrome all the way. I used to love FireFox but it's too feature heavy for my liking.
 
Chrome is for people who want a much better experience but it will cost resources and it's fast to adapt to.

Firefox is fast, not resource-independent and secure but it's user interface can take awhile to adapt to.
 
I personally prefer Chrome. I love that I can link it to all of my devices and keep me logged in to everything.
I have used FireFox in the past & I wasn't a huge fan of the way it looked. I understand why people like it though.
 
Cody said:
I personally prefer Chrome. I love that I can link it to all of my devices and keep me logged in to everything.
I have used FireFox in the past & I wasn't a huge fan of the way it looked. I understand why people like it though.
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I do like rounded buttons and all but Chromes new update does not fit it at all. I also like square UI's and that's what Firefox does suit the square UI's. But hey, just my preferences.
 
I used Firefox for many years but switched to Chrome when it seemed to go down the drain. Chrome is a hog but since my computer can handle it, I am not fussed over it.
 
I ditched Chrome in 2013 and moved to Opera. Back then, I was using a laptop with 3 GiB RAM, and Chrome and Firefox were both complete resource hogs.

These days, I have 16 GiB RAM in my desktop, but I've stuck with Opera simply because it works. If I'm working with many Google Sheets spreadsheets, I'll open up Chrome. However, if it's just one or two, I won't bother. No need.

Since version 15, it has used Google's fork of the WebKit rendering engine, Blink, and so web development-wise, it is exactly the same as Chrome, and therefore superior to Safari (the other main WebKit-based browser).

As a web developer, I use all browsers to test for bugs and ensure maximum compatibility, but from my experience, I've had to make little to no changes for Chrome, Opera, Firefox and Edge (yes, that's right), compared to Safari and Internet Explorer.

Quite frankly, it's amazing that Google can take Apple's creation, and beat them at their own game.
 
I prefer Chrome's development tools and interface. It is definitely a resource hog, and Google might be evil, but I haven't been convinced to switch yet.

Firefox is very respectable, though. Quantum is nearly faster than Chrome, and with Mozilla being a non-profit, in addition to its history and commitment to improving the web, I definitely consider it a good alternative. Once they improve their dev tools, I'll probably start using it more.
 
Chrome uses a bunch of resources, but I have been using the browser for years now. I only use Firefox when I need to test some website things for work
I also build chrome extensions, so I'm fairly far down the rabbit hole in regard to what browser I prefer. It's nice being able to use my own extensions and others that I have found & installed over the years

Firefox is obviously great & developing FF extensions isn't too difficult, but I just prefer Chrome.
 
My computer has Firefox and IE. I never use IE because it's slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter so I've always used Firefox. I've never tried Chrome so I can't say how well it works.
 
Grimalkin said:
My computer has Firefox and IE. I never use IE because it's slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter so I've always used Firefox. I've never tried Chrome so I can't say how well it works.
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My computer has Edge, IE, Firefox and Chrome. XD. My computer actually has good specs for a laptop so I never had any issues with Chrome(As far as I know anyway.) Then when I found out Firefox was made by a not-for-profit, is more secure and faster, I flocked to it. I’m loving it now. It’s sad that Firefox doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. It deserves more praise and a bigger user base.
 
DanS said:
Firefox is fast, not resource-independent and secure but it's user interface can take awhile to adapt to.
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https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/site-isolation
Firefox is less secure than Chrome.

Chrome puts each independent site into it's own process which naturally has a certain level of overhead and if one process gets compromised via a script running inside it, then the attacker won't be able to see another site's memory or to do whatever they want there.

Firefox also doesn't let you style drop-downs as freely as Chrome making a big ugly spot on a dark theme which you need a JS fall-back to fix.
 
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