Why I’ve Chosen Google Chrome Over the Rest
Lately, I’ve been using Google Chrome, and I don’t think I’ll be going back to using Firefox or Safari for normal everyday-browsing and here’s why:
- Extensions – The are great extensions out there that make life a little bit easier. The cool thing about the extensions on Chrome is that they appear with one click. Great extensions such as Chromed Bird and 1-ClickWeather for Chrome appear as interactive drop-downs. Ubiquity for FireFox almost provided similar functionality in that users can input commands in a pop-up window that was activated by pressing Command + Space Bar. However, “Labs is currently focusing its attention on other experiments”. You can forget about extensions for Safari because none exist. Sadness.
- Speed – Chrome is pretty lightweight compared to FireFox. It barely takes up memory usage. Firefox is a little heavier. What a fat ass. Safari though seems to be just as zippy as Chrome.
- Tab Behavior – Tab behavior on Chrome is pretty sweet. If you close a tab, it returns you to the last active tab. Safari brings you to the next tab on the left of the just-closed tab. (Argh, that means I have to use the mouse/trackpad again!) Also on Safari you navigate through tabs by Command + Shift + { or Command + … nevermind, this is just as annoying to type out as it is to use. There’s no way to navigate through tabs on Safari simply by Command + tab number. Firefox works like Chrome in that you can use Command + Arrow or Command + tab number, but it also suffers from forgetting your last active tab.
- Video Support – Oh, video support on the web. The format war about online video has been raging on lately and what a battle it’s become! Luckily, Chrome came well-prepared! It supports h.264, Theora AND VP8. All the bases have been covered, right? It looks like the others will have to duke it out or copy Chrome.
So why are you NOT using Chrome?