Google Chrome is faster than any other browser. I mean, a lot faster. That's not a small thing when you spend as much time on the web as I do. (I distinctly remember being able to do technical writing before the web was invented, but I don't remember how.) And my main browser Firefox has real problems. Still, I've put off switching. Early versions of Chrome carried the "no feature bloat!" thing just a little too far for me. Not only were basic application features extremely limited, there was no extension mechanism.
I probably don't need as many Firefox extensions as I have installed (and Firefox would probably work better if I removed a few of them) but there are a couple I just can't live without. Like the extension that integrates RoboForm with the browser. RoboForm saves me a lot of form filling and password remembering. Without this extension, filling in forms and logging into web sites becomes a lot more complicated and time consuming. Switching to any browser that doesn't support it is a non-starter.
Chrome's extension mechanism has been in a kind of beta mode for a while. It's just recently been released for general use. (Or maybe not that recently -- I haven't been following Chrome developments closely.) And there's a RoboForm extension. There's still a lot of functionality that I'd like to see added to Chrome. And I really hate the way Chrome ignores existing GUI conventions. And Movable Type's WYSIWYG editor doesn't work as well on Chrome.
Still, I may be getting close to the point where living with Chrome's shortcomings will be a reasonable price to pay for Chrome's extreme speed. Stay tune.
I probably don't need as many Firefox extensions as I have installed (and Firefox would probably work better if I removed a few of them) but there are a couple I just can't live without. Like the extension that integrates RoboForm with the browser. RoboForm saves me a lot of form filling and password remembering. Without this extension, filling in forms and logging into web sites becomes a lot more complicated and time consuming. Switching to any browser that doesn't support it is a non-starter.
Chrome's extension mechanism has been in a kind of beta mode for a while. It's just recently been released for general use. (Or maybe not that recently -- I haven't been following Chrome developments closely.) And there's a RoboForm extension. There's still a lot of functionality that I'd like to see added to Chrome. And I really hate the way Chrome ignores existing GUI conventions. And Movable Type's WYSIWYG editor doesn't work as well on Chrome.
Still, I may be getting close to the point where living with Chrome's shortcomings will be a reasonable price to pay for Chrome's extreme speed. Stay tune.
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