I've got to agree with some of the comments here. Why is Chrome gaining? Well, I'll tell you from personal experience, I see customer machines with Chrome on that the end user has no idea about - "What is that? How did it get there?" The answer being something like, "Well, you installed Flash and didn't uncheck that little check box." They may "have marketshare" that way, but they don't have USERS.
As far as:
"The silent update has been delayed and will not be ready until version 10 or later. Chrome migration could be delayed until version 11. The Home Tab is in the same time frame. These are all critical features that Firefox needed yesterday – not tomorrow"
I've got to say, to me, those are roughly as critical as having an option of chartreuse or paisley for the Firefox menu button.
I was using Chrome as my primary browser for... oh, about a year and a half. Still have it on. The one thing I wish FF would be able to implement is the multi-machine sync - Chrome, I log in with my Gmail account and other machines sync. Same apps, same bookmarks, etc. Firefox - unless this has changed - has a multi-step "Get code, type code into other machine" process which doesn't really help me if I'm not at the first machine.
On the plus side, FF behaves better for me. I use Logmein for remote access. Chrome insisted on asking permission *every* *single* *time* - it's a known issue. FF? Just works. Some of Chrome's apps behave oddly (such as hiding controls behind the Windows task bar and not resizing) - Firefox just works. And Firefox has a larger library of mature, working apps and addons.
So, I'm back to firefox.
As far as:
"The silent update has been delayed and will not be ready until version 10 or later. Chrome migration could be delayed until version 11. The Home Tab is in the same time frame. These are all critical features that Firefox needed yesterday – not tomorrow"
I've got to say, to me, those are roughly as critical as having an option of chartreuse or paisley for the Firefox menu button.
I was using Chrome as my primary browser for... oh, about a year and a half. Still have it on. The one thing I wish FF would be able to implement is the multi-machine sync - Chrome, I log in with my Gmail account and other machines sync. Same apps, same bookmarks, etc. Firefox - unless this has changed - has a multi-step "Get code, type code into other machine" process which doesn't really help me if I'm not at the first machine.
On the plus side, FF behaves better for me. I use Logmein for remote access. Chrome insisted on asking permission *every* *single* *time* - it's a known issue. FF? Just works. Some of Chrome's apps behave oddly (such as hiding controls behind the Windows task bar and not resizing) - Firefox just works. And Firefox has a larger library of mature, working apps and addons.
So, I'm back to firefox.
/techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/mozilla-extends-lucrative-deal-with-google-for-3-years/
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