Google Chrome vs. Firefox

I used to be a loyal user of Firefox. When Google Chrome was just released, I did test it out but conclude the browser is too primitive compared to Firefox (especially the lack of add-on features) and decided it is not my cup of tea.

Not until I get frustrated with the Firefox performance problem lately. I do notice for Firefox 3.0 after you use it long enough without restarting, it tends to become slower and consume quite a lot of memory. Hence, I revisit Google Chrome and give it a second chance.

First, I try to find out the equivalent of search bar of Firefox in Google chrome. Immediately I fall in love with the Google address bar. The single address bar allow you to key in the URL directly (it's obvious enough), and it's also a Google search bar (see below)



Best still, with a bit minor configuration, I can use it as wikipedia search, by typing a "w" with a space, it will trigger a wiki search:



Then, I had thought the back button in google chrome does not allow go backward nth page like what Firefox, good to find myself wrong, you just need to right click on the back button.



I will still think Firefox is a great tool for development purpose for its add on like firebug, color picker, and the auto paging (which allow you to do google search and display all result by just scrolling only) etc.

But for quick internet browsing itself, I think Google Chrome do deserve its place.