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Firefox is trying to be chrome where as chrome is leading the way.

Chrome dev tools are superior to firefox where I remember a time nothing could compete with firebug.

The chrome extension API is now better than the upcoming "Web extensions" which removes extensions access to XUL and dumbs down the API to make it compatible with chrome extensions.

They've been trying to replicate the chrome sandbox for years and it still hasn't made it to production.

It goes on and on. They are catching up and doing it poorly, not leading nor innovating.

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> Firefox is trying to be chrome where as chrome is leading the way.

Firefox also does stuff that Chrome doesn't. I like having about:config, I like having some things from Test Drive, and a bunch of other things. But let's not make this a "which is better" thread.

Let's assume that Chrome is indeed leading the way. I'm quite okay with that. Firefox is still very clearly ahead of MSIE and Safari -- and even if it wasn't! Even if it was the worst popular browser. Someone has to be last, right? If it is being maintained and kept current (and it definitely is), I'd still use Firefox for not being tied to some big corp. That's what it's really about for me: independence, open source, free (as in freedom).

chromium is open source and you can create a google account and add each API you want.

There are no ties to big corp unless you want to. You don't get features from giant cluster of computers for free.

When firefox implements voice recognition, translation etc., I will look forward to how they decide to monetize it.

Regarding "about:config", that's a great feature. Let's see if it still exists in the future versions. After all, wouldn't it confuse the mainstream masses they are so desperate to appeal to?

When they start caring about power users again, I will switch. Until then, they can keep dumbing it down til it's garbage.

Firefox has speech recognition.

> You don't get features from giant cluster of computers for free.

I don't want that anyway: I'd prefer everything to run on my own laptop. And even if I didn't, that are examples of big projects that are open source and owned by a non-profit like Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, etc.

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