Times they are’a'changin’

So as many of you will be aware I’ve been suffering from Firefox problems, these problems persisted without resolution, various updates were released which didn’t correct the problem. I was suffering from complete lockups of the browser with complimentary slow cursor and frozen computer, X crashes, typing lag and various other quirks.
As far as I’m concerned, firefox has gotten to a point on Linux where I’m reminded of Internet Explorer 6. That’s right, I just compared firefox to IE6… It’s seems to have been under development in the same direction for so long that the code is rotting. This is only my opinion, and the code is probably really clean but this doesn’t excuse the sluggish nature of the browser the repeated failures and the appearance of “Oh this is embarrassing” in the browser after repeated crashes.
I remember when firefox first launched I jumped on it like a flash saying things like “wow, have you seen how fast it is” and “it just works!”… This was during a time where I was switching from IE6 and old Mozilla.
Well, as it was back then, it is again; the new kid on the block has arrived, developed from scratch with solid engineering principles and a fundamentally better architectural design.
Enter Google Chrome…
I’m now saying the same things about chrome that I once said about firefox. I don’t think I’ll ever switch back full time, only to use those sites which chrome has trouble with while the development continues. I’ve managed to get chrome configured nicely with the –enable-plugins hack and a link to the /opt/google/chrome/plugins/ folder for libflashplayer.so so I’m happy, I have flash, a browser that starts in less than a second, and handles plugin and page crashes independent of the browser, better memory management and general slicker experience, with the tabs right across the top of the screen my browsing experience is delightful.
Google chrome is my new friend
There is no end to the praise that I’ll bestow on chrome now, I just hope that in 5 years time it’s still the same quality, or whether there’ll be yet another new kid for me to switch to.
Thank you google for giving me a browser that works!