Seems like everywhere I go these days, everyone is going on about what a great browser Chrome is. Outside of pure speed, I simply don’t get it. Yes, I realize the browser is fast. And thanks to the addition of extensions, the browser’s functionality is beginning to expand as well.

But there were still features missing that I am not finding in Chrome vs. Firefox… or so I had thought. I dove in deeper. Turns out, Chrome not only offers me the same address bar functionality as Firefox with auto-complete as a I type, it even allows me to visualize it with a mouse click. Basically, providing me with a cleaner version of the history.

Then there is tab management. In Firefox, I can move them around or even separate them into a new window. Turns out Chrome does the same exact thing, but better and with a cleaner visual experience during the process. I was blown away.

Finally, we have the extensions and themes. Extension installation with Chrome means no restarting the browser, based on my testing. And installing them was very visually compelling, I was impressed. It looks very clean.

On the theme front, the latest Firefox and Chrome both make theme installs very simple and automatic. Just point and click. But based on what I have experienced above, Chrome is quickly making Firefox looking like something of a has-been.

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