[citation][nom]AMD X6850[/nom]Not funny droking =PIt's a shame cos Firefox has actually fixed up its major issues.It no longer uses a ton of memory, it starts quickly, freezing in one tab doesn't affect another.People complain about Flash crashing with Firefox but it's never happened to me so it's not an issue for me.Some people who use Chrome reckon its awesome (and themselves too XD) and start going on about it but when you ask them questions about why it is so, they just give me the generic "it's faster and better" but can't explain anything more than that. I'd say they are more of a dumbass than someone who uses IE because "it's there".[/citation]
1) It's faster. (broken record, I know, but it's true and has been basically since it came out; though the gap is narrowing). This has always been the #1 reason.
2) Its integration. From having adobe flash early on (albeit at slightly worse performance than standalone flash) to pdf viewing shortly after.
3) Its innovation. It was the first browser to use DNS prefetching and more recently the pre-rendering of web pages.
4) Its minimalist interface. I started with Chrome version 3 and back then they had a favorites toolbar on by default (which I'll admit, I missed at first) but now that's gone as is the http before the website (meanwhile showing https, lovin' it). Also, the new tab page.
5) Browser management. Add-ons and extensions nearly on-par with ff and the built-in task manager. ABP is a must. (Yes it is available for Chrome for those that didn't know)
6) Google streamlines it very well. I remember one of the earlier versions of chrome had a problem with using a measurable amount of CPU to keep tabs active while not viewing them but it was down to near 0 the next release.
Much love for Chrome