>The existence and popularity of Chrome has turned FF from a decrepit bloatware to a sleek modern web racehorse.
Please don't spout this crap. Firefox has definitely improved a lot in some areas recently, and I'm sure competition helped, but this idea that it was getting worse before chrome is an artifact of websites getting more complicated.
Try to browse gmail or facebook with firefox 1.0 and it won't feel as slim or fast as you remember...
Well it's a little bit of both so I think he has every reason to also attribute competition. Firefox has definitely borrowed a few ideas and motivation from Chrome, and vice versa.
You might want to try reading posts before commenting. I was clearly pointing towards startup time and general app respnsiveness, not actual speed browsing websites. But thanks for saying please.
Please don't spout this crap. Firefox has definitely improved a lot in some areas recently, and I'm sure competition helped, but this idea that it was getting worse before chrome is an artifact of websites getting more complicated.
Try to browse gmail or facebook with firefox 1.0 and it won't feel as slim or fast as you remember...