Thread: Three Firefox extensions engage Google, Opera, and Microsoft

There's a bit of chatter about Google Chrome overtaking Firefox in coming months, after it fulfills more than a few wish lists (like this one below). Yet, independent Firefox developers have a record for quickly countering features that crop up in rival browsers with a well-placed extension.

The article at download.com/8301-2007_4-10046472-12.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0

1. Profile roaming between multiple browsers. This may be a pipe dream, but if Foxmarks for Firefox has proved anything, syncing up your bookmarks between multiple machines is awesome. Doing the same with passwords, settings, and history would be even better. Considering Google already has a way for your browser to send data back to the mothership, and a hosted Web history service of its own, a little sync using my Google account doesn't seem that hard does it?

2. Better bookmark management. Speaking of bookmarks, the bookmarking system in Chrome is about as basic as it gets. "Stripped-down" might be a better way to describe it. On the outset, it seems as robust as Firefox 3's with a really simple one-click way to save links. Where the system falls apart is the lack of tools for organization, and a complete lack of a back-up tool to save your short (or long) list of favorite sites. Of course, a bookmarks plug-in like Delicious would help sort this out, which brings us to the next yearning.

The rest of the list at news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10033296-2.html




I think if FireFox creates the right addons and tweaks a few small things in its latter versions, it will by far exceed Chrome and any others. In addition, even though people think that IE is the worst, many people DO actually still use it. I only recently transitioned to FF about 2 months ago. My sister, however, still uses IE. If microsoft would just work harder and put in some good effort, then it would rock IE! But people are lazy...

Thats really great efforts from FF.

I don't know why people hate IE, I think its a good browser with some limitations of course.

Yea, if IE just gets a little faster, and gets more conservative with all its tabs and all, then it will certainly rock, especially if it gets a super cool design to it.

Originally Posted by Amirmullick3

Yea, if IE just gets a little faster, and gets more conservative with all its tabs and all, then it will certainly rock, especially if it gets a super cool design to it.

As per design I think IE looks better then FF. I am sure people faced problems so they dislike it.

Originally Posted by manik

As per design I think IE looks better then FF. I am sure people faced problems so they dislike it.

Well, IE should just affiliate with more other companies. Like, at the moment they have something with Zwinky, so it basically makes it easier for Zwinky users to access Zwinky, therefore all Zwinky users have IE, but even Zwinky is only so famous....