Last month I decided to give Google Chrome a try as my main browser, I wanted to see if the new browser had the tools and options I needed for website development. Since I started using Chrome I came across a list of Google Chrome extensions for website development.
Below you will find the pro’s and con’s of switching to Google Chrome:
Pros to switching to Chrome
- Start up speed
- Page speed load times
- Javascript execution speeds
- Works better for Google products
- Built in search engine into the URL bar
- Google’s Speed Tracer tool
- Sandboxed plug-ins
- Sandboxed tabs
- Sandboxed extensions
- Evernotes web version actually works in it
- Streamlined interface
- Easy to use home page
- Coding for Chrome means that the site will work for iPhone and Android phones and safari
- Doesn’t crash very often
- Is new to the browser market so it adds some new features that users are looking for
- Able to pin tabs to open everytime, easier then adding multiple home pages in firefox
- Built in application shortcuts
- Extensions can be added, removed or updated without the browser needing to restart
- Extensions are built using HTML, CSS and Javascript
- Built in bookmark and history sync
- Easy to find items that you search for within a page (the find feature) with the highlighted locations on the scrollbar
- built in hot keys for hiding and showing the bookmar toolbar
Cons to switching to Chrome
- Less people use it, smaller market share
- Doesn’t have firebug extension (no longer an issue, extension came out since starting use)
- Doesn’t have pixel perfect extension
- Doesn’t have yslow extension
- Doesn’t have developer toolbar extension (Most tools in the developer toolbar are replaced by multiple extensions)
- I am use to using Firefox (no longer an issue)
- Firefox Has been around for a few years
- Unable to do a full screen capture of a website with extensions (no longer an issue, extension came out)
- Unable to not save all data automatically (no cookies, history, downloads, etc (small issue))
- Unable to control sessions (no longer an issue, extension came out)
- Limited right click menu, no “copy email address”, no “properties for images” etc.
- Runs multiple processes in the task manager all labeled “Chrome”, it would be nice if they were labels something more useful, like “Chrome: NYTimes.com” which would be the name of the tab.
The list for the con’s may seem like a lot, however each month more useful extensions come out for Chrome and each one more powerful then their alternatives on Firefox. I permanently have switched to Chrome as my main browser and I don’t see me switching back to Firefox any time soon.
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