Browser like any other piece of software needs UI, of course browser must first of all render pages well and fast but we got that already other browsers do that quite well, I don't really think that 0.2sec faster rendering of Nihilum page makes any difference to anyone.
Functionality is next important thing when comes to any software. We all go o different websites and many of us likes to customize their browser in a way that suits their needs, gmail notifier, adblock, del.ici.ous, greasemonkey and hundreds other addons is what makes Firefox fast, customizable and user friendly. On top of that in tests Firefox uses considerably less memory than Chrome.
Promotional movie is just that - promotional movie and what devs say in it is not always what they think. I can assure you that google is not a charity and they don't spawn their apps for greater goodness of everyone of us, they do it for money.
Chrome has potential to be good, it has good engine and that is certainly most important thing, but apart from engine Chrome looks very poor compared to Firefox. If google insist on keeping Chrome architecture closed and won't allow for addons I predict Chrome to be a niche browser like Opera, fast, good, yet very unappealing for wide public. (all you Opera zealots sit down, I like the browser, is good.... but I won't use it :P) |