Don't get me wrong, I am a big Firefox fan and have been for many many years. I remember using it when it was called "Firebird" before they were forced to change the name.
But now, it seems like a resource hog to me. In order to use flash you need to use the outdated flash plugin for linux. And when you do I noticed resource usage jumps depending on the page you visit (with flash animation ads, etc). Yeah, you can turn off the plugin and turn it on when you need it, buy why should anyone need to do this. I am sure when the entire internet moves to HTML5 life will be better...but that may take some time
As most know, recently Netflix natively supports Google Chrome by default. This is GREAT news...something I did not expect to happen at all to be quite honest. I have been yearning for native Netflix support in Linux for years now. Now it is a reality. Not having Netflix in the past was one of the main reasons most of the people I know would not leave Windows believe it or not. I know the Mozilla team has their reasons for not working with the Netflix DRM, but honestly it is killing them. The average user does not care about the underlying controversy. They just want to watch stuff on Netflix. Now that is a non-issue thankfully. Not to mention that Chrome has the latest flash technologies embedded in the browser. No plugin needed. And it feels faster than Firefox.
Again, I have been a Firefox fan for more years than I can remember and I am not a huge fan of Google products....but I have to look at it from a usability standpoint. Chrome works out of the box (without added plugins) for more of the internet as we know it today. It is faster and not nearly as much of a resource hog. It is worked on much more often. It just works.
I think it should be the default browser with Firefox as an optional download. Just my opinion.
