Counter arguments to your reasoning of why chrome isn’t so great yet: - Security Vulnerabilities Any piece of software is bound to have security vulnerabilities. Take any popular software and have a security audit and there’s bound to be holes. Unfortunately the miracle of bug-free and vulnerability-free software has yet to be discovered - Not Many Extensions Extensions are the icing on the cake. I’m a web developer and manage everything I need to do without extensions on Firefox, so naturally I can do the same from any browser. Some people may prefer to have loads of extensions so they have a very bloated do-everything-and-more application, but none of it is necessary. - Cross Compatibility You know it, I know it, tons of others know it - Mac / Linux versions are coming soon. This is a non-issue. - Another Web Browser Your reasoning cites checking created websites for compatibility. Well, the rendering engine is WebKit. That means if you check in one webkit browser, it’s going to look and function (nearly) exactly as any other webkit browser. ( I say nearly because they could be running different versions of webkit - which Safari and Chrome are, but the differences would be negligible. ) All you really need to check is Trident, Gecko, and WebKit, and you’re good to go. I see the “another web browser” point as a good thing, as hopefully it’ll spur some decent competition in the market. IE is failing, Firefox is no longer the savior it once was, Safari’s getting stale, and Opera is hidden in the shadows. My $0.02.
Counter arguments to your
Counter arguments to your reasoning of why chrome isn’t so great yet: - Security Vulnerabilities Any piece of software is bound to have security vulnerabilities. Take any popular software and have a security audit and there’s bound to be holes. Unfortunately the miracle of bug-free and vulnerability-free software has yet to be discovered - Not Many Extensions Extensions are the icing on the cake. I’m a web developer and manage everything I need to do without extensions on Firefox, so naturally I can do the same from any browser. Some people may prefer to have loads of extensions so they have a very bloated do-everything-and-more application, but none of it is necessary. - Cross Compatibility You know it, I know it, tons of others know it - Mac / Linux versions are coming soon. This is a non-issue. - Another Web Browser Your reasoning cites checking created websites for compatibility. Well, the rendering engine is WebKit. That means if you check in one webkit browser, it’s going to look and function (nearly) exactly as any other webkit browser. ( I say nearly because they could be running different versions of webkit - which Safari and Chrome are, but the differences would be negligible. ) All you really need to check is Trident, Gecko, and WebKit, and you’re good to go. I see the “another web browser” point as a good thing, as hopefully it’ll spur some decent competition in the market. IE is failing, Firefox is no longer the savior it once was, Safari’s getting stale, and Opera is hidden in the shadows. My $0.02.