# Chrome v. Firefox **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029 "2011-01-01T05:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029/81 "2011-01-09T04:33:00Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > What did IE9 steal from Chrome? I have seen the beta and it looks awfully close to a hybrid of Chrome and IE. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029/82 "2011-01-09T05:09:15Z")
Oh, **9**. I got it mixed up with 8, the current version. IE8 was actually pretty innovative, and Microsoft rarely gets credited with that so I was thinking it was really unfair to say that 8 stole from Chrome. My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029/83 "2011-01-09T13:59:04Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Oh, **9**. I got it mixed up with 8, the current version. IE8 was actually pretty innovative, and Microsoft rarely gets credited with that so I was thinking it was really unfair to say that 8 stole from Chrome. My mistake. Yeah: IE7 and 8 both stole from Firefox (tabs, separate search bar, extensions, standards compliance). Now everyone is stealing from Chrome. If only Chrome would steal back, I might actually enjoy using it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029/84 "2011-01-09T14:04:58Z")
> [@ramel](#): > > Yeah, but still in beta. So be careful! I tried it two days ago, and somehow it managed to completely break my old Firefox 3.6 in such a way that uninstalling and then reinstalling wouldn’t fix. > > I had to spend quite a bit of time searching for any file Firefox or Mozilla related and delete it manually, then reinstall. > > Luckily I could copy across my fairly recent bookmarks from Opera to Firefox, so I didn’t lose much. Still it was very annoying. > > But when it’s out of beta and properly released in a few months, I’m sure Firefox 4 will blow everything else away. Until that day, 3.6 is still my favourite. Well, since it’s going to be coming out soon, I thought it would be a good idea to mention. If Ellis Dee is anything like me, I’d bet Firefox 4 will be out before she’s finished making up her mind. Also, a quick tip for beta testing: always sequester or backup your original data. I’ve gotten lucky that Firefox 4.0b7 has worked so well–heck, I downgraded from 4.0b8, as it introduced some bugs. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029/85 "2011-01-09T23:51:15Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Well, since it’s going to be coming out soon, I thought it would be a good idea to mention. If Ellis Dee is anything like me, I’d bet Firefox 4 will be out before she’s finished making up her mind. hehheh, yep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-v-firefox/566029.md?page=4)