[shmerl]

I never saw a reason to switch to Chrome to begin with. Performance was acceptable for me, while other benefits always made Firefox more useful (privacy with encrypted Sync, better add-ons and etc.). And some time ago, Firefox clearly became a leader in performance as well.

All this "jumping to Chrome" was simply a hype thing IMHO, and I generally don't care about hype.

[syncerr]

From a developer standpoint, the dev tools in Chrome far exceed those in Firefox. The nightly releases are just starting to compare.

[shmerl]

I rarely use those. And there is also Firebug.

[toki5]

"Reasons that don't necessarily apply to me," while fair, do not fall under "hype."

[shmerl]

There was a lot of hype about it.

[sliverstorm]

There was a period around FF14 where FF was performing terribly for me, and Chrome was acceptably fast as ever. That was what made me switch for a while.

[shmerl]

I guess for lower end computers that could be more critical (netbooks and etc.).