A couple of months ago I switched to Firefox for my daily browsing needs because of its smarter handling of tabs. The following two features made it worth it:
/1/ Tab groups -- I have a tab group for my work,
another for general comms, and yet another
which serves as a "to read" buffer.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-organize-tabs
The default shortcut is command+shift+E
/2/ Tab unloading. Firefox is smart about unloading
from RAM tabs which have not been used recently.
Upon focusing on the tab it comes back to life
as it was before.
Thanks to /2/, my Internet addiction can go on unabated for much longer periods now despite the fact that I have only 4G of RAM. With Chrome I used to "max out" at 20-30 tabs, but with Firefox I can go to 50+ tabs, especially if they are in a tab group that hasn't been unloaded from RAM.
I still use Chrome for web dev though. The developer console, and tools are superior.
I still use Chrome for web dev though. The developer console, and tools are superior.
update: I HIGHLY recommend y'all try out this tab group thing. Here is a screenshot of what it looks like: http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/firefox-tab-group...