Chrome is definitely faster. I've been using it since about December as my default browser. Several minor issues:
the adblock plugins (tried 2) really slow the browser down, instead of speed it up...weird
with bookmark synch, occasionally chrome seems to crank up CPU use while synching
Also, for some reason, some video files (mpg, wmv) don't show in my chrome on my Ubuntu laptop, while working fine on my debian desktop...also weird.
the pdf view plugin is a little buggy, sometimes (I end up wget-ing some pdf files and using evince to view them on my machine)
Aside from that stuff, I just totally dig it, because it's worlds faster, mostly, and doesn't lock up on my life FF does.
In truth, I switched because FF kept running the CPU up like mad, anyway, and locking itself up, so, chrome isn't so bad in that respect: uses a lot of CPU, but less than FF. FF does have more options for handling of mailto: links, I think (gmail, yahoo mail, or, of course, any mail client, like thunderbird, evolution, or even mutt can play with FF). But since I just use my two gmail accts to collect all my mail from the various domains I own, chrome works fine for me in that respect, as well.
I also tried Opera, but it used way too much CPU, and, within an hour of downloading and installing it, I succeeded in locking it up and crashing it. I then proceeded to remove it. I prefer to use Free (as in speech) software, anyway. Konqueror and Epiphany are both decent, but, I believe Chrome gives me more useful extensions, and integrates nicely with the tonso google services I use.
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Several minor issues:
In truth, I switched because FF kept running the CPU up like mad, anyway, and locking itself up, so, chrome isn't so bad in that respect: uses a lot of CPU, but less than FF.
FF does have more options for handling of mailto: links, I think (gmail, yahoo mail, or, of course, any mail client, like thunderbird, evolution, or even mutt can play with FF).
But since I just use my two gmail accts to collect all my mail from the various domains I own, chrome works fine for me in that respect, as well.
I also tried Opera, but it used way too much CPU, and, within an hour of downloading and installing it, I succeeded in locking it up and crashing it. I then proceeded to remove it. I prefer to use Free (as in speech) software, anyway.
Konqueror and Epiphany are both decent, but, I believe Chrome gives me more useful extensions, and integrates nicely with the tonso google services I use.