Firefox 29: Looks Just Like Chrome Now

Thu, 05/15/2014 - 11:09am — senh
Firefox 29

I just upgraded to Firefox 29, the latest version. Well, it’s more like it upgraded itself. Although I like the newer cleaner look, it’s harder and harder to tell the difference between it and Chrome, except the latter is still seemingly snappier.

Firefox 29 has buttons at the top left for both bookmarking and access to the bookmark list. My bookmarks list has gotten so out of control lately that I rarely use it anymore. It’s probably time to clean it up.

I’m still using Firefox mostly for web development purposes and Chrome for browsing. I barely touch Internet Explorer anymore, except occasionally just to make sure my sites look ok.

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