How to: 3 Simple Steps to Import Exclusive Google Chrome Features into Firefox Browser

No doubt Firefox stands amongst the top browsers. It has commendable load speed and above all impressive add-ons. Google’s Chrome, although a recent release, it enjoys popularity. But it could never match the versatile browsing options Firefox provides with the help of its add-ons. There are some commendable features with Chrome too. What if you want to get the best of both world? Not to worry, most of the Chrome features can be set up with add-ons in Firefox.  

Here are the enhancement you can add to Firefox to add chrome’s features

Web Application

With web 2.0 features, Google chrome allows you to create web applications. This enables you to convert any website into a web application.

The  Prism firefox add-on in Firefox performs a similar job. In fact, Prism works with Firefox for Windows. And you know Chrome only works with Windows.

Incognito Mode

In Chrome the private browsing option is incognito. When you activate it and browse, nothing browsed in this mode is saved. You can’t access the history, cookies or saved pages browsed in this mode.

In case of Firefox you have the add-on  Stealther that does the Incognito mode. This offers you the option to disable the Browsing history, Cookies, Disk Cache, Saved form information and list of the recent tabs too. So it allows the webmaster more options. So its a option that you would prefer to use.

Download Statusbar

This is a remarkable feature in Chrome. Using it you can check the progress of a download without opening a separate download  Window. Everything is viewable on the status bar. The progress of file size download and the time left for download are highlighted on the statusbar.

In Firefox you have the  download statusbar firefox extension that performs the same task as the Chrome. Moreover, its interface is much more affable than the Chrome. This add-on works better than the status bar of Chrome. Amyway in Firefox 3 you can see the download manager status bar normally if you cross the window of the Firefox download manager. And even to get rid of that annoying Firefox Download Manager flashing in-front of your screen, follow this article on Firefox Download Manager

Clearly, the verdict is in favor of Mozilla Firefox. So if you are a Firfox fox user there’s nothing as bad publicity to avoid. Still you might have more to discuss? Share it with us.