Firefox vs. Chrome

Since I got to Germany, I've been having trouble with Firefox. Certain sites just won't load in Firefox. However, Google Chrome works perfectly fine (haven't tested the status of Internet Explorer). So much to my chagrin, I've had to start using Chrome.

I downloaded Chrome when it first came out because it sounded interesting, but after using it for awhile, I didn't really get what was so great about it, and all I ever heard anyone say about it was it was fast. Since I no longer use dial-up though, speed isn't really an issue, so I quit using it, but left it on my computer in case it really did have a cool feature I was unaware of. So it was convenient when I started having trouble with Firefox.

So after a little over a month of use, here's my opinion of Chrome.

Pros:
-Faster start-up. I haven't noticed much difference when just surfing the web, but Chrome is much faster at getting up and going when I click the icon.
-More useful homepage. By default, the Chrome homepage shows the nine sites I visit most, instead of taking me to one homepage I may or may not use. However, I'd be surprised if there's not a Firefox application that does that. Much better than IE though, which freezes if I don't let the homepage load before doing something else.
-Probably less memory usage. Not so much a problem with this computer, but would have been nice in the past.
-Ctrl+F is cooler. It doesn't just highlight one word at a time, but highlights every instance the word I'm looking for shows up. Also, lines show up on the side-scroll showing you where on the page the words you're looking for are.
-Open new tab is the first choice when I right-click. Not so much a problem when I have a mouse with a third button, but lately I've only been using the touchpad.

Cons:
-No multi-option search bar. On Firefox there's a search bar thing that I can change to use different search engines if I want. On Chrome, you can use the address bar to search, but only with Google. Since Firefox does the exact same thing, it doesn't seem all that useful.
-Poor address guessing. When I start to type in an address, both Firefox and Chrome try to guess what I'm searching for. Firefox is much better at this. For example, sometimes if I'm looking for www.website.com, Chrome will give me www.website.com/randompageIdonotneed.html, and never suggest just the main page. Firefox also learns what I'm looking for much better. For many sites I visit regularly, I only need to type one letter and Firefox knows what I'm looking for, even if that letter never appears in the address (i.e. typing "s" brings up www.puzzle-loop.com, because it learned that I'm looking based on the site name, Slither Link). In Chrome, even if I visit the site a lot, if it has an odd address, it will never suggest it.
-Random download folder. Some time ago, I made it so that everything I downloaded in Firefox, went to my Desktop. I have a bad habit of forgetting I downloaded something, so having it on the Desktop is helpful. Chrome downloads everything to some random folder, so I forget there are files in it sometimes.
-No applications. This means, no ad blocking, no flash blocking, etc. I had no idea how many ads the sites I visit had until I started using Chrome. There have been so many moments when using Chrome I thought, I wish I could do this, and then remembered I could do just that in Firefox.

In the end, I'm going to stick with Firefox. Even if Chrome does certain things better, Firefox just does more.