+1 for Chrome browser from as well. I run Chrome canary build in WIn 7 and Chromium 14 on arch linux, both perform better than their Firefox counterparts.

As I don't develop, my need for the cutting edge devel tools is a non-issue, and can't really say which platform is better for a developer. But for sure there is a major push from the community to get Chrome ahead of FF.

I love how snappy Chrome renders pages, the url-bar-less screen real eastate (alas, not an option apparently on Chromium, at least on the current Arch Linux build), the Chrome webstore etc.

Also, I find the extension "buttons" better implemented on Chrome again saving screen space, as opposed to FF's add-on bar on the bottom - possible to tweak that one I guess, didn't research enough - after all everyone claims FF is the most customizable of all browsers...

I ran sunspider benchmarks on both Win and Arch for canary/dev build Chrome vs FF nightly (FF-pgo on Arch), in both cases if memory serves correctly, Chrome actually came ahead.

My nod for the last 3 years has been for Chrome/ium.