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Chrome vs. Firefox
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I've been using Firefox for a long time, partly because it works well, and partly because I believe in the manifesto. Chrome exists for Google, but Firefox exists for me. I usually only fire up Chrome for testing compatibility.

However today I tried using Chrome for the sake of the Evernote Web Clipper, which sucks on Firefox. But everything is fuzzy in Chrome!

Turns out that Chrome doesn't respect the OS settings for font hinting. Here's how that page looks on both browsers:

Chrome

Firefox

Here's a magnified view. You can see that Chrome blurs all the vertical stems whereas Firefox has them lined up with pixels, per my XFT hinting preferences.

Chrome

Firefox

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