Google Chrome, almost there for me

I'm a long time Firefox user - previous SeaMonkey user, previous Mozilla user, previous Netscape Communicator user - so it's been a pleasure to have (again) a fast and light browser on my system: Google Chrome.

I've been testing Google Chrome 1.0 for some time now and, as a long time Firefox user, the comparative was inevitable.
Chrome is light, fast, generally has a good GUI and a set of interesting and useful features.

I'm currently also using Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, which implements some of the nicest Chrome features, like changing tabs into new browsers and vice-versa (currently works much better on Chrome) and cleaning navigation on a specific date interval.
But unfortunately Firefox has become worst each version, to state some of the worst problems:
- The "bookmark this page" dialog is so small it almost become unusable.
- It has two distinct find GUIs, the "find as you type" is different from the "find"
menu option. It even has different options available.
- It's getting hard to find the options in the options dialog.
- It is still impossible to save a proxy username and password for future usage.

To cut a long story short, here's what stopping me to make a definite move to Chrome:
- No Foxmarks plug-in available.
- "Find as you type" unavailable. The find it self is a bit buggy.
- Change between languages on a text box while editing text.

Here's a set of features that I miss on Chrome, but that would not stop me to make the change:
- "Reopen closed tab" unavailable. It forces the user to go to the history.
- Firebug plug-in. The current developer menu options are not enough.
- Ad Block plug-in.
- Down Them All plug-in.
- FoxyProxy plug-in. Using the system settings is not enough when one uses a laptop on several networks.
- Private Browsing.

Mozilla is making an effort to make Firefox 3.1 much better, I believe they are feel the pressure from Chrome, and its release notes show they are on the right track.

By the way, it would be very nice to use it in Linux and it would be a blast if it supported Mozilla plug-ins...

./M6