Chrome has been my primary browser for the last year and I have not noticed the majority of issues discussed in the post. Great eye for detail but I suspect most people won't notice most of these issues. I've found that Chrome easily beats Firefox and IE8 for the one thing most people care about most: Get right to work while the browser is not in your way. It's fast and uncluttered, and is more secure than the competition out of the box (though Firefox can be made more secure with extensions).
2 minor points:
If you don't like seeing favicons or other UI elements while reading, hit F11 for full screen mode. All browsers have this except Safari.
Put things in the "other" folder by dragging and dropping the favicons from the bookmarks bar. Useful for decluttering the bookmarks bar.
I wrote a detailed comparison of the 5 major browsers, here:
My take is that the latest version of all 5 browsers are very good, so it's a matter of finding the most suitable browser for each user. Based on the issues discussed, I suspect Opera might be preferred by the author.
Thanks for the comment. I agree with almost everything you said, but I would add that Safari doesn't suffer from most of these issues, though it suffers from other problems.
2 minor points:
If you don't like seeing favicons or other UI elements while reading, hit F11 for full screen mode. All browsers have this except Safari.
Put things in the "other" folder by dragging and dropping the favicons from the bookmarks bar. Useful for decluttering the bookmarks bar.
I wrote a detailed comparison of the 5 major browsers, here:
http://www.filterjoe.com/2011/03/15/best-browsers-2011-best-...
My take is that the latest version of all 5 browsers are very good, so it's a matter of finding the most suitable browser for each user. Based on the issues discussed, I suspect Opera might be preferred by the author.