11 Reasons Why Firefox Should Really, Really Be Afraid of Google's Chrome

Mozilla, the organisation behind Firefox, has openly said that they are not afraid that Google's newly announced Chrome browser in a number of interviews given to various news outlets.

The question is not whether they should be afraid, rather it should be how much Mozilla should be afraid (and probably running for cover).

Here's 11 good reasons why Google's sudden announcement of Chrome could spell more trouble for Firefox than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

1. Chrome is Open Source... Just like Firefox and in this cut-throat market, there can't be space for more than one free browser... Remember Lynx, Flock, Galeon and so many other open source browsers? Firefox squeezed them out of the development space.

2. Google is Mozilla's main financial supporter... The Mozilla foundation received £31 million from Google in 2006 alone, out of the £37 million it earned in that year. Interestingly, Mozilla has not publish any financial statement since that date. Google is continuing to invest in Mozilla as per an announcement on the 29th of August 2008, at least until 2011.

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3. Chrome is SERIOUSLY different from the rest of the competition. Google designed Chrome from ground up. Firefox is based on Netscape Navigator and even if the code has been refined over time, it is still old code, just like Windows XP or Vista. Chrome is "devised on the needs of today's web applications and today's users".