Huh?
OK number 2, I use firefox for all of my reference browsing, like Java apis and c++ reference sites, and that sort of thing. I leave it on 24/7 for weeks and months. I use IE for anything Microsoft and our internal web stuff from IT, again on all the time and never shut down. And I use chrome for searching, news and if I need to find specific formula for coding. Again never shut down. And I do not see the memory leaks of which you are referring. Never. (IE 9 or 8 depending on machine, latest chrome or firefox, only restart them for updates.
3 performance, I recommend users use different browsers for different things as each has strengths and weaknesses. The nature of the beast no two teams will make the same thing.
10 Linux. OK I have problems with browsers on Linux. Most of the different distros have their own package install for web browsers and you can't seem to install the original browser for Linux without using the onse from your distro. They fail dependencies or the version available is way out of date (Debian and Chromium for instance, Scientific Linux and firefox...)
At least with some other things like say Eclipse I can install the complete thing from Eclipse.org and it covers all of the dependencies. But not browsers. And this accelerated numbering will not be kept up by the Linux vendors.
