I also came from vimperator, and now I use pentadactyl. You should give it a try if you don't already know it.

I actually used pentadactyl first, but the bugs grew too much for me so I switched.

http://www.wikivs.com/wiki/Pentadactyl_vs_Vimperator

I've been using Pentadactyl with bleeding edge Firefox since its first days and I definitely agree with you.

Pentadactyl doesn't support Firefox 15+ so I had to downgrade to a more stable channel with every major Firefox release. After I ended up in the stable release with no Firefox 15+ support in sight I began looking for alternatives and to my surprise Vimperator is still alive and kicking (3.5 got released six days ago)!

I don't get runtime errors anymore, it looks and performs much better (not sure if I should attribute the performance increase to newer Firefox) and has way better UX choices (like how minibuffer overlays the page instead of resizing it with every keypress which has a performance impact with heavy webpages)

I suggest every Pentadactyl user who doesn't need the better vim compatibility or extended configuration options to check Vimperator out, its still in development and certainly didn't get abandoned or superseded by Pentadactyl despite what people are suggesting.

What are the major benefits of switching from vimperator to pentadactyl?

I've had good success with Vimium [1] in Chrome.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dbepggeogbaibhgnhh...

I looked at Vimium but was put off by its implementation. It seems that Chrome simply doesn't allow a plugin to be as completely integrated as Firefox.

Same. Now I have two apps that respond to _proper_ keyboard commands.

vrome ain't a bad substitute. it's an under-mentioned plugin vs vimium but is much closer to vimperator.

Hey, thanks for that. I haven't seen vrome before. I'll definitely give it a whirl.

You should check out Vimium for Chrome.

I did, but don't like that it can't be as completely integrated into the browser as a plugin can in Firefox.