It's worth mentioning that these power savings come as a result of the first of several changes that are being worked on, so more improvements are yet to come.
I know it's been a huge amount of work to move from OpenGL to Core Animation, but it's already proven to be well worth it.
I never felt the impetus to switch back. A few years ago I used Chrome for performance, add-ons, and syncing, then I moved to OSX and use primarily Safari. When I tried firefox here the performance seemed poor so I didn't try it for long.
I know it's been a huge amount of work to move from OpenGL to Core Animation, but it's already proven to be well worth it.