The two browser method refers to the ability to get 2 cards that would otherwise make you ineligible for the second one, such as this blog post from 2011, for an opportunity that worked until January 2013
http://millionmilesecrets.com/2011/1...vantage-50000/
The pros were that you might save a pull while getting twice as many miles as you could without it.
The cons are that it doesn't work anymore.
There is a chance that you may have saved a pull by getting 2 Chase personal cards on the same day.