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- rhdesigns, on 05/28/2009, -7/+205Finally! Chrome's lack of extensions is the only thing stopping me from using it as my main browser
- RainStreet, on 05/29/2009, -1/+78I just installed 3.0.182.3 (developer build). To get the extensions to work (I'm using Windows XP currently) you have to right click the Chrome icon on your desktop, then click 'Properties'. Add '--enable-extensions' (without quotes, obviously) after the target path. Then you can download and install extensions like AdSweep. It seems to be working great so far!
- momegao, on 05/29/2009, -4/+67<insert any extension name>, I will stick with FF until chrome support it...
- decx, on 05/29/2009, -1/+53adblockers are a direct result of intrusive variants of ads that where made because everybody already didnt care for 468-banners
with all these fullscreen ads and sliding windows, users simply wouldnt put up with this ***** and searched for ways to not see this.
sites that use ads that are not as intrusive and are worth the support are the reason that whitelisting was implemented in these blockers
but i dont blame anyone for blocking ads, simply because you have the right to filter what kind of data reaches your machine - NovaPrime9, on 05/29/2009, -2/+50Speed. Memory footprint.
... I think that's about it. I fluctuate between the two. I like Chrome, but my dependence on my extensions always brings me back to FF. - krisrm, on 05/29/2009, -8/+53"an extension that ports IE8 Accelerators to Chrome"
Internet Explorer: The Little Browser that Got Left Behind In The Dust By It's Competition, Yet Everyone Still Uses It For Some Reason
or, *****-IE for short! - RackAddict, on 05/29/2009, -3/+40Generic Ads, I don't mind. It's those bloody smileys that yell and ***** when you accidently mouseover them.
Well, not literally *****. Although some might, I've not seen those. Ewww. - mparker21311, on 05/29/2009, -6/+36Uh oh, watch out firefox!!!
- RedZeppelin, on 05/29/2009, -0/+25I don't block all ads, just annoying ones.
I see Google ads every day. As soon as other web advertisers learn to make their ads unobtrusive and not eye-achingly annoying I'll stop blocking those too.
/puch the monkey to win an iPod!!111oneoneeleven - hartley, on 05/29/2009, -1/+26Nahh, they've always said they were developing a plug-in system.
- Nephersir7, on 05/28/2009, -1/+26I am using them right now in Chromium 3.0.183.0 (build 17103) :P
- Apocalyptic0n3, on 05/29/2009, -21/+45How about an official OS X version now?
- eliburford, on 05/29/2009, -9/+31Surprised Google would allow such a thing. But to compete with Firefox (and to win me over) they will have to allow such add-ons.
- willhirsch, on 05/29/2009, -3/+24Add user interface to that. And the omnibar model. And separate tab processes. And silent autoupdate. Any more?
- Taiyoryu, on 05/29/2009, -0/+19And if Mozilla improves Firefox's speed, screen clutter, and memory footprint in the meantime to be better than Chrome, no need to migrate. Ain't competition great? So which browser will get the ideal feature set first?
- commentbot, on 05/29/2009, -2/+21Why wouldn't AdSweep block Google ads? It's not endorsed by Google, AFAICT...
BTW...AdSweep also works with Firefox (And your current ad-blocking technique in Firefox may work with Chrome if you use HostMan, Privoxy, Proxomitron, etc...) - bpwned, on 05/29/2009, -3/+20Check out the preview versions here: http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/sub-r ...
They're nice :) - ant9821, on 05/29/2009, -0/+15AKA porn mode.
- idastheman, on 05/29/2009, -0/+15I thought like you until recently, when the Microsoft ads on top of digg started to auto expand and some guy starts talking every time you hover over it accidently. That's just annoying.
- Dested, on 05/29/2009, -0/+15I didnt realize that so many osx users were so petty.
It doesnt look like a native windows app either guys... - thisisparta, on 05/29/2009, -2/+16Why this over firefox? Someone tell me please.
- roostersheep, on 05/29/2009, -3/+16It's fast, simple and secure.
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 05/29/2009, -0/+13They use it because it is installed as the DEFAULT in the operating system. Not the hardest secret for you to have divined...
- uriman, on 05/29/2009, -2/+15There are two problems with this add on:
1. No automatic updates. They expect you to go to the site or use getright (which I have not used since dialup) to update the .js file.
2. I notice that on nytimes and washingtonpost sites that the flash ads load, but then quickly disappear in <1s. In FF w/ Adblock, they never load. - pikpikcarrotmon, on 05/29/2009, -0/+12tortoise and the hare you stupid bastard
- Nephersir7, on 05/29/2009, -0/+12Uh, Chromium is an open-source browser. Google cant really ban ad-blocking extensions
- franklymister, on 05/29/2009, -4/+16Who cares what it looks like, I just want Chrome on Mac.
- pw378, on 05/29/2009, -1/+13now now... Lets not trash firefox.. Save that for IE.
- roostersheep, on 05/29/2009, -0/+12Lol,
firefox is not competition with Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer has been out many years and thousand of bugs and security holes. If you say firefox is a competitor to Internet Explorer then you must be out of your mind. - knobbysideup, on 05/29/2009, -1/+12If advertisers hadn't become obnoxious, it would never have been a problem, and they would not have been blocked in the first place. There's no going back. Deal with what you created.
- willhirsch, on 05/29/2009, -3/+14Chrome comes with a far superior DOM inspector as standard, though you're right of course that everything else is missing...
- kilimangaro, on 05/29/2009, -1/+12Linux version plz !
- NJank, on 05/29/2009, -1/+11just as with Opera, if you're using a beta or developer build, you can enable User Scripts. Then, you can try dropping simpler greasemonkey scripts and other JS scripts into the folder to get some basic functionality. I've gotten 3 out of the 5 I've tried to work without modification.
- dronkmunk, on 05/29/2009, -0/+10Incognito mode
- Ares3, on 05/29/2009, -0/+10IIRC, the turtle won the race...
- MJDub, on 05/29/2009, -2/+12That and smooth scrolling.
- Appleologist, on 05/29/2009, -2/+11If you try out the latest build of Chromium for Mac, you'll find that Google has done a good job to make the UI look native.
- nitsuj, on 05/29/2009, -2/+11No it isn't. It's Google realizing that people who use ad block will just use Firefox if Chrome doesn't support it. These people were never going to click through on ads anyway, so there's no financial loss to Google.
- Raz0rEdge, on 05/29/2009, -3/+12Yes, but competition is good..Firefox has gotten really bloaty and slow lately. The earlier versions were amazingly fast and light. Chrome reminds us about those days..
- idastheman, on 05/29/2009, -2/+11AdSweep works great. Finally!
- heyimfromreddit, on 05/29/2009, -2/+11I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but Firefox really hasn't had any real competition.
- Sil3ncer7, on 05/29/2009, -4/+13As soon as I have gestures its over Firefox.. Sorry, it was a good run.. Ill come back to visit sometime
- ghamal, on 05/29/2009, -1/+9I've been using Adsweep for about a week. Small pain in the ass to setup (not just click and install) but it works FANTASTIC and blocks 99.9% of all ads.
- RobotBuddha, on 05/29/2009, -1/+9Given that they're not done writing the extension system, I don't think it's surprising that it's not weighing up to anything that's in a completed state.
- krisrm, on 05/29/2009, -1/+9No, I mean "still only a tenth of the functionality of any other browser, but they really don't care because they've still got the market share to declare themselves 'superior'..."
(my acronym was already getting kind of wordy) - roxgod666, on 05/29/2009, -0/+8We're talking about a war of quality, not quantity.
- JAVandiver, on 05/29/2009, -3/+11How about an add-on that allows you to change the color palette so that Chrome actually matches your theme?
- SkippyDoorknob, on 05/29/2009, -0/+7What "25% of what's considered to be normal" is missing?
- insertAliasHere, on 05/29/2009, -0/+7For real. Also, most users make no distinction between the "internet" and an "internet browser." If you tell them to get on the internet, they know to look for the little "e." They don't even know of alternatives, or if they've heard of Firefox, they don't understand what it does, or why there is any reason to use it.
And they don't care. They don't care that Firefox and Opera and Safari and Chrome render HTML and Javascript more correctly than IE, they don't care about features that they will never actually use. They care that they can get to their favorite/required websites.
Sure, it sucks for us web devs, but what are you going to do? Real people just don't care about web standards. - RobotBuddha, on 05/29/2009, -0/+7In linux, it's something I've been wishing for. I love firefox, but no matter which side of the blame game one comes down on it's just always been sluggish on linux for me. Even the development builds of chromium, however, have just flown. Despite being such a complex and huge program, chromium is probably one of the fastest and most responsive programs on my system. Firefox, however, is one of the slowest.
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