Roberto Guedes Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 So, guys, I think I'll give Chrome another try. I'm in Frefox now, and it's great, but the performance of Chrome always gets me. The thing is that many things are missing for me. Maybe you could help me? Aero Peek So, I always stay between 5-8 tabs, so Aero Peek works like a charm for me. There was a code to put on the shortcut, but Google removed that. (--aero-peek-tabs, I think). Is there a way to get it back? If not, I could live with that. But since I always change tabs and windows, it could be great for me. Extensions So, almost all extensions that I use are in Chrome as well. But Ghostery behaves so differently that it's almost impossible to white-list the things I don't want blocked. Now, there is Do Not Track Plus, which I never tried. Does it work better? Also, does it blend well with Adblock? Rendering problems On Lifehacker (and all Gawker sites, apparently), there's a gray line in the middle of the articles only on Chrome. I've seen that on the search function of Facebook's chat and the guys on Rock, Paper, Shotgun saw that this week as well. Is there a fix for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Guedes Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Alright, so I managed to get around all of these problems, execpt Aero Peek, but I can live with that. There's only one more thing: With Flashblock, even if I put video sites on the white-list, embed videos still don't work. I'm talking about YouTube and Vimeo. Do I have to put specific adresses? EDIT: I restarted it, and it's working. Nevermind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkroeder Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 You actually don't need the flashblock extension. The functionality is built into Chrome. You can find it under Settings > Advanced Settings > Privacy > Content Settings > Scroll down to find the Plugin section > Enable Click to Play You can also click on Manage Exceptions to add your whitelist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Guedes Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 Oh, great! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 You actually don't need the flashblock extension. The functionality is built into Chrome. You can find it under Settings > Advanced Settings > Privacy > Content Settings > Scroll down to find the Plugin section > Enable Click to Play You can also click on Manage Exceptions to add your whitelist. Click to play could also be enabled in Firefox as well, but it has the same problem of making whitelisting a real hassle because it has to be done manually every time by going deep into the settings to do it. For that reason, Flashblock is still preferable. Edit... So it seems like Chrome recently added a newer "site permissions" control panel by clicking the favicon next to the web address in the omnibar. So once you have click to play enabled, all you have to do to whitelist the site is click the favicon and then change the plugin settings from "ask by default" to "always allow". It's an extra couple of clicks, but reduces the browser memory load of having one less extension running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redvamp128 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 You could maybe look at this list-- possibly it is there-- Put this in the omnibar chrome://flags/[/CODE] if you want to see them all type- [CODE]about:about[/CODE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkroeder Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Click to play could also be enabled in Firefox as well, but it has the same problem of making whitelisting a real hassle because it has to be done manually every time by going deep into the settings to do it. For that reason, Flashblock is still preferable. Edit... So it seems like Chrome recently added a newer "site permissions" control panel by clicking the favicon next to the web address in the omnibar. So once you have click to play enabled, all you have to do to whitelist the site is click the favicon and then change the plugin settings from "ask by default" to "always allow". It's an extra couple of clicks, but reduces the browser memory load of having one less extension running. Yes, the new site permissions menu is a nice addition. But actually, adding a site to your whitelist has always been pretty easy. When Chrome blocks plugins on a site, it tells you so with a puzzle piece looking icon at the far right end of the omnibar (see below). All you ever had to do was click that and you could whitelist your site from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Yes, the new site permissions menu is a nice addition. But actually, adding a site to your whitelist has always been pretty easy. When Chrome blocks plugins on a site, it tells you so with a puzzle piece looking icon at the far right end of the omnibar (see below). All you ever had to do was click that and you could whitelist your site from there. Yeah, I've been using it for the past few days and noticed that icon as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdoland Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Click to play is for all plug ins, not just flash. This rendered several sites useless. I prefer flash block extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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