The latest development builds of Google Chrome possess a feature that is desired by many, extensions. It is reported that four Chrome extensions have surfaced. Of those four are two very notable releases:Cleeki: This extension offers functionality similar to that of IE8's accelerators. It can also import accelerators from IE8 into Chrome.
Adsweep: An advertisement blocker.
Since the extension functionality is still in development in must be enabled (on a recent development build of Chrome) by editing the "Target" line in your Google Chrome shortcut properties, adding "- -enable-extensions" as a suffix (without the quotations). Installing an extension is as simple as visiting their website, such as the aforementioned.
The extension functionality, clearly, is not at the level that it is with Firefox. However, with development happening quickly, Google Chrome could see a surge in market share once the extension feature becomes mainstream.
Just need an Adblock
flashgot & something like user styles for Chrome & im SOLD
Just need an Adblock
flashgot & something like user styles for Chrome & im SOLD
uhhhhh.... "Adsweep: An advertisement blocker."
Does it not say that in the article on your computer?
HTML is for webpages, not applications.
Too bad FF looks like ass, and most every theme for it does little to improve that fact. So yes, the capability is there, unfortunately it's not being used to a level worth a crap.
I have never been a big "extension" fan anyways. These things have the ability to intercept and manipulate the pages you view, and most of them are written by hobbyist programmers. That's a big security concern to me.
Very true. While most are innocuous, things like gmail checkers etc. are a little scary, as there is very little to stop an unscrupulous programmer from nicking your login details etc.
Nothing in this post says why Google Chrome can never outdo Firefox due to the XUL-based UI that "breaks easily across versions" and is sluggish. Sure, devs can put things "anywhere", but why would that cause problems for Chrome? In reality, Firefox addons only put things in the status bar or menus, or a toolbar button. That's it. I'm not even sure they're allowed to put things elsewhere; I've never seen a plugin modify the chrome at least.
And as for Chrome, extensions already add themselves into the UI, so there is not an as big difference to the end user as one might want to believe, and IMHO, the disadvantages with XUL rather becomes paramount. You can turn this argument and say Firefox will never outdo Chrome in terms of performance as long as it's sluggishly XUL-based.
XUL has its advantages for a "web platform" though -- it's an excellent foundation to build your own web browser derivates from, and much more customizable for an application developer than an extension developer. But that's not what neither Firefox itself or Chrome is about for the end user.
I think if FF gets rid of the FILE MENU, and changes the icons just a bit, we are good to go. Although, I have tried that new plugin personas.. and yeah it really does jazz up FF a bit. Loving it. Will never switch.
@Jugalator; Half the point about Firefox is that its designed to be completely customizable. If you wanted you could remove basically the whole UI and re-make it yourself, to how you want it to feel, and some "sluggishness" when you start the process may be the price of that.
If you're not someone who likes to have software "just your way" and are happy with a generalized/generic interface then I would say you're not really who Firefox is aimed at. (Before someone else says it - the other half of the point of Firefox is to comply with web standards in open-source.)
Haha, true that.
Hey have you guys had problems with FF 3.5 beta?.. well it didn't crash on me.. but im so used to hitting CTRL + ENTER for my URL's and that doesn't seem to work. I've gotten so used to that, that I find it annoying not to have that feature so switched back to 3 hoping that would change.
So did you have the same prob?
Adsweep wasn't developed by Google.
Google Analytics is immensly useful for website owners to tailor the experience for the users. Blocking it does you no good, as it means your feedback is entirely lost. (This is coming from a product manager for a big website)
I thought there was one?
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
Yeah exactly. /facepalm
So chrome to me is a big FAIL for now. We will have to wait and see if and when it gets out of beta.
So chrome to me is a big FAIL for now. We will have to wait and see if and when it gets out of beta.
I think he was referring to the *startup* time, not the page loading time. And really this is where Firefox fails.
Just my thoughts...
Firefox is pretty fast to launch on my machine. I can't say whether or not Chrome is faster on the same system but I can say that I could not care less if it was anyway. Unless your constantly restarting the browser then the start up time is the least of your concerns...especially on newer OS's that cache recently used apps in memory better than previous OS's did.
So chrome to me is a big FAIL for now. We will have to wait and see if and when it gets out of beta.
I think he was referring to the *startup* time, not the page loading time. And really this is where Firefox fails.
And why startup times really matter? Welcome to 2009 where tabbed browsing is possible! My PC runs for ~12 hours/day and guess how many times/day I launch FF. Yeah, a whole 1.
I close the app when I don't need it so it's somewhat different in my case. But I agree it's not of utmost importance. The more important thing is Firefox is resource hungry and has some problems with many tabs open. I use Firefox because it's the best browser as for now but I'm seriously considering Chrome + ad blocker.
So it's less efficient than AdBlock Plus for Firefox which won't allow the ads to load at all.
But at least it's not destroying the income of websites that way.
which is exactly what people( using adblock, etc) care about
Not sure what you're getting at, but unless people want a paid internet, stop blocking ads.
LOL, I think that one's just part of a joke though
****es on adblock plus in Firefox...mind you i preferred the original adblock
Look how often Adblock plus gets mentioned here and a default install of that will block Neowins ads too. I don't think talking about the tools is forbidden although they don't like people talking about going out of their way to deliberately block Neowin's Ads.
Look how often Adblock plus gets mentioned here and a default install of that will block Neowins ads too. I don't think talking about the tools is forbidden although they don't like people talking about going out of their way to deliberately block Neowin's Ads.
Neowin has Ads?
Wahaha, I made a funny....
Also, if you want to edit your extensions, go to
C:\Users\[Username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions for Vista/7 or
C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions for xp.
You can then edit your extensions to your liking, as they are js, so you can block any site you haven't, and you can remove the whitelist. You can also edit the gui in cleeki and stuff. Pretty cool
NoSpeedDial: Start Chrome and open each new tab with a clean blank page here
and GmailDefaultClient: Set Gmail as default application to handle the "mailto" protocol in your web browser here
I actually left Firefox for this which I have used for years. Chrome simply runs faster, and yes I am using the Dev builds.
I agree Firefox better hurry up and find something in their back pocket... and quick.
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