Google Chrome has ruined Firefox for me

The only thing I can think of is the little scroll thingy you get when you use middle mouse button. But Chrome has it now.
 
I've been using Opera for a while now, and after reading this I downloaded GC, and I must say, it's pretty neat and fast. I like it! :)
 
killadoob said:
I think that is more the pc pkid not firefox, must be a slow pc or something with xp more than likely :p

Firefox is the best i think, opera i even prefer to chrome.
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Well to each his own. My opinion is that if every browser other than Firefox can open quickly and display the list of sites in the address bar when I start typing then there is something wrong with Firefox ;)
 
Yeah, i dont think i can use any other browser besides chrome. Its so damn fast and clean. The biggest difference i see is in the loading of local websites. Because they are SO much faster with MUCH lower ping times, they are almost instant, and chrome takes full advantage of this, loading them almost as instantly
 
Started using Chrome the other day - pretty impressed. Nice and clean and quick. Now all they need is the addons and then I can dump FF.
 
I'm starting to shift. Chrome is faster, smoother and crashes less often.

BUT... I hate ads. Please can someone develop ad blocking for Chrome!

edit: found one! http://www.adsweep.org/
 
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milomak said:
NoScript
AdBlock
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Is this in response to people asking for adblocking on Chrome or why Firefox is so "awesome".. which wasn't what the thread was about. I also really liked using Chrome, its UI and design felt years ahead of Firefox. I'll probably try it again when there's an Adblocker.
 
Ekhaatvensters said:
Is this in response to people asking for adblocking on Chrome or why Firefox is so "awesome".. which wasn't what the thread was about. I also really liked using Chrome, its UI and design felt years ahead of Firefox. I'll probably try it again when there's an Adblocker.
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the reasons why i have not made the switchover.
 
Running C2 beta and it's fast.

Only issue I have is I would prefer to have my tabs below the address bar.
 
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Interesting article
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/06/block-ads-google-chrome.html

With one quick download, Google's browser will soon enable users to do something that the company can't be happy about -- block online ads.

Google Chrome, the company's recent entry into the Web browser market, will begin accepting software extensions developed by third parties, similar to what Mozilla Firefox has offered for years.

The company, which derives the vast majority of its revenue from online advertising, recently made an API tool kit available to developers that would help them create powerful extensions to Chrome.

These third-party features aren't available yet to the public, but an extension called AdSweepwill be one of the first on tap. Similar to a popular extension for Firefox, AdSweep hides advertising on Web pages.

The extension has been available since March, but Google hasn't yet cemented a way to easily install such features.

Asked for comment, Google did not directly address the issue.

"We are designing Google Chrome's extensions to be flexible enough to support all different types of features, and we are encouraged by the development that we've seen in this area so far," a Google spokesperson wrote in an e-mail.

Surely AdSweep, specifically, isn't the source of that encouragement, right?

"Put a different way, we are encouraged by the work that developers are doing as they experiment with building tools on our extensions platform," the spokesperson wrote.

Google, being an advertising company at its core, probably won't benefit from ...

... this particular extension, which, if it ever became popular, could bleed money from Google's ad revenue. After all, the wide array of free tools the company puts out couldn't exist if not for the ad revenue that supports them.

Realistically though, this probably won't be the catalyst that propels ad blockers beyond the avid Web surfer niche.

"I don't think this really puts a dent into Google's revenue," wrote AdSweep developer Charles-Andre Landemaine in an e-mail. "There are so few users of Chrome, let alone AdSweep, so the loss of revenue for Google is peanuts, really."

Still, we certainly wouldn't expect Google to shoot any sort of "there's an extension for that" commercialspromoting AdSweep.

As more companies are opening up their software for independent developers to tinker with, they should expect to encounter plenty of third-party applications that they might not want. Baby Shaker, anyone?
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