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AF
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Chrome Extensions

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All the epic win of firefox extensions, minus the memory hogging, minus the random pauses, minus the restarting on extension installation/updates, plus the speedy zippy fast UI, plus the fast webpage loading, plus the polish

As Ive always said, I wont use chrome, theres no adblock, well now there IS! and it pwns hard
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not to mention chrome is finally out for linux!!! :D
funny how they didn't send me that e-mail i signed up for like a year ago >_>
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I use over 70 extensions for Firefox. Can Chrome offer me such a selection?
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The only thing I can think of that is of any use not already provided for by chrome or its extensions is greasemonkey =/

Oh wait.. google chrome has native greasemonkey script support:

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/04/google ... t-support/

Thats the same build currently available for extensions too, Ive got all the greasemonkey scripts firefox had in chrome now! I just went to userscripts and clicked install, no extra steps
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hehe, interestingly enough I just downloaded chrome the other day (yesterday) and installed adblock and xmarks as my first order of business.

I have noticed that there are a few ads that creep through, but they're mostly out of the way and non-intrusive. However, the adblock extension for firefox is definitely better, but chrome is fast enough I think to warrant a compromise.

I was pleasantly surprised at the ease of merging over all my personal preferences from firefox was as well. There are a few things that aren't compatible, but for the most part its the same as firefox but faster. :-)
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I'm testing out adthwart, noticed one or two adds on dustin curtis' blog and new scientist, otherwise..
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This thread is called "Chrome Extensions" and all you are focusing on is this one adblock thing (I don't even use it for firefox and I have installed dozens of extensions).
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They're focusing on Adblock because not having it available is a dealbreaker for them, regardless of any other party tricks chrome might have.
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Waiting for NoScript... :roll:
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Teutooni wrote:Waiting for NoScript... :roll:
http://superuser.com/questions/8365/nos ... gle-chrome

Ignore the privoxy answer and look to answer number 2
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Heh, I guess pretty much all browsers with JS support can turn it off alltogether. NoScript makes the management easier with stuff like per domain temporary permissions, whitelists etc.
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well theres numerous threads with google engineers saying they want it in there pretty bad so its only a matter of time
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noscript would be easysauce to write :/
should work just to remove all the script elements from a page iirc
document.getElementsByTagName('script'); then remove 'em
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not that easy, you need to disable any scripts that are executed before DOM is done loading.
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you don't need to wait for dom to finish loading before removing scripts. suppose you'd need to break javascript: as well.
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well, if you want to use document.getElementByName, you're asking for <script> tags that have already been executed.
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obv didnt look at the theme site
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Is there a link to a site containing Chrome extensions? I'd kinda like to browse around. I remembered using grease monkey in firefox for something semi-malicious, but I can't remember what. Otherwise I'd like adblock and downloadhelper equivalents. I kind of miss them.

Oh, also, stay the hell out of this thread tribulex, it's not about firefox.
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