On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:27 AM, David Collins <[email protected]>wrote:
> I use Firefox but have been watching Chrome carefully with an eye to > switching, but it seems that Google still has a bit of work to do before it > matches Firefox's extensions. > > This is an interesting article because it gets into the details of Chrome > extensions enough to pick out some of the shortfalls. > > > http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10416103-12.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody > > eg. - Adblock Plus, the #1 extension for FF ... > 'Despite the name, > AdBlock+<http://download.cnet.com/AdBlock-/3000-2378_4-10976589.html>should > be avoided. It's not made by the same publishers who manage AdBlock > Plus <http://download.cnet.com/Adblock-Plus/3000-11745_4-10636539.html>, > the popular and effective ad-blocker for Firefox. This is actually a fairly > serious problem with Chrome's extensions, where unknown entities are > appropriating identical or similar names to well-known and trusted Firefox > add-ons for what amount to nefarious purposes. So far, the ad-blocking > extension that most users seem to be trusting in Chrome is > AdBlock<http://download.cnet.com/AdBlock-/3000-2378_4-10976589.html>, > but don't be surprised if it causes more problems than it solves until > there's more consensus on these name-squatters' > > > <http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10416103-12.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody>Xmarks > for synching bookmarks is only Beta. > > Also, Chrome extensions aren't yet as powerful, as the Adblock lookalikes for Chrome can't actually block ads from being loaded, just prevent them from being displayed. This exposes you to a lot more scrutiny from advertising companies. -- Vincent
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