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I'm not sure what you're asking, I was just pointing out that it's probably not out of date even if you don't use it.
Nah, Chrome tells me all the time that it needs to update.
I'm not sure what you're asking, I was just pointing out that it's probably not out of date even if you don't use it.
That is like saying that not collecting stamps is a hobby.I'm not sure what you're asking, I was just pointing out that it's probably not out of date even if you don't use it.
It's entirely possible they changed things at some point when I wasn't paying attention, I don't use it much either.Nah, Chrome tells me all the time that it needs to update.
I'm not sure we're speaking the same language.That is like saying that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
I'm not sure we're speaking the same language.
Used to use Opera until Chrome came into play more lightweight and faster. Now I'm trying Opera again and it's great they import all the bookmarks easily, etc. But I notice you can't modify mouse gesture behavior anymore. Mouse down for a new tab is just wack. Mouse up does nothing. Just wrong... all wrong.
Damn't someone moved my box of crayons.... maybe later
Will Chromium be allowed to use adblockers?
Thanks for your input. I only have Chrome installed because a few sites I occasionally use don't won't with Firefox, my add-ons or the way I have it set up. I also have used a couple of chrome apps for quadcopter setup. I'm hoping I can get Chromium working for my needs. I also hope this doesn't mean devs will start charging for adblockers if they have to start paying for an enterprise license.I doubt they'd block that there, but could be interesting. I'm not sure Microsoft would throw much a fit over that but they might.
I'm not even sure what this exactly means, as I don't think its exactly what is being said (them banning ad-blockers). This seems to be some change to other aspects (the way Chrome handles extensions) which will make ad-blockers as they currently are being done less effective. I don't know if that means much (what's to stop a developer from paying the enterprise license?). This reminds me of the doom that supposedly was going to happen when Firefox changed their extension setup, but it ended up not being that meaningful (for my stuff at least), while it included better built-in security/privacy features (which Google is also touting as part of this change).
Which, I was already switching back to Firefox for a lot of things, and I'll look for alternatives for what I was using Chrome for.
The second this update goes live im switching to FF.
Sorry to break this to you idiots at google but the internet is not usable without adblocking, its a shitty situation but thats the reality of it.
I'm amazed there's even that many people using Chrome. You'd think the type of people that are savvy enough to stop using IE and install an alternative would be savvy enough to use a real browser and not one owned by a spy company.
How about Opera smart guy? I just switched from Chrome, wow I am impressed.I'm amazed there's even that many people using Chrome. You'd think the type of people that are savvy enough to stop using IE and install an alternative would be savvy enough to use a real browser and not one owned by a spy company.
How about Opera smart guy? I just switched from Chrome, wow I am impressed.
I think your memory is faulty. I don't think Opera ever reached 10% of users, while firefox hit ~35% at its peak.Opera is fine too. Though it seems that one is kind of loosing traction these days. I remember before Chrome came out there was a decent split between Opera and Firefox.
This has caused me to look into Firefox again. I discovered that I can install basically the same extensions on Firefox on my phone as on my desktop. So now my phone has ScriptSafe.(Because I like it better than NoScript.)
The day that ad blockers stop working in Chrome will be the day I switch to Firefox as my primary browser.
That said, Google probably already knows that there are millions of people who think the same way I do, and will not remove Ad Blocker support for that very reason. At least they can track my browsing behavior if I continue to use Chrome, even if it is more difficult to profit off of that data with ad blocking turned on. They can still "get" me with targeted text ads in my Google search results and with GMail text ads, anyway.
If I switch to Firefox, my "Do Not Track" requests will actually get enforced at the browser level, and they lose a lot of good data collection on me. Who knows, I might even switch to Duck Duck Go as my default search engine... nah![]()
You like the real special chocolate covered ones I give you. Admit it.Talk to Highland. He likes the different "flavors" of crayons.
I tried out the Opera browser based on several users mentioning it here. However, I had two concerns about it, so I uninstalled it after using it for a couple of days.
First off, it seems to work pretty good, and I had no issues browsing various sites. The bad: When first installing it, it asked what I wanted to import from my other browser. I specifically unchecked saved passwords, but it did so anyways. After seeing that, I wanted to see who owned it, and it appears it was purchased by a group of Chinese investors in 2016. So after those two things, I uninstalled it.
You didn't know Chrome now has a crushingly huge market share?I'm amazed there's even that many people using Chrome. You'd think the type of people that are savvy enough to stop using IE and install an alternative would be savvy enough to use a real browser and not one owned by a spy company.