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The one thing it doesn't have at this point? Extensions. I'm guessing there are plenty of people who will dig the browser, but without the bells and whistles

by bmj 18y ago

The one thing it doesn't have at this point? Extensions. I'm guessing there are plenty of people who will dig the browser, but without the bells and whistles provided by extensions, many users won't switch. I can live without AdBlock/FlashBlock, since I don't frequent many sites that have heavy third-party content, but as I said above, I can't live without Firebug right now.

johns 18y ago
In the presser, they said an Extension API is forthcoming.
vnorby 18y ago
The first thing I thought when I saw Chrome was that they want to stop/override programs like AdBlock for their search ads.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
  If that's the case, I go to filtering proxies at my end.
  - rms 18y ago
    Oh yeah! I forgot about those. Now I can use Opera. Well, I could if I used Windows. Any auto-updating filtering proxies for Linux? http://www.proxomitron.info/ http://www.proxomitron.info/ was the old standby
- ashu 18y ago
  That would be the most ridiculous reason they would want to develop a completely new browser for.
  - vnorby 18y ago
    Not necessarily. AdBlock is the most popular extension for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1/cat:all?sort=popular https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1/cat:a... 440,000 people download it a week. That's a lot of people not even seeing their search ads!