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Not until Chrome gets extensions/addons. I absolutely cannot live without ad blocking, better tab management, NoScript and my check-multiple-gmail-accounts addons.
Chrome will not interest me until there is some ad-blocking available. Yes, it is superior to anything else out there, but my killer app for the web is still being able to surf the web sans irritating advertising.
why is ad-blocking so important?? please someone explain me...
Not yet. I wanted, but it's still too beta: - I got hard crash, real BSOD, not just browser - constant disk trashing (comes from "Phishing and malware protection" feature) - Flash is actually much slower than FF/Opera/Explorer - no way for me to import Firefox bookmarks (it doesn't appear in menu) - don't try "about:%"
It's also too obsessed with tabs, which I find dumb (I already have a taskbar in my OS, thanks), and a few UI bugs are stopping me.
I'd prefer to have Flashblock/Adblock Plus too.
[edit] Oh, and from a tech point of view separate "process" pages I find interesting, but I'm not sure that it's solving a problem I currently have.
Not yet. I wanted, but it's still too beta: - I got hard crash, real BSOD, not just browser - constant disk trashing (comes from "Phishing and malware protection" feature) - Flash is actually much slower than FF/Opera/Explorer - no way for me to import Firefox bookmarks (it doesn't appear in menu) - don't try "about:%"
Could someone try "about:%" and let me know what happens? I would, but I'm on a linux box.
I'm using it as my primary browser, but I'm seeing several errors (or at least inconsistencies). Sometimes, paste+undo when composing in gmail gets me the sad tab. Three downloads have resulted in all of chrome (not just one tab) crashing and burning. Alt-d (which acts as ctrl-l in ff and ie) works properly but boops at me; I feel scolded and when I'm feeling emotionally fragile it's really hurtful. Webkit's develope…
I filed irritation bugs via the "Page menu"->Report bug or broken website..., but I don't know if they go anywhere useful.
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There are lots of ways to monetize free sites. See Kayak or TicketStumbler. There's also the freemium service. The reality of ad blocking software (which is spreading quickly and won't stop until it's as ubiquitous as popup blocking is now) is that you'll have to find a better, more integrated business model at some point.
My hunch is that ad blocking is a huge threat to Google. So if they can control the browser space... I still don't know why IE doesn't ship with ad blockers. Would it hurt them? Perhaps in the short run. But in the long run, it would do far more damage to G.
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The main problem I have with Opera is that my first user experience was one of abject confusion ;) The UI is really cluttered in terms of all the different bars and buttons that I didn't quite know what to do with. Chrome just feels nice. There are some tabs, theres an address bar, and there is a back/forward and reload. I think there are other features too, I just don't see them ;)
I get rid of everything except the address bar. Previously I didn't even have that showing most of the time, as there was a keyboard shortcut to hide and show it (which has since been removed). Once you've taken away all the clutter, Firefox, Opera, and Chrome all look quite similar (you can't remove much from IE7). Chrome is still the fastest by a huge margin, which is why I'll probably start using it on Windows.
I got used to it after awhile though, so I guess it was okay.