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Ditto. However, I switched from FireFox and I'm starting to miss FoxMarks. (I have four computers that I switch between.)
1. Work Computer 2. Home Computer 3. Home laptop 4. ???
Work laptop?
Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
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Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
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I always found it somewhat contradictory and hypocritical that the very people that live off ad-based websites (webbased entrepreneurs and founders) are so highly correlated with the group of people that absolutely cannot live without adblocking software - thereby robbing the siteowners of their income model. Note: spydez - this isn't in any way meant as a personal attack, it just seemed like the right place to put m…
No offense take. I'm not an entrepreneur. ;) But if I ever do come up with an awesome idea, I'm determined I'll create it and make money off of it without putting up adverts. I hate adverts with a burning passion and I'm not about to force them down my potential users throats.
I'm curious as to why you (and other people) hate ads so much.
Is it just the obnoxious flashing popup 'you won a contest' ads or even text ads in general?
I use an adblocker because I find the flashing images annoying. But text ads don't really offend me in any way.
I actually like some of the ads we get in the papers\magazines\television.
Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
#93Not until Chrome gets extensions/addons. I absolutely cannot live without ad blocking, better tab management, NoScript and my check-multiple-gmail-accounts addons.
I can't live without the vimperator plugin now. It's so nice to browse without using the mouse. I can't go back. If only Firefox had Opera's password storage interface I would be ecstatic. Chrome offers nothing new right now aside from potential performance gains. If the beta version is crashing, that is worse for performance than slow-loading pages.
I love vimperator too, as well as Firebug and the delicious plugin. Until they have a Linux version, switching isn't an issue for me. I did try it on the Win box though and love it. I loaded pages with lots of JavaScript and it didn't blink.
Chrome offers nothing new right now aside from potential performance gains.
Still. The Webkit-based JavaScript engine performance gain IS something new.
Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
No offense take. I'm not an entrepreneur. ;) But if I ever do come up with an awesome idea, I'm determined I'll create it and make money off of it without putting up adverts. I hate adverts with a burning passion and I'm not about to force them down my potential users throats.
I'm curious as to why you (and other people) hate ads so much. Is it just the obnoxious flashing popup 'you won a contest' ads or even text ads in general? I use an adblocker because I find the flashing images annoying. But text ads don't really offend me in any way. I actually like some of the ads we get in the papers\magazines\television.
Yeah, I don't hate all ads. Occasionally I see one I like and try to buy stuff from the company that's advertising as a "thank god you're sane!"... It's just the other 95% of the ads that make diving for the remote and hitting mute a subconscious maneuver and AdBlock Plus a requirement.
I tried to block onlines ads myself - I used to use AdBlock (not Plus) with no downloaded filtersets - but I could not keep up, and they just kept getting more and more and more annoying.
I hate getting yelled at, basically.
Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
#95Not until Chrome gets extensions/addons. I absolutely cannot live without ad blocking, better tab management, NoScript and my check-multiple-gmail-accounts addons.
I always found it somewhat contradictory and hypocritical that the very people that live off ad-based websites (webbased entrepreneurs and founders) are so highly correlated with the group of people that absolutely cannot live without adblocking software - thereby robbing the siteowners of their income model. Note: spydez - this isn't in any way meant as a personal attack, it just seemed like the right place to put m…
Personally, I only ever block ads that I find offensive or obnoxious and I try not to block any from sites I want to "support".
Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
#96No real choice but Firefox as my main browser since my main web activity is development. Chrome, Safari, IE all can't compete with Firebug, YSlow, etc for web development, so for expediency I have to develop in Firefox first and test in the others afterwards. I think that's a big part of what makes Firefox such a compelling browser, it's developer heaven compared to the others. It looks like Opera is starting to reco…
I agree with what you have said about Firebug. I absolutely cannot live without it. The Inspect feature of Firebug is priceless especially when working with the DOM. It's easy to use and it is in the same window. I do not have to switch windows to look at the html source. For now, I just use Chrome for my "24/7" tabs like feeds and online email. I never have to close them and it loads at "notepad-like" speed :)
I've actually been using Fluid (http://fluidapp.com) for all my 24/7 stuff -- gmail, basecamp, github, hacker news ;) It really already does what Chrome's detachable websites feature kind of does, only better (for now at least, I'll give it time :).
Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
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It'll be interesting to see whether or not Google would allow ad-blocking on its own browser. Talk about killing the golden goose. Then again, they may decide the number of people who knew about and actually use ad block plugins is relatively small, so they may allow them.
Google's code is bsd-licensed. So while you might never have ad-blocking in Chrome, you can keep it in a derivative all you like ;)
And this strategy works out really well, too. 99% of people, the kind who will actually click on the ads, will just download Google's version and be happy. Hackers will switch to the ad-block-enabled version without any problems, and they wouldn't have clicked on the ads in any case.
Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
#98I use gmail and google docs quite a bit and chrome they work a lot faster. But for the rest of my browsing needs it's Firefox all the way. I stopped using IE longtime ago.
Re: Ask HN: Will you be switching to Chrome?
#99I might use it for Google Apps. For those, Crome is and probably alway will be the fastest browser and for those they got all my private data already. I hesitate to allow them to store my complete browse and search history. I kind of beginning to feel watched by Google.