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Why do people use Google Chrome?
relic2279:
Firefox is the only web browser that has an adblock program which actually stops the ads from being downloaded to your pc. The other browsers have similar programs, but they only hide them after the fact. Still consuming bandwidth and time. If this has changed, please let me know. I doubt an ad based company like google would every allow a program like adblock plus to be integrated into their browser.
DaggerLite:
--- Quote from: relic2279 on March 08, 2010, 12:45:32 AM ---Firefox is the only web browser that has an adblock program which actually stops the ads from being downloaded to your pc.
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I can't speak for all browsers, but Opera blocks ads too. You just add generic stuff like */ads/* to your url filter list to block content from these sites. It's a bit of a pain when a site detects that you block their ads though.
As for Chrome running adblocks, I don't know. I pretty much doubt they will endorse it too, but I wouldn't say that it won't appear eventually. SRWare Iron does at least include the option, but I'm not so sure whether it hides or blocks.
relic2279:
--- Quote from: DaggerLite on March 08, 2010, 12:51:57 AM ---I can't speak for all browsers, but Opera blocks ads too. You just add generic stuff like */ads/* to your url filter list to block content from these sites.
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You might be correct, as I don't use opera, but firefox is the only browser that I'm currently aware of that actually does not download the ads to your PC. Every other blocker program downloads them, and hides them. Firefox doesn't even download them, saving you time and bandwidth.
Also, firefox's Adblock plus is the only adblocker which skips/ignores flash ads in videos, like in youtube etc... I don't believe Opera can do that.
AceHigh:
I tried Chrome once, it is horrible. It actually makes more ads than IE. Basically you get all the ads already on the site and then you get some extra from google, especially in sites like youtube. I don't know if it is still true because I tried a long time ago, so if this is no longer true, feel free to correct me.
fohfoh:
You know... I didn't know there was a difference between Chrome and Chromium. I assumed that Chromium was a Google funded project. I didn't know they were separate entities.
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