After reading several articles about Chrome on Lifehacker this week, I decided it was time to try Google’s browser again. And I think I might keep it.
I’ve been a die-hard Firefox user since way back when it was called
Phoenix (that was before
Firebird)
and I can’t stand browsing the web without my beloved AdBlock. But
Chrome is changing things; it does (almost) everything Firefox does!
- AdBlock: Now on Chrome. “Blocks ads all over the web.”
- AutoPager: Works in Chrome. “Automatically loads the next page of a site inline when you reach the end of the current page for infinite scrolling of content.”
- Find-As-You-Type: There’s an extension for that. “Find text or links as you type.”
- FlagFox: Better on Chrome. “Displays country or region name, Google PageRank, Alexa Rank and WOT information for the websites you’re visiting.”
- Ghostery: Coming soon to Chrome. “Alerts you about the web bugs, ad networks and widgets on every page on the web.”
- Greasemonkey: Mostly good in Chrome. “Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.”
Really the only thing I’m missing is FireGPG, but with Thunderbird 3 and Enigmail, I’m good to go for email and encryption… so yeah, Chrome it is. Can you say way faster, and 100/100 on Acid3?