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Extensions for Google Chrome
Jan. 29th, 2010 06:12 pmMany of you stuck with Firefox for its add-ons, rather than switch to Google Chrome. Chrome extensions are now here, including AdBlock, Better Gmail, Mini Google Maps, tab handlers, download managers, synchronizing bookmarks among all your computers, notifiers for GMail, Google Reader, Google Voice, and Google Wave, and one that notifies of all four of them at the same time.
Mozilla and Firefox have always had a special place in my heart for what was achieved against the horrors of Internet Explorer. Ironically, it pains me that there is now competition in high-quality open-source web browsers. But I switched to Google Chrome long ago because it showed how low a standard Internet Explorer had set for Firefox to surpass. You thought Netscape Navigator had an awful, cluttered user interface? Chrome actually made the amazing cleanliness and user-friendliness of Firefox look a little like Netscape Navigator by comparison. Chrome is what browser usability, security, speed, memory efficiency, and crash recovery should be.
Now, with extensions, there are probably Mozilla employees struggling with their desire to switch to Chrome. The Firefox developers are like heroes to me, so thinking about this makes me sad.
Mozilla and Firefox have always had a special place in my heart for what was achieved against the horrors of Internet Explorer. Ironically, it pains me that there is now competition in high-quality open-source web browsers. But I switched to Google Chrome long ago because it showed how low a standard Internet Explorer had set for Firefox to surpass. You thought Netscape Navigator had an awful, cluttered user interface? Chrome actually made the amazing cleanliness and user-friendliness of Firefox look a little like Netscape Navigator by comparison. Chrome is what browser usability, security, speed, memory efficiency, and crash recovery should be.
Now, with extensions, there are probably Mozilla employees struggling with their desire to switch to Chrome. The Firefox developers are like heroes to me, so thinking about this makes me sad.
