Google Chrome Extensions Are Now Available

kai_hiwatari writes "The Google Chrome Extensions site is now open for Windows and Linux users — but not yet for Mac — and contains around 300 extensions. AdBlock is not yet available, however. (The closest thing to it is Adsweep, but right now it seems to be broken. Who wants to take this on?) Does the availability of extensions put Chrome at risk of becoming bloated, like many complain about with Firefox?"

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addons make firefox bloated?

[forgottenusername]

Someone doesn't understand the concept of modular design. Lately stock it's reasonably snappy. If you choose to put in a bunch of addons and it gets slow, whose fault is that?

Normally I would let it slide but I've had my quota of stupid this afternoon. Cursed MySQL!

Anyway, Chrome actually performs scads better on my girlfriends netbook. Firefox is kind of a dog on it. So good news for her!

Bloated? Give me a break.

[harmonise]

Does the availability of extensions put Chrome at risk of becoming bloated, like many complain about with Firefox?

Are there really people so dumb that they use that line of reasoning? The only reason something would be bloated once you installed extra software is because you installed extra software. If you don't want to "bloat" your program, then don't install any addons. Problem solved.

"Doctor, it hurts when I do this!"

"Then don't do that."

Firefox bloat comes not from extensions...

[Tokerat]

...but from the fact that too many features that should be included as extensions (to be enabled and disabled at will) are hard-coded. There would be no controversy about the "Awesome Bar" if it was just an included Add-On that could be disabled/removed, and likewise for a slew of other features people complain about.

If Chrome keeps the browser to a bare minimum and implements fancy features through extensions, I think they'll have a huge advantage over the current Firefox implementation on this merrit alone.

sigh

[wizardforce]

Does the availability of extensions put Chrome at risk of becoming bloated, like many complain about with Firefox?"

If you think extensions make your browser "bloated" then you are free not to install them. The one major stumbling block that keeps me and presumably many others from ditching Firefox for Chrome is the complete lack of useful extensions like Noscript, Adblock and several others. Customization is a hue reason why Firefox is the leading competitor against Internet Explorer.

is there a proper chrome build for mac yet?

[jollyreaper]

There's some hacks but nothing that I've seen fully supported by Google yet. It's still considered beta, no integrated update, etc. Is this still correct or can someone more clueful share some love?

Making available != the thing itself

[BForrester]

Available extensions don't make a product bloated. They provide the opportunity to bloat it up if the user so desires it.

Similarly, my offer of companionship last night doesn't make your mom a whore. What - huh? We're only supposed to do car analogies? Well, we were in her car when opportunity knocked.

Don't Want Bloat?

[TheNinjaroach]

Don't install any extensions.