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Google Chrome Extensions Are Now Available

Posted by kdawson on from the bloat-your-own dept.

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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  1. addons make firefox bloated? by forgottenusername · · Score: 1, Redundant

    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!