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Google and the blocking of adverts in Chrome

13.01.2010 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: Technical Comments: 1

ronansprake

When the Chrome extensions gallery opened in December last year, I had wondered if ad-blocking extensions would surface. Given that Google currently derives nearly all its revenue from adverts, it would appear to make no sense for them to allow their own adverts to be blocked by Chrome.

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Favourite Google Chrome features

24.11.2009 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: General Comments: none

ronansprake

As a front-end developer, a new Web browser on the market brings mixed feelings. I’m always keen to see new technology, especially anything that promises to improve user experience on the Web, but I’m also uninterested in yet another platform to test our Web applications against (as if Internet Explorer 6/7/8, Opera, Safari and Firefox on both Windows and Mac isn’t enough!).

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