I am a big fan of the Firefox browser, mainly because of the wonderful extensions which are available. In particular the del.icio.us extension is so valuable I am not sure how I ever managed to survive without it. However, I am also aware of the potential performance impact of having too many extensions installed.
I have recently started also using the Google Chromium browser and have been very impressed with its overall speed and quality. While I missed my Firefox extensions, I do realise that extensions and speed tend to be mutually exclusive. Therefore I had mixed feelings that I heard the news that Chromim now supports browser extensions.
I browsed through the list of extensions available and was pleasantly suprised to see that there are already almost 1000 extensions available. There are two del.icio.us extensions to choose from, but neither are anywhere nearly as good as the Firefox equivalent.
On the plus side, it is possible to install or uninstall chromium extensions without restarting the browser so it is really easy to try out extensions and then turn them off if you change your mind. I now am using 5 extensions and I will try to keep the list of extensions small so I don't get bloated.
One extension which sounded interesting was the "YouTube HTML5-ifier" extension. However, it did not work properly. It got rid of the flash from YouTube, but the replacement player did not work for me.
I have recently started also using the Google Chromium browser and have been very impressed with its overall speed and quality. While I missed my Firefox extensions, I do realise that extensions and speed tend to be mutually exclusive. Therefore I had mixed feelings that I heard the news that Chromim now supports browser extensions.
I browsed through the list of extensions available and was pleasantly suprised to see that there are already almost 1000 extensions available. There are two del.icio.us extensions to choose from, but neither are anywhere nearly as good as the Firefox equivalent.
On the plus side, it is possible to install or uninstall chromium extensions without restarting the browser so it is really easy to try out extensions and then turn them off if you change your mind. I now am using 5 extensions and I will try to keep the list of extensions small so I don't get bloated.
One extension which sounded interesting was the "YouTube HTML5-ifier" extension. However, it did not work properly. It got rid of the flash from YouTube, but the replacement player did not work for me.
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