Webware at Cnet News.com

Google has published its plan to build into Chrome what is arguably its most requested feature: the ability to accept extensions that can customize how the open-source Web browser operates.

And guess what? Google’s dependence on advertising notwithstanding, one of the extension examples the company points to is the ability to block advertisements.

The Chrome extensions document, spotlighted Saturday by Google programmer Aaron Boodman, doesn’t include a timeline, but it does shed light on why the project is a priority for Chromium, the open-source project behind Chrome.

Google has to add extensions if their browser is going to be competitive.




  1. The Monster's Lawyer says:

    The girl in the picture gave me a “Chrome Extension”.

  2. hhopper says:

    Nah, it’s probably a wood extension.

  3. Nemesis says:

    All fapped out now.

  4. BigBoyBC says:

    I’d GOOGLE her… Although, I might yell out “YYAAAA!! HHOOO!! OOOO!! every so often…

  5. JimD says:

    Lift that shirt anymore and we will be able to OOGLE HER GOOGLIES !!!

  6. mv says:

    She is not even half-naked but she is making a lot of guys breathe hard.

    Everytime The Register published an article about the Asus EEE PC with the beach girl photo, there would be a stampede to at oggle her.

  7. hhopper says:

    I don’t think anyone read the article… they just looked at the photo. Har!

  8. Mister Mustard says:

    #7 – hhopper

    Hey, I read it. T&A pics are a dime a dozen, but an article about Chrome? THAT, I’m reading. I hate it that Chrome doesn’t support my “how-many-days-until-Bush-is-gone?” plugin, like Firefox.

    And I learned a new word too: Cruft. Tech terms! Yeah man, that’s what tech blogging is all about!

  9. John Paradox says:

    # 7 hhopper said
    I don’t think anyone read the article… they just looked at the photo. Har!

    There’s an article?

    J/P=?

  10. deowll says:

    They may allow ad blockers but if the add is done right the only way to block it is to block the web page.

    Ooops! My bad didn’t mean to be off topic! I knew I was getting old.

  11. hhopper says:

    From Wikipedia:

    Cruft is computing jargon for code, data, or software of poor quality. The term is also used for the fluff that accumulates on computer equipment. It has been generalized to mean any accumulation of redundant, irrelevant or unnecessary information. In Wikipedia discussion pages, editors use terms like “listcruft”, “fancruft” or “linkcruft” to describe the accumulation of such information in articles that renders the articles less clear and concise.


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