I found a new way to use the Google Chrome browser without having to install or use a proxy.
The solution is called http://www.adsweep.org/
Since I use the developer preview channel, I installed adsweep as an extension/plugin.
Quick steps for Chrome-dev with adsweep extension:
Switch chrome to dev channel with the Google Chrome Channel Changer (more info)
Download AdSweep extension [...]
[update 2]
Check adsweep an adblock extension for chrome
[update]
other alternatives to my original solution:
http://www.admuncher.com/
http://bfilter.sourceforge.net/
http://proximodo.sourceforge.net/
http://www.adsweep.org/
Privoxy solution:
I love the new Google Chrome Browser, especially the…:
- really fast render speed,
- new tab page
- and the ability to create a new window from a tab that you drop outside chrome.
Naturally, I am missing all my nice add-ons from Firefox, mainly [...]
Suddenly Mozilla Thunderbird started crashing on me. I found out that it was the webmail addon “Hotmail 1.2.15 (live)” which creates the problem. The solution is to upgrade to the newer version 1.2.17, but unfortunately this has to be done manually:
1) download the new version of the addon http://webmail.mozdev.org/installation.html (right-click save as).
2) start mozilla thunderbird [...]