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Recommended alternative browsers to Chrome
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Recommended alternative browsers to Chrome

by Anthony DeanOctober 25, 2022October 24, 20220

With upcoming changes planned to Chrome’s extension infrastructure impacting ad blockers, I take a look at alternative browsers to Chrome.

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Blocking autoplay videos on desktop and mobile browsers
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Blocking autoplay videos on desktop and mobile browsers

by Anthony DeanJune 22, 2021September 19, 20224

A look at blocking autoplay videos in the most popular desktop and mobile web browsers, i.e. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.

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Chrome makes up two-thirds of overall browser share
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Chrome makes up two-thirds of overall browser share

by Anthony DeanAugust 12, 2019June 17, 20220

Google’s Chrome browser still dominates the desktop and mobile markets. Between Internet Explorer putting people off of Microsoft’s browser, the dominance of Android smartphones, and …

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How to block autoplay videos in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari
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How to block autoplay videos in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari

by Anthony DeanJune 17, 2019December 10, 20210

An updated version of this post is available here. I last wrote about blocking automatically playing videos (or “autoplay videos”) in web browsers back in …

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Chrome to make ad blockers less effective; recommended Chrome alternatives
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Chrome to make ad blockers less effective; recommended Chrome alternatives

by Anthony DeanJune 3, 2019December 10, 20210

Last week, Google announced that it plans to make some changes to how the Chrome web browser works. While the changes are supposedly out of …

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Recommended Google service alternatives
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Recommended Google service alternatives

by Anthony DeanNovember 19, 2018December 10, 20210

I’ve used Google and its variety of services a lot in the past; they’re convenient, free to use, and work across all platforms. However, lately …

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Google turns 20 years old
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Google turns 20 years old

by Anthony DeanSeptember 7, 2018August 27, 20220

On September 4, 1998, Google was formally incorporated, which is considered as the company’s official “birthdate.” After 20 years, Google’s gone from being a would-be …

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7 favorite Chrome extensions
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7 favorite Chrome extensions

by Anthony DeanAugust 6, 2018December 10, 20210

As both a follow-up to last month’s post about my favorite Firefox extensions, plus an update on a similar post from two years ago, here’s …

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How to block autoplay videos in web browsers
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How to block autoplay videos in web browsers

by Anthony DeanSeptember 29, 2017December 10, 20210

An updated version of this post is available here. Automatically playing videos (or “autoplay videos”) are one of the newest annoying things about the Web. …

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RIP Flash in Chrome
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RIP Flash in Chrome

by Anthony DeanDecember 14, 2016June 14, 20220

Back in February, I wrote about the decline in popularity of the once-all-but-mandatory Adobe Flash plugin. Google started to block it from their ad network. …

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