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Tag: Firefox

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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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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5 favorite Firefox extensions
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5 favorite Firefox extensions

by Anthony DeanJuly 13, 2018December 10, 20210

Lately, I’ve been regularly using Firefox on both my Android smartphone and on my laptop running Ubuntu MATE. While I still like Chrome (and still …

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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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Chrome now holds the top web browser share
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Chrome now holds the top web browser share

by Anthony DeanMay 13, 2016June 17, 20220

For some time, Chrome has become a favorite web browser among many online users. But now it’s officially the most popular browser, according to statistics …

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Firefox now supports DRM out of the box
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Firefox now supports DRM out of the box

by Anthony DeanMay 14, 2015December 10, 20210

Firefox has unrolled its newest version, which now supports DRM content by default. Specifically, as of version 38 (out Tuesday) for Windows (Vista or later), …

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Setting up Mom’s PC with Xubuntu 12.04
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Setting up Mom’s PC with Xubuntu 12.04

by Anthony DeanApril 9, 2013December 10, 20210

As a companion post to my ever-popular Xubuntu 12.04 post-installation guide (and its Linux Mint 14 LTS sibling guide), here’s a post about setting up …

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