Nils take for dTa
http://www.downthemall.net/latest/no-google-chrome-support/
No Google Chrome support December 10, 2009
As more and more people are asking us for a DownThemAll! version for
Google Chrome:
We won’t support Google Chrome (and Chromium for that matter) in the
near future, if ever.
There are multiple reasons not to support Google Chrome (at the moment):
* While support for some types of extensions was added to Chrome
just recently, the extension system in Chrome simply doesn’t cut it.
It is only very limited in what you can do. Right now there is no way
to port dTa over without loosing the majority of functionality.
* Even if there were the technical means to port dTa! to Google
Chrome, we still wouldn’t have the time and resources to support it.
Right now we’re in the middle of university studies or only
recently completed our degrees and hence need to “settle” for a
real-life work. Some of us are now family men.
As you clearly noticed the number of dTa! releases was always
low with only a major release once a year. Due to these time
constraints we don’t think we can handle supporting yet another
application.
* We are not yet sure about the privacy in Chrome. Chrome itself
is closed source (not to confuse with the Chromium basis, which is
open source) and it can only be guessed what happens “behind the
scenes”. Google Chrome is known to transmit data back to the google
servers. This kept us away from using Google Chrome, although we
watched the progress made so far.
* Lastly, we are still Mozilla supporters.
While this surely won’t keep us away from a Chrome port, it
surely does not provide us with a lot of motivation to code for Google
Chrome.
Not only is Firefox the superior browser in our opinion, the
Mozilla Foundation and Co. and the great people in the Mozilla
community – developers, translators, designers, users and all the
other folks – and the truly “open” mindset keep us in the Mozilla
base. ;)
Thanks for your interest in a dTa! version for Google Chrome, but we
have to pass at this time.
Nils
Update 2009/12/11:
Here is Giorgio Maones take on the Chrome extension system, with some
explanation why there are no NoScript or decent ad-blockers for Google
Chrome yet:
http://hackademix.net/2009/12/10/why-chrome-has-no-noscript/
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Bram Neijt <[email protected]> wrote:
> A Chrome extension site opened up recently at:
>
> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/
>
> Has anybody created or started the development of a metalink extension
> yet? And if not, why not :)
>
> I may find some time to investigate it this weekend, but if somebody
> already has something, please publish the source and let's get it
> working.
>
> Bram
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