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Google Sticks To Its Plan To Remove Chrome Ad-Blockers

Google had a tentative of dismissing the APIs that content blocking extensions and Chrome ad-blockers utilize, just a couple of months back. The planned reinstatement API would not have the same capacities, and would not be as powerful, so users and developers hugely complained about it. However, Google is not quite minding the complains and stand firm in their decision.

The actual platform utilized by Chrome extensions is known as Manifest V2, and it was rolled out back in 2012. The tech giant has been developing Manifest V3 for some time now, and it will come with new functionality and changes to the current browser characteristics.

The adjustment that has got the most negative complains was the company’s plan to replace the current WebRequest API, utilized by each content blocking extension, with a much more restricted declarativeNetRequest API. Rather than extensions managing the network filtering, they would offer a filter list that Chrome will then analyze. Numerous developers, most prominently the designer of uBlock Origin and uMatrix openly went against the planned changes.

Google Sticks To Its Plan To Remove Chrome Ad-Blockers

Google has allegedly rethought the plan in the last months, but in no small measure, the tech giant is sticking to the initial plan. A developer advocate at Google said in a forum post that Chrome is depreciating the blocking abilities of the webRequest API in Manifest V3, but not of the whole webRequest API, but still, blocking will still be on to operate distributions. Put differently, content blockers will eventually need to transfer to the new restricted API, or they will stop functioning for regular users.

Google has then revealed the outlines of the optimizations it has created to the new declarativeNetRequest API since the first time it was rolled out. Extensions will be accessible to delimit blocking rules in two paths, namely while installing and while operating. The limit is 30,000 during installation at the moment, and 50,000 while working.

Google stated in a forum post that they are planning to move up these numbers, but they won’t have updated values until they can run performance trials to discover a great upper bound that will function across all supported devices. To make it simpler to understand how the restriction might impact the ad blockers, imagine that EasyList has about 76,000 rules at the moment. These adjustments will most probably not satisfy users who are using ad blockers at the moment, but the Manifest V3 is still a long way until it will roll out, and Manifest V2 won’t be removed for one more year for two.

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Google Chrome 72.0.3626.96 Rolled Out on Android With Improvements

Google Chrome is the most popular Internet browser for Android devices. While you may think it’s so because Chrome is the default browser on almost any Android-running smartphones and tablet, in reality, Google Chrome is the fastest and most secure Internet browser for Android. Google Chrome 72.0.3626.96 came out now on Android with improvements and some bug fixes.

The new Google Chrome 72.0.3626.96 is part of the Chrome 72 update series, and it’s not coming out with any new features or significant visible changes. Under the hood, however, the Google Chrome 72.0.3626.96 update solved some bugs that users of the previous versions reported, and it also came out with stability and performance improvements.

Google Chrome 72.0.3626.96 Rolled Out on Android With Improvements

Chrome 72, the latest base version of Google Chrome came out with many improvements and changes. Among the most significant modifications in Chrome 72, there are new notification messages for incognito tabs and enhanced privacy and security. From Chrome 72 on, Incognito tabs playing media won’t show the site’s name in the notifications menu of Android smartphones.

Google Chrome 72.0.3626.96 came out recently. Even though its a new update from the Chrome 72 update series, it doesn’t boast visual changes or new features. Instead, like its predecessors, it only focuses on bugs, errors, and stability and performance.

Therefore, Google Chrome 72.0.3626.96 includes stability and performance improvements.

What Should We Expect From Google Chrome 73?

Google Chrome 73 would be the next version of Google Chrome, the world’s most popular Internet browser. While Chrome 72 brought in some new features and changes, Google Chrome 73 is also expected to come out with even more functions and other novelties.

According to official reports, Chrome 73 would roll out with several audio/video updates. In short, it would be possible to use media keys on your keyboard to control playback in Google Chrome 73. As for the Chrome 73 for Android, the upcoming version would also boast new features and functions, but we’ll debate them in a future article.

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Google Chrome To Add Scrolling Tabs Feature Similar To What We Have In Firefox

Google is working on a new Chome update that will include the ability to scroll through the browser taskbar tabs. A handy feature that Firefox has had for a long time and which has served as an “inspiration” for Google engineers.

We usually tend to open a lot of tabs, depending on what we’re up to when working with Google Chrome. Having a more straightforward way to switch from one tab to another would be ideal. We already have that in Firefox, but, let’s be honest, Chrome is the most popular browser ever made, so millions of users around the world would be thankful for the new feature of scrolling tabs.

In a Chrome session, each tab you add reduces the size of the previous tabs on the taskbar. The more tabs we have open, the smaller they will be, and the more difficult would be to locate a specific tab. Mozilla has long provided a solution for its Firefox and is simple but effective. It added scroll arrows placed on the bar or the possibility to use the mouse wheel for scrolling between tabs.

Google Chrome To Add Scrolling Tabs Feature Similar To What We Have In Firefox

Google announced that it’s working on a similar solution that would come in a future Chrome update., as reported by TechDows. The idea is not to reduce the size of the tabs to the point where it would be challenging to locate specific ones, and, as a Google engineer explained on Reddit, this function is already in works. He did not reveal when this feature would come out in Chrome, but we presume it would be pretty soon.

“Scrollable tabs are on their way. In the meantime, you can click Shift and Ctrl to select several tabs at once and then drag them out to separate the windows and group them into another one,” the Google engineer said on Reddit.

The new Google Chrome feature is not yet available in the browser’s beta versions but could be added soon, so keep an eye on next Google Chrome Beta versions.

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Google To Launch Squoosh Free Image Editor On Chrome Browser

Chrome is the most widely used browser, but it also has its own catalog of applications. Thanks to Google, Squoosh, a free image editor, will come to Google and it should work directly within the browser. And it is not only compatible with Chrome as it also works with other browsers, including mobile ones.

Squoosh is an online image editor that’s very straightforward to use to use and is quite basic. But it has one important feature, as it’s extremely fast. It actually looks like a locally executed application. You access Squoosh through its website, from any browser on any device. You can use the example images that are already preloaded, to test it, or upload one from your computer or mobile.

Squoosh has two main functions – compressing and resizing an image. All the tools you need are placed on the right side of the screen. You have several compression algorithms like MozJPG, OptiPNG, and so on, allowing users to compress any pic without losing its quality. Best of all, you can see the image change in real time by sliding a bar over the screen.

It is also possible to adjust the quality of the compression and the color palette. When you’re done, all you have to do is download the modified image.

Google To Launch Squoosh Free Image Editor On Chrome Browser

As we’ve said, Squoosh is a simple but very efficient and fast image editor and, above all, it is convenient, as it permits users to check the changes of the compression algorithm in real time which is quite spectacular, honestly.

Squoosh has been created by a division of Google that is dedicated to experimenting with applications developed for the Chrome browser.

Among its projects, which you can consult on Github, there is also a text editor for Chrome and ChromeOS, a filter that turns a website into an artistic box, analysis tools, programming guidelines, and much more. An excellent example of the increasingly versatile applications provided by the Google cloud.

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How to Get Rid of the Tubemate Extension on Chrome?

Tubemate describes itself as an incredibly useful extension which allows you to save videos from the likes of Youtube or Vimeo. However, the truth is that when you click on it you encounter ads for fake software updates or unwanted extensions. Here’s how to get rid of it.

How did it come to your computer in the first place?

Well, most probably you downloaded it from the Chrome Web Store. The Tubemate for Chrome extension doesn’t really do anything; it just redirects you to pages with advertisements. That’s why you should remove it from your browser.

How to remove it?

Well, you got two choices, get your own hands dirty or choose a piece of helpful software. First, let’s see how you can handle it first. You should see the extension as a small icon at the end of the address bar. Right click on that icon and chose to remove from chrome. A dialog box will appear, asking if you are sure. Click remove and that should be it.

Helpful software

If you want to make sure that your computer isn’t infected as resulted from interacting with Tubemate, then you can choose from the myriad of malware programs to get help. First, you should try Rkill. It will search your computer for malware infections while terminating them so that they won’t stop the removal process.

Another piece of software you should try is Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MBAM). It scans and detects unwanted adware, infections or programs and it will help you get rid of them.

Of course, these aren’t the only two options that can help with malware or unwanted programs. They are simply suggestions, feel free to try anything. Although, these are popular programs so that should speak about their integrity. They are pretty easy to use so you shouldn’t encounter any troubles.

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