Ad blocking in Google Chrome

I’ve been using Chrome for days now as my main browser in Windows, and I’m very happy with it. It’s ridiculously fast (around 3x faster according to this test). One thing it lacks, however, is an ad blocker. Luckily, I have been using Privoxy for a while, and it blocks ads regardless of what browser you’re using, as well as do a few other helpful things. This is how you set it up:

1. Download and install Privoxy. Start it and set it to automatically run every time you start your PC.
2. Open your proxy settings. In Vista you can get there by going to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings.
3. Check “Use a proxy server for your LAN” and type “127.0.0.1″ for the address and “8118″ for the port (without the quotes). Check “Bypass proxy server for local addresses.”

Now all your browsing should be going through Privoxy, and it’ll block out unwanted ads.

Google Chrome Extensions Adblock, Flashblock, Privacy control

Google Chrome which now has a 1% market is getting ready to launch a bunch of excellent extensions which can make sure people would move away from firefox which is widely used mainly for the huge number of available extensions.
Chrome is claimed to be the fastest browser in the world but the only thing most users need is the AdBlock plus extension which is available in firefox, if these different extensions are available in Chrome too, iam sure many would move away from firefox which gets regularly crashed and also uses heavy resources when you have multiple windows and tabs open, on the other hand google chrome reduces the resource usage because it treats tabs as different windows.

Here is a list of upcoming extensions :
• Bookmarking/navigation tools: Delicious Toolbar, StumbleUpon, Web-based history, new tab page clipboard accelerators.• Content enhancements: Skype extension (clickable phone numbers), RealPlayer extension (save video), Autolink (generic microformat data–addresses, phone numbers, etc.)• Content filtering: AdBlock, Flashblock, privacy control, parental control• Download helpers: video helpers, download accelerators, DownThemAll, FlashGot• Features: ForecastFox, FoxyTunes, Web Of Trust, GooglePreview, BugMeNot
Will you shift to Google Chrome Browser if all these above listed extensions are available or would you still continue with Firefox/Internet Explorer?