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I'm considering moving from using Firefox to using Chrome. (I'm on WinXP)

Two questions:

  1. What is the best way to achieve adblockplus-like functionality on Chrome?

  2. Is it possible to save my session when I close the Chrome window so when I open it again I'll see the same tabs?

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The "to" and "from" are swapped in your question. – bk1e Aug 23 '09 at 16:24
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Deleted my answer, as the question was worded incorrectly. – jtimberman Aug 23 '09 at 16:32
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Since Google makes most of its money from ads, they're not likely to be making it easy to block ads. You'll want to find a third-party solution. – DOK Aug 23 '09 at 18:13
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here are 2 browser-independent solutions to block unwanted advertisements:

Ad Muncher

Proxomitron

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Ad Muncher costs money, and it seemed that the main developer of Proxomitron has died and it is not being actively developed. – Ram Rachum Aug 24 '09 at 18:29
Scott Lemon has passed away indeed, yet his nifty little program is still very functional and is indeed supported by an active community. and you may not like it, but some folks do write software for a living and a program worth using is worth paying for. besides, the OP did not ask for free solution in particular. – Molly7244 Aug 25 '09 at 1:27
and if you don't want to go through the hassle of configuring Proxomitron yourself, you may download excellent up-to-date configs here: geocities.com/sidki3003/prox.html – Molly7244 Aug 27 '09 at 16:38
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I realize this is quite old, but, AdBlock Plus is now available for chrome.

The the first tab of the options menus, you can make tabs re-open when you close+open chrome.

You might also be interested in Freshstart

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  1. One solution - has good ratings: install the GreaseMetal Chrome Extension and then install the GreaseMonkey script called AdBlock+. Another solution is installing Privoxy and setting Chrome's proxy server setting to localhost:8118.

  2. Chrome can easily be set to save your session when you close it down (and when it crashes).

    Spanner | Options | Basics tab | On Startup: Restore the pages that were last open.

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...and you can manually restore the session from the regular start screen/tab as well as reopen recently closed tabs. – Oskar Duveborn Aug 23 '09 at 17:07
I tried doing at AdBlock+ with GreaseMetal thing. GreaseMetal doesn't have a GUI so I'm not even sure I used it right, and does that adblock+ script even uses a ready-made list for blocking ads? I tried loading some pages and no ads were removed, nor did I find any control panel for it. – Ram Rachum Aug 24 '09 at 18:31
Privoxy will do the job as an alternative and it won't bog Chrome down either. – kez Aug 27 '09 at 17:43
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In versions past 3.xx (available for a while) simply editing the shortcut's command line to include --enable-user-scripts on the end, instead of utilising GreaseMetal, will allow you to install scripts from userscripts.org, the largest repository of scripts on the web.

there you will find many scripts that work with chrome, including an adblock+ style blocker, which used with another, discontinued but still good, called Adsweep (from Adsweep.org) should cater to your adblocking needs.

So. To recap: rightclick the shortcut for Chrome, you'll see a [target] box with something like C:*USER_PATH*\Appdata\Local\Google\Application\chrome.exe. Add "--enable-user-scripts" sans quotes. Save.

You'll then have to create a "User Scripts" directory in C:*USER_PATH*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\ and save the .user.js files you've downloaded in there and Bob's your immediate relative.

Long-winded answer for an overly long-winded process, I know. But it's the route that's worked best for me :)

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This is what I use:

AdBlock - Version: 2.4.23 Adblock Plus for Google Chrome™ (Beta) - Version: 1.1.4

Block searches from Google: Personal Blocklist (by Google) - Version: 2.0

Manually save sessions in Chrome - EG: if you have a bunch of social websites you visit all at the same time you can save them, then if you have a group of work sites etc.etc. Session Manager - Version: 3.2.0

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