FINALLY! Google has finally enabled extensions in their Chrome browser. I was an early adopter of Chrome and for a while I switched back and forth between Chrome and FireFox. After adding a couple of bookmarklets to Chrome I gave up on switching to FireFox. I’m pleased to be able to add some functionality back in to Chrome that I’d been doing without, mostly because I was too lazy to switch.
Chrome Extensions as Displayed in Browser
Here is my list of Must Have Chrome Extensions:
- Gmail Notifier – No more popping in to Gmail to find out if I have mail. Additionally instead of a large button on my bookmarks bar I now have a tiny button on the address bar. Over 200,000 downloads already.
- RSS Subscriber – Just like FireFox a little RSS button will appear in the address area whenever Chrome finds an RSS link on the page you are viewing. Not only can you subscribe but you can now view the RSS in a Chrome tab. Very Handy.
- Google Bookmark Enhancements – instead of syncing bookmarks between my browser and Google Bookmarks I just use Google Bookmarks. Now instead of using a bookmarklet to create my bookmarks I just click the button. This extension also makes it very easy to add and remove labels in your bookmark search.
- Send from Gmail – If you read my earlier posts you’ll know that I’ve switched to Gmail. I no longer use Outlook. With this extension I no longer had to cut and paste email addresses. Now I click the link and Gmail opens. I might be able to delete outlook from my system soon.
- Open PDFs in Google Docs – This might be my favourite extension. I haven’t been able link directly to PDF’s in Chrome for weeks. Do you know how many docs are online as PDFs – lots! (Why use a PDF when a webpage will do?). Now PDF links open in the Google Docs PDF interface. It’s fast and easy to use.
