Top 5 Chrome Browser Extensions and Add-ons
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading ...Here are the top 5 best, must have Extensions/Add-ons/Plugins for Google Chrome Browser in my opinion. Please note that the direct links are all linked from Google server it self, they are not hosted here. Which ones are your best? Leave your comment and let us know.
- Google Mail Checker – Install Now (Direct Link)
Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click the button to open your inbox.It also comes with a swell animation when the number of items in your inbox changes. Google Page for the extension - AdBlock by gundlach – Install Now (Direct Link)
Your favorite feature in Firefox finally comes to Chrome! Block all advertisements on all web pages. Your browser is automatically updated with additions to the filter; just Install and enjoy. This replacement for Firefox’s AdBlock Plus does everything possible to make your browsing experience awesome:- It’s optimized for speed! It squeezes every millisecond out of every filter, figuring out several ways to go faster than a standard filter subscription checker.
- You can have a button next to the Wrench — or not if you don’t want it. We’re pretty proud of that, as we think we’re the only extension that supports an optional browser action button!
- It has an awesome blacklisting UI for if an ad does sneak by — click on the background of the page and press Ctrl-Shift-K (or use the browser button), and it will walk you through targeting exactly what to block.
Google Page for the extension
- Google Translate – Install Now (Direct Link)
This extension adds a button to your browser toolbar. Click the translate icon whenever you want to translate the page you’re visiting.The extension also automatically detects if the language of a page you’re on is different from the language you’re using for your Google Chrome interface. If it is, a banner appears at the top of the page. Click the Translate button in the banner to have all the text on the page appear in the new language.
Google Page for the extension - Facebook for Google Chrome by benhiller – Install Now (Direct Link)
This unofficial extension lets you read your Facebook news feed and wall. You can also update your status by clicking on your profile picture. This extension works with the nightly version of Chromium for Linux, but not with the Chrome beta for Linux.
Google Page for the extension - Chromed Bird by cezarsa – Install Now (Direct Link)
Chromed Bird is a Twitter extension that allows you to follow your timelines and interact with your Twitter account. Chromed Bird is an awesome Twitter extension for Google Chrome with lots of features. Some of the current features are:- Supporting lists and favorites timelines;
- Follow your timelines and navigate through your tweets;
- Compose, reply, RT, share, favorite and delete tweets;
- Create short URLs within the extension;
- Track read / unread tweets;
- Notify user whenever new tweets arrive;
- Tweets caching to avoid hitting Twitter’s API rate limit;
Tags: Addons, Best, Chrome, Direct Download, Extensions, Plugins
Google Chrome OS Source Code
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...If you are interested in obtaining the source code of Google Chrome OS or Chromium OS to be exact, you can do so at Google’s official repository at http://src.chromium.org/
How to Install Chrome OS in Windows 7
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Guide by Redmond Pie
Step 1: Download and install the latest version of VirtualBox for Windows 7. (download link)
Step 2: Download .vmdk file for Google Chrome OS. (from gdgt)
Step 3: Start VirtualBox and click on “New” button. This will start a wizard that will help you create a new VM in VirtualBox.
Step 4: Name your VM “Chrome OS” and select “Linux” from Operating System dropdown menu, and “Other Linux” from Version dropdown menu.
Step 5: Assign your VM some Ram in megabytes. For this tutorial, I have allotted Chrome OS VM 512 MB of Ram.
Step 6: Now Select “use existing hard disk” option and select the .vmdk file of Chrome OS that you downloaded in Step 2.
Step 7: Click Next and finish the wizard.
Now simply click on the green colored “Start” button as seen in the screenshot above and wait for about 7 seconds for Chrome OS to boot up. You will need a valid Google ID to login into the operating system.
Tags: Chrome OS, Direct Download
Google releases Chrome OS information & source code
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...From Official Google Blog:
In July we announced that we were working on Google Chrome OS, an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web.
Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this early, a year before Google Chrome OS will be ready for users, because we are eager to engage with partners, the open source community and developers. As with the Google Chrome browser, development will be done in the open from this point on. This means the code is free, accessible to anyone and open for contributions. The Chromium OS project includes our current code base, user interface experiments and some initial designs for ongoing development. This is the initial sketch and we will color it in over the course of the next year.
We want to take this opportunity to explain why we’re excited about the project and how it is a fundamentally different model of computing.
First, it’s all about the web. All apps are web apps. The entire experience takes place within the browser and there are no conventional desktop applications. This means users do not have to deal with installing, managing and updating programs.
Second, because all apps live within the browser, there are significant benefits to security. Unlike traditional operating systems, Chrome OS doesn’t trust the applications you run. Each app is contained within a security sandbox making it harder for malware and viruses to infect your computer. Furthermore, Chrome OS barely trusts itself. Every time you restart your computer the operating system verifies the integrity of its code. If your system has been compromised, it is designed to fix itself with a reboot. While no computer can be made completely secure, we’re going to make life much harder (and less profitable) for the bad guys. If you dig security, read the Chrome OS Security Overview or watch the video.
Most of all, we are obsessed with speed. We are taking out every unnecessary process, optimizing many operations and running everything possible in parallel. This means you can go from turning on the computer to surfing the web in a few seconds. Our obsession with speed goes all the way down to the metal. We are specifying reference hardware components to create the fastest experience for Google Chrome OS.
There is still a lot of work to do, and we’re excited to work with the open source community. We have benefited hugely from projects like GNU, the Linux Kernel, Moblin, Ubuntu, WebKit and many more. We will be contributing our code upstream and engaging closely with these and other open source efforts.
Google Chrome OS will be ready for consumers this time next year. Sign up here for updates or if you like building your operating system from source, get involved at chromium.org.
Tags: Chrome OS
Google Chrome Browser latest version direct download link
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...I have never liked the fact that many software companies have decided to cut down on standalone installers and instead have chosen to remotely download whatever software it is via a small software. Users have to install a small downloader software first, run it and use that to download and install the full software.
This is the case with most of Google’s softwares now, like Google Earth, Google Talk and most important of all, Google Chrome Browser but I cannot live without the standalone installer, even though I am on high speed Internet, downloading isn’t a problem for me, I just like it the other way.
I am sure many of you, esp. those on slow speed Internet would like to have a direct download link to the standalone installer which can be used to install Google Chrome without the hassles. Well, here you go:
Direct Download Link to ALWAYS Latest version of Google Chrome
I do not want to post a link for each version of Google Chrome just yet. Above link is directly from Google, it will always have the latest stable release version of Google Chrome. You can just click above, then check the box for “Accept and Install” and the download for standalone installer will start.
Leave your comments and let me know what you think of this.
Tags: Chrome, Chrome OS, Direct Download
Why use Google Chrome?
(1 votes, average: 2.00 out of 5) Loading ...Google Chrome is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.
Speed: Fast to launch, fast to load web pages
- Quick to start up from your desktop
- Loads web pages in a snap
- Runs web applications faster than ever
Simplicity: Designed for efficiency and ease of use
- Search and navigate to web pages from the same box
- Arrange and organize tabs however you wish — quickly and easily
- Get to your favorite websites with just a click, from the thumbnails of your most visited sites in the New Tab page
Style: Themes to add delight to your browser
