Google Chrome now supports extensions

Chris Barnes — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:56:08 +0000

The beta version of Google Chrome has supported extensions for many months, but Google today released a stable Windows version of Chrome 4.0 which supports extensions together with a handful of other features and improvements. Both The Official Google Blog and the Google Chrome blog have full details.

To get the update, click the About Google Chrome menu option (viathe spanner icon) and click Check for Updates.

I’ll keep this post short and sweet as I’m now off to the extensions gallery to pick up some new enhancements for my favourite browser!

Firefox extensions

Chris Barnes — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:17:20 +0000

Here’s a list of my favourite extensions for the Firefox browser. Note that many of these will also work in Mozilla.

Adblock – filters ads from web pages (great in conjunction with Filterset.G definitions)
Allow Right-Click – defeats web sites’ right-click prevention scripts
Bandwidth Tester – tells you the bandwidth of your current Internet connection
BugMeNot – uses the bugmenot.com to log into sites requiring free subscription
Coralize – loads pages, links and images through Coral CDN
Configuration Mania – allows configuration of hidden Firefox preferences
Context Search – transforms the “Web Search for…” context item into a menu containing your Mycroft search plugins
del.icio.us – manage your del.icio.us bookmarks from within Firefox
Dict – define words in a Web page
Disable Targets For Downloads – prevents download links from opening a blank window
ForecastFox – display international weather forecasts from weather.com in any toolbar or statusbar
Gcache – displays a Google cached version of the current webpage
Gmail Notifier
ieview -view current page in Internet Explorer

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Google Chrome now supports extensions

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