Thursday, July 29, 2010

Chrome & it's Extensions

Chrome is an incredibly fast browser with very less interface.  Simply speaking it does more with less.  Though certain tasks still prefer IE like shopping, streaming videos, etc. the larger part of about 95% of browsing has shifted to Chrome.

And now with extensions, it is only getting better. The following are some of the extensions that I have installed.

Awesome Screenshot: Capture & Annotate - Version: 2.0
Capture the whole page or any portion, annotate it with rectangles, circles, arrows, lines and text, one-click upload to share.  It's so simple that once you click on this extension, it gives you a very simple interface for performing the most common tasks and either save it to your computer or upload to any website.

Chrome Gestures - Version: 1.12.0
Chrome Mouse Gestures.  You can use your mouse clicks to perform certain operations like back, forward, etc.

Chromey Calculator - Version: 4.0.1
A shockingly versatile scrolling calculator for Chrome. Results are generated using Google and Wolfram|Alpha.

Facebook Photo Zoom - Version: 1.1007.20.2
The best way to view photos on Facebook!  Simply mouse over the thumbnails and gives a large preview of the photo.  I feel the preview size is definitely much bigger than what you would get to see in the actual album.

Feedly - Version: 2.15.290
Feedly organizes your favorite sources in a magazine-like start page. Powered by Google Reader and Twitter.  Amazing extension that presents all your feeds and other sources of reading like the front page of a newspaper.  Has made reading definitely more interesting.

Google Calendar Checker (by Google) - Version: 1.0.3
Quickly see the time until your next meeting. Click the button to open your calendar.  Simple and does it's job.

Google Dictionary (by Google) - Version: 1.0.2
View definitions easily as you browse the web.  Simply double click and select the word for which you need to know the meaning and there pops a small window giving the  meaning.

Google Translate - Version: 1.2.3.1
This extension translates entire web pages into a language of your choice with one click. By the Google Translate team.

Google Voice (by Google) - Version: 2.2.1.8
Make calls, send SMS, preview Inbox, and get notified of new messages. (US only) 

Send from Gmail (by Google) - Version: 1.11
Makes Gmail your default email application and provides a button to compose a Gmail message to quickly share a link via email.

Slideshow - Version: 1.2.9
Turn your favorite photo sites, such as Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, and Google Images into a slideshow.  Detects when you browse those sites and automatically pops the option for running a slideshow.

Turn Off the Lights - Version: 1.7.9.29
The entire page will be fading to dark, so you can watch video as if you are in the cinema.  Amazing extension that makes video watching more interesting.

Web2PDFConverter - Version: 2.4.0
Convert any webpage to PDF including most SSL based sites, using http://www.Web2PdfConvert.com.

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