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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Interesting Part of Google Chrome, Extension

Do you Firefox User?. If so, you must be familiar with Firefox extension. Actually, that’s the only reason why I still install Firefox in my computer…
So, what is an extension?.
An extension is a zipped bundle of files — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and anything else you need — that adds functionality to the Google Chrome browser.
That’s the definition. It’s clear, though, that extension act to add functionality to the browser. You can call it Add-on in Firefox. Just like DownThemAll, where you can download all links in a page with just one click, or Youtube downloader, where  you can download flash file from Youtube, Google Chrome won’t  be left behind.
Starting from version 5.0.342, Chrome add extension for their browser. There’s many extensions available for you, as well as extension from Chrome developer itself, or extension from personal. Up to now, there’s more than 1500 extensions available to download (it’s only a couple Kb of each extension, so don’t worry). 
Here’s some list of Important Chrome extension you can use. Full list, visit Chrome Extension Page.
 
 AdBlock
To block unwanted ad in a website.
Chrome Gesture
Similar to the Gesture function from Opera. This extension makes mouse can control some menu like “refresh”, “back”, “forward”, etc.
ChromeReload
This feature is important to make a page automatically reload. We can configure how often each page reloads and see a count-down until the next load.
Auto refresh is important when  we visit news web or livescore web.
Cooliris
Meet Cooliris, the 3D Wall that speeds up search on Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, and more. Enjoy the richest way to view photos from Facebook, Picasa, and even your own computer. On our infinite 3D Wall, you can effortlessly scroll though thousands of images and videos in seconds without having to click from page to page.

Cooliris also comes with Cooliris Channels, which puts 1.5+ million TV episodes, movies, and titles from over 70 leading content providers at your fingertips. Enjoy premium content from Hulu, CBS, Showtime, ESPN, FOX, and many more.
Google Translation Bar
If you should translate your page so often, you can put this feature, to call Google translation page in a click.
Allow Right Click
This extension re-enables the context menu on images.

Indeed, many sites prohibit the right-click on images, pretending to protect their content. I think it is illegitimate.

Unfortunately, Google Chrome does not have advanced options for what javascript is allowed to do (on the contrary of Konqueror, Opera or firefox). This extension provides a workaround, by resetting the oncontextmenu to its default behaviour on every images of the page.
Rikaikun
This feature translate a word in Japanese to English. Just put  cursor in question, and a small pop up windows will appear and showing you right word in english.
MegaUpload DownloadHelper
MegaUpload Download Helper - start your download once ready.

MegaUpload Download Helper will monitor time limitations and will auto-start your download.

Are you frustrated with having to stay on site due to time limitations?

Do you always re-initiate the same download time and time again just because you forget to go back to the MegaUpload download page?

Then MegaUpload Download Helper is for you!

MegaUpload Download Helper will automate the download process for you:
- auto-detect countdowns
- auto-start downloads when countdowns are over
- Select download folder for all your downloads.
Note : Similar extension available for Rapidshare and Filefactory.
Picnik Extension for Chrome

The Picnik Extension for Chrome lets you easily edit the images you come across while browsing the web. With a click you can create a snapshot of your current web page and open it in Picnik for easy editing, annotation and sharing.  Do the same for all the image on the current page -- just pick the image from the dynamic hot list and then edit, annotate and share with Picnik.

Picnik is the award-winning photo editing application that lives online, in your browser. Do basic fixes with easy but powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames, plus an advanced set of professional-quality tools. It's fast, easy, and fun.
Search Box

Search Box simplifies the way you search on Google Chrome.
The extension adds a search button on the toolbar that simulates the search box that normally found on other web browsers such as Firefox, Safari and IE.

You can create you own custom search engine or use one of the predefined engines to search in YouTube, Google, Flickr, Yahoo, Bing plus and any other single search engine out there.
Currently the search box opens a new tab with the search result, soon I will add an option to open it on the same tab so you could mix between them.
Sexy Undo Close Tab
This is one of very useful and revolutionary feature. Sometimes, we unintentionally close a site. With this extension, you can undo that and open it without opening history page.
Webpage ScreenShot
Fast&Simple extension to capture the whole webpage. Even long pages are saved in one image file.
This extension lets you save PNG image of any webpage.
Just one click.
Designers can choose to resize the window before capturing.

Your privacy is important, therefore this is a local extension. It means that the extension doesn't send ANYTHING to any server. It can work even when there is no internet connection.
And many more…

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