Chrome Extensions

Top 5 Chrome Extensions for Google Chrome browser

As previously mentioned, the new Google Extensions for Chrome gallery opened to the public today. Even though you still can't technically use them without installing the developer version of the software, it hasn't stopped thousands of people descending on the site to download the new addons and to have a look at how Google really plans to develop its new product. Upon first arrival, it's easy to notice the lists of most popular and featured extensions. Each of them offers something diffe...

Google Chrome extensions gallery open to public

After the announcement that the Google Chrome browser extensions gallery was open to developers last week, today saw the launch to the public of the ability to download the addons that it has been filling its site with. The first impression of the gallery is that it is certainly easy to navigate, with lists of 'Today's Top Picks' (which seem to be editorial choices by the Google team), a list of the Most Popular extensions (by number of users) and then 'Featured plugins'. Interestingly th...

Chrome Extensions gallery open next week?

It has been widely reported that the official Google Chrome extensions gallery will be opened next week, just in time for Add-on-Con 09, a conference about...well...browser addons and plugins. Google is a 'gold sponsor' of this event and therefore has a big interest in showing off some of its new wares instead of the developer upload screen which is currently in place. What can we, as users of Chrome, expect from this launch? What impact will it have on the browser scene? Well we can be s...