Chrome Extensions

Sogou Cloud Chinese Pinyin

Sogou cloud Chinese pinyin is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to enter Chinese characters inside text boxes using the pinyin method (as opposed to writing each 'stroke' of a character). The extension itself works to synchronize the visibility of the Sogou cloud pinyin input bar across all tabs of the browser. You can see an example of it in action here: As it is in its first iteration, it is quite basic, however it seems to have a wide range of vocabulary stored already, and ...

gPDF

gPDF is a Google Chrome extension that allows you to read PDF files in your browser without a plugin. It scans pages for the links and then redirects them to Google Docs in built PDF viewer. After installation there is very little to configure with this smart little plugin – you simply browse to a page with a PDF link and you can see when you mouse-over a link that it is now set to open in Google Docs. It is difficult to find fault with this extension. As it doesn't actually follow the...

Smooth Scroll

Smooth Scroll is a must for all iTouch and iPhone fans – it attempts to replicate the 'smooth' movement of a webpage when scrolling down it (similar to the way yo ucan interact with these devices when browsing the internet). It is difficult to describe the function of the Smooth Scroll Chrome extension without seeing it in action, and it's also hard to say what its real utility is (other than making your browser a little bit more 'smooth'!). It has a lot of different options available...