Chrome Extensions

BlockFlash Plus

BlockFlash Plus is a Google Chrome extension which disables Flash and Silverlight animations and videos in your browser's webpages until you say otherwise. In terms of advertisement blocking, this is a little more 'brute force' than the Adblock+ Chrome extension we looked at previously, however it is just as effective. Whenever you open a webpage with a flash animation or silverlight video, they will automaticaly be neutered until you click on the 'play' button which will be inserted into th...

ChromeMUSE

ChromeMUSE is a fantastic URL shortening and lengthening plugin for Google's Chrome browser. It has a variety of options, but is simple and doesn't clutter up your browser like some plugins can. The essense of URL shortening is based in need for space. Twitter was the first web service that totally embraced the idea that less could be more, and URL shorteners like bit.ly and is.gd sprung up to provide users with links which were tiny, and so could fit into their 140 character limit. After ...

Mappy

Mappy is a Google Chrome extension that integrates with Google maps to give you fast, direct access to a map of the first address you encounter on a webpage. It is extremely fast, efficient and (as it was made by Google as a sample Chrome browser extensions) error free. Many of the addons that we have begun to see for the Chrome browser are about taking 'steps' out of the process of data retrieval for users. With Mappy, we can see that Google recognizes many people go to a website, find a...