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...

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...