Chrome Extensions

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...

Google opens Extensions gallery for Developers

Google has officially opened the door for developers to submit their extensions for their Google Chrome browser. The full process of uploading the addons, having them verified by Google and them going live has no timeline as yet, but we're sure that it should be a professional and speedy process. The acceptance process has been described by one Google employee as 'completely automated', however it is obvious that with the company's current swing towards faster rendering websites and speed...