Chrome Extensions

Google mail checker

When Google first announced that it was opening up Chrome to developers so that they could create extensions for the browser, they also included a few examples of the possibilities that would be on offer. These included several extensions that they had coded themselves, including one for adding a website to your RSS reader and a Google News checker. Their Google mail (Gmail) checker extension was also one of these 'first wave' of sample plugins. It installed instantly, and inserted a small re...

Google News top stories

Another of Google's first 'sample' extensions was one which showed off a couple of the capabilities of the plugins, but also added a useful function to news junkies everywhere. The Google news top stories extension is very simple – it adds a button to the top right hand corner of the Chrome browser, and when this is clicked it brings up a box which lists the current top five News stories taken directly from – you guessed it – Google News! As you can see, all of the stories have a little p...

Adblock+

Adblock+ is an extremely powerful advertising blocker Chrome extension, which not only removes annoying ads from your screen, but also allows you to define exactly where the areas that you don't want to see are. This means that you can (in effect) edit your favourite sites so that you only look at content. Adblock is another 'port' of a Firefox plugin which is extremely popular – it has been downloaded more than 60,000,000 times from official Mozilla plugin store, and so it is really one ...