Saturday 29 December 2012

Chrome & its extensions

I was using Mozilla Firefox browser for many years, now switched to Google Chrome for just one reason - so many add-ons which saves a lot of time.

Please leave comments if you find add-ons which works similar to BBC News add-on to show 10 (or more) new words (vocabulary) every day.



Add-ons List:


20 Cubed
Protect your eyes with this reminder tool to look away from the screen every 20 minutes.


Add Tasks to Do It (Tomorrow)
Add tasks to Do it (Tomorrow) via a simple browser button.

Any.DO
Any.DO helps you remember everything you have to do.

Awesome Screenshot: Capture & Annotate
Capture the whole page or any portion, annotate it with rectangles, circles, arrows, lines and text, blur sensitive info, one-click upload to share. Support PNG and shortcuts. 

BBC News
News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content 

Browser Clipboard
Browser Clipboard makes copy/paste easy by providing a panel that can hold multiple items.

Click&Clean
Deletes your browsing history, typed URLs, Flash cookies, all traces of your online activity to protect your privacy.

Dictionary.com Extension
Use Dictionary.com, the most popular and trusted online dictionary, to look up word definitions anywhere you go with Chrome.

Domain Availability Checker and Whois Lookup
This plugin checks a domain's availability straight from your toolbar. Perfect for web designers/developers.

Firebug Lite for Google Chrome
Firebug Lite for Google Chrome, supported by the Firebug Working Group.

Google Dictionary (by Google)
View definitions easily as you browse the web.

Google Translate
This extension translates entire web pages into a language of your choice with one click. By the Google Translate team. 

Grammar and Spell Checker by Ginger
Ginger improves your English communication by helping you avoid embarrassing grammar and spelling mistakes! 

IP Address
Find your "IP Address" whenever you want with a single click! 

JSONView
Validate and view JSON documents

Lightshot (screenshot tool)
Easy and convenient screen capture tool. Allows you to make screenshot of any selected area (video and flash too), edit and upload it to server.

Meeting Planner for Chrome
A free tool for finding common working hours across multiple time zones. Launch the meeting planner from your Chrome toolbar. 

Note Board
Note Board

Photo Zoom for Facebook
The best way to view photos on Facebook!

Quick Note
The quickest way to take notes in Chrome, as quick and slick as the best desktop note-app.

ResponseTime Monitor
Shows the response times of up to three webservers in real time. Useful to see how the internet/server connection performs.

ruul. Screen ruler
A fantastically simple on-screen ruler for lining up and measuring type, line height, strokes and just about anything on the web. 

Speed Learning
An extremely simple tool to help you master a foreign language while browsing the Web.

The Hindu news feed
Stay up to date on the latest happenings with The Hindu. Customize news feed according to your own interests. 

TooManyTabs for Chrome
Manage your tabs, improve your browsing, and maintain your sanity when you have many tabs open.

Web Developer
Adds a toolbar button with various web developer tools. The official port of the Web Developer extension for Firefox. 

World Clocks
World Clock. It displays multiple world clocks that you can add, remove, sort and edit.

XML Tree
Displays XML data in a user friendly way. 

Yellow highlighter pen for web
Highlight texts while you read. 

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