Okay, people out there, waiting at the door steps of Google Chrome family, because we do not have those fancy addons as you firefox dudes do, come on in, you are most welcome to check out google chrome plugins, which will be pushed very soon to stable versions. ( already available on dev versions )
A few facts about Chrome Extensions, as seen on the web and Google websites.
Extensions will stick to the minimal nature of Chrome browser itself.
Extensions will appear on the bottom of the browser.
Google will manage all extensions
Extensions will run as separate processes ( like tabs, and you will see them on chrome task manager)
Just like the browser, extensions also will be updated without the user even knowing about it.
No need to restart the browser after you install an extension
There will be a new extensions gallery set up for Chrome
extensions are collections of web pages that use HTML, JavaScript, CSS, so they’re not difficult to write
Chromestory.com and Extensions
I will take few extensions and play wit them using my dev version, and will give you more information about them, before they are officially announced. Also, you will get to see news and tips and more about Chrome Extensions on Chromestory.com in coming days. So, Stay tuned ! Subscribe today !!
Okay, I had promised you that I will let you all know about a feature that I noticed on the Development version that I am running on my laptop. Here it is … hopefully with next update, you will be able to reopen tabs from your last browsing session when you open Google Chrome window.
This is not a prediction or rumor, but something that I am using right now on this dev version of Google Chrome. If I close my Chrome window, with few tabs open, and then open Chrome again, I get something like this, shown on the screenshot below.
I can click and open all those tabs from my last browsing session, and that is really helpful. Especially because of another feature missing on Google Chrome : It won’t warn you when you close multiple tabs. So, you accidentally close 10 tabs because you got no warning, re open the window, and you get this cool feature to open all those tabs again.
This is to open all the tabs together. If you like to open only the last tab you closed, use CTRL + SHIFT + T keyboard short cut.
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There are news about Google Chrome Toolbar being developed buy few people on the web. However, most of Google services are inbuilt in to the Chrome Browser, and for others, there are official extensions available. Click here to find the full list.
Since we don’t believe in providing news about “fake” plugins, its not posted here. However, Chromestory will be tracking news about official extensions and themes, they are ready.
But, there is one question, is Google actively developing and maintaining Google Toolbar these days ? Or, am I missing th show here ? I have a feeling that they are not concerned about google toolbar anymore. If they were that much interested, we would have seen Google toolbar along with very first release of Google Chrome.
It is also possible that Google is developing a very different version of Chrome Toolbar, to make it unique from other browsers ? May be it is making it look better, and work better with google chrome ? I feel this way because I never liked google toolbar, and used only google pagerank checked from it. It was making my browser slow, and look bad. With chrome tool bar, they may try something different
What do you think ? Will you be installing chrome toolbar if they ever release it ? Do you think it will be a good idea for Google Chrome team to release a chrome toolbar ?
Google has released a new stable version of Chrome with more features, and increased browsing speed. More features have been added, so, check it out.
If you are wondering how to update Google Chrome to the latest version, listen, Google Chrome will it to automatically when you connect to the web. If you just started today’s browsing, you may close your browser once and then open it again, you should get those features ( update requires restart for changes to take effect ).
So, what are those new features being added here ?
More Speed : New version of webkit will give you more speed, especially on javascripts. Google chrome team is concentrating on browsing speed a lot, and they give you more speed with each of their updates. Sounds good, and hope it will get better, and will bring more users for google chrome.
Annoyed of New Tab Page showing your favourites ? : Manage them better, now you can remove or restore website thumbnails from the list. We had reported this feature with screenshots, earlier. ( this is why you have to subscribe to our rss feed, to know about upcoming features ! )
Form Autofil: Another feature that you are expecting, form autofil also has been added to this new version.
Some more reasons to switch to Google Chrome. Tell your friends, and their friends, tweet this information, share it and let us bring more and more people in to Google Chrome Community !! Also, be sure to subscribe to RSS feed of this site, because this week, I am going to update you all on a new feature I found today on the dev version, something that lets you open your last session when you open Google Chrome.
Google Chrome fans love the design and layout of their lovely browser. So, when modifications are done on this design, it gets noticed. Are they making a significant change to Google Chrome’s Design ? Let’s check it out.
I was testing the new Dev version, which was updated today. Then, I found a black color background where we have “close” and “minimize” etc. Have a look here, ( click for larger image )
Do you think it’s kinda cool ? hmm I don’t you yet … please drop me comments and let me know if you like this new design.
