Larry Eeles | Web Design

Google Chrome beta – Top 10 New Extensions

I’ve always been a Firefox fan, for the last few years its been the browser of choice. Then out came Google Chrome, at first I thought this was going to be a flop, but knowing that Google were behind it I knew it would catch up quickly. One of the big downfalls is that there are no plug in extension that make Firefox so powerful.

No Google have released there latest beta 4.0 version, with the new feature… Extensions. Here are some of the ones to note:

1) Xmarks Bookmarks Sync
Backup and sync your bookmarks across computers and browsers. Xmarks is also available for Firefox, Safari and IE. Automatically back up your favourite to a central server so you can access them from any other computer.

2) AdThwart
Block ads on websites. Supports EasyList and many other ad blocker filter lists. Get rid of all of those annoying banner adverts.

3) LastPass
LastPass is a free online password manager and Form Filler that makes your web browsing easier and more secure.

4) Google Mail Checker
Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click the button to open your inbox, very handy tool for daily browsing.

5) Facebook for Google Chrome
Extension which lets you read your Facebook news feed and wall. You can also post status updates.

6) Firebug Lite
Firebug Lite is a tool for web developers, that allows you to edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.

7) Speed Tracer (by Google)
Get insight into the performance of your web applications.

8) Chrome SEO
I couldn’t live without great SEO tool, where I could see stats of current page I am visiting, this tool is under development still, but already it’s very lightweighted, fast and working just excellent. “The Google Chrome SEO extension provides easy access to Search Engine Optimization Tools that can help you with Competitive Analysis, Keyword Research, Backlink Checks and other daily SEO tasks.”

9) PageRank
Very simple and light extension which only task is to display pagerank automatically while page loads. For advanced browsing I would use Chrome SEO, but for automatic,fast stats display I like this plugin in my Chrome Extensions as well!

10) MeasureIt!
Draw out a ruler that will help you get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.