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Delicious lands in Google Chrome Extension Gallery - it’s official, and very beta

Filed under: Google, Browsers

It’s still a bit rough around the edges at this point, but the new beta bookmarking extension from Delicious is a big improvement over its last offering.

In case you hadn’t seen the last version, it was pretty much identical to using Delicious via a bookmarklet — and not very exciting. The new [...]

Chrome Corner: extensions to keep Google Chrome in sync on multiple computers

Filed under: Google, Browsers

Since you last saw an edition of Chrome Corner, we’ve done some re-thinking about what it should be. Instead of trying to force together a weekly update when there’s sometimes just not enough news to justify doing it, the Corner will now crop up whenever the crew at Download Squad has a [...]

Session Buddy is a killer session management extension for Google Chrome

Filed under: Google, Browsers

Google Chrome has basic session recovery and can load a specific set of URLs upon launching, but it’s nothing too exciting. If you’re after a more powerful alternative, check out the Session Buddy extension.

Once installed, you can save and restore tabs and windows from previous browsing sessions. You can also remove specific [...]

Google Mail Checker Plus extension for Google Chrome adds desktop notifications

Filed under: Google, Browsers

If you don’t need notifications for every Google services under the sun (as provided by One Number) and you’re just looking for a solid GMail notifier for Google Chrome, have a look at the Google Mail Checker Plus extension.

I haven’t encountered many Chrome extensions which utilize the desktop notification functionality, but what [...]

New Windows browser ballot screen finally ditches IE6, but it remains alive

Filed under: Microsoft, Browsers

When the new Windows “Select Your Web Browser” window — commonly known as the ballot screen — rolls out to European users at the beginning of March, they’ll be able to choose from five modern browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE 8, and Opera. Nobody’s surprised that any of those made the list, [...]

Goodbye Google Gears, Hello HTML5

Filed under: Developer, Web services, Google

We already knew Google Gears was on its way out, but Google has now basically lowered the casket into the ground. Gears powered a bunch of web apps in its day, but now Google’s stopping work on it and switching to supporting its features natively in Chrome using HTML5 and [...]

Opera 10.5 hits beta, still faster than Google Chrome

Filed under: Beta, Browsers

Yes, it’s here! Yes, it’s faster than Google Chrome! Well, truth is Opera 10.5 has been faster than Google Chrome ever since the Carakan engine was bolted on in December 2009…But the bottom line is that Opera 10.5 is shaping up to be a very compelling browser.

One big change I’m particularly happy [...]

Firebug web development extension comes to Google Chrome

Filed under: Developer, Utilities, Productivity

Firebug is one of the most popular add-ons for Firefox: it’s a web development tool that highlights elements in a page’s HTML source, allows for live editing of CSS, and more.

Now Chrome users can get on the Firebug bandwagon, too, with the new Firebug Lite extension. It’s not a full [...]

Firefox 4 gets animated: New videos show slight browser tab changes

Filed under: Mozilla, Browsers

We’ve already seen some photo mockups showing a few of the changes that could appear in Firefox 4.0. Now one of the contributors to Firefox has posted a couple of videos showing how browser tabs might work in that version of the popular web browser. The videos highlight something that’s a bit [...]

Twitter Reactions Chrome extension reveals the buzz on any website

Filed under: Utilities, Web services

If you’ve ever written a blog post and wondered who’s tweeting about it and linking to it on Twitter, wonder no more. A Google Chrome extension called Twitter Reactions can quickly show you the buzz on any webpage you visit. While its most obvious use is the Twitter equivalent of a [...]