First off, if you’re not using Chrome as your browser (instead of Internet Explorer or Firefox), go here immediately, download and begin using. I switched last Spring and haven’t looked back. Browsing is FAST. The other thing I love is the Extensions you can install to make browsing even more efficient. Firefox has these as well so if you’re switching from FF, these will definitely interest you. And to those who don’t know about them at all, this will be a treat!
Chromed Bird Why I love it: when I get a reply on Twitter, it pops up in the lower right hand corner of my browser to let me know
Clip to Evernote – Why I love it: Evernote is like making a bookmark but you save it to your evernote account and can access it anywhere, even your mobile phone. No more syncing bookmarks when you get a new computer!
Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer (by Google) Why I love it: Automatically previews pdfs, powerpoint presentations, and other documents in Google Docs Viewer. Pretty!
goo.gl URL Shortener – Why I love it: Get a shortened URL for the page you are on OR clicking on fast!
Google Mail Checker Why I love it: Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. No more switching to your Gmail tab to check it.
Google Talk Gadget – Why I love it: It shows you a pop-up in your browser when you get a new Gchat message.
LastPass – Why I love it: It remembers my info and types in all those web forms for me!
RSS Subscription Extension (by Google) – Why I love it: Adds one-click subscription to your toolbar similar to how Firefox already does it.
Screen Capture (by Google) Why I love it: It screencaps your web page as a PNG image.
Scroll To Top Button Why I love it: If you’re scrolling down a page, just hit this button that shows up on the top right of the screen and it does all the scrolling to the top for you. I particularly use it when I’m on Twitter.com.
Send from Gmail (by Google) Why I love it: Makes Gmail your default email application. I HATE when a browser tries to open Outlook instead!
WiseStamp – Email Signatures for GMail – Why I love it: Creates a professional footer to all your Gmail messages with pretty social media icons.
Rapportive – Why I love it: It pops up social media info in Gmail about the person you are emailing to/from. Makes it so easy to connect with people!
So there you have it! All you Chromers, what extensions am I missing?
I’m going to have to try these out! I’m slow…I just downloaded Chrome a few weeks ago! Firefox was driving me crazy!
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I love Chrome and I got it when you did…only thing is, lately, youtube has been very jerky and lousy and I’m not sure why.Are you experiencing this too? I dont use any extensions…I’m not sure I want to…I think all that popping up would freak me out. I’m kind of an old fashioned tab checking kind of gal. 🙂
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There are a few I think you would like. One I didn’t list is the Auto HD Youtube one. Also the Scrolltop one is awesome for all the articles you read!
How awesome. I have been using chrome for about a year and love it. It never dies on me like IE and FF. Thank you so much for these extensions. I hadn’t even begun to explore. The only ones I had already were the rss one…and love it, tweetdeck launcher, springpad,google reader,blog this,share,translate, bookmark, print. Now I have all these great new ones. I am on my way to look for the Youtube one!!! Thanks girl!!!
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Chrome has been my favorite browser for awhile, but I’m just now starting to use extensions – so thank you for this list!! I can’t wait to add them 🙂
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Awesome, let me know if you find some more good ones!