Showing posts with label extensions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extensions. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

10 Best Google Chrome Apps



Google Chrome apps are just like apps on your phone. Easy to install and fun to use. You can browse through thousands of apps categorized in the Chrome Web Store. They appear on the new tab page of Chrome. Here's a list of 10 of the best apps for Google Chrome. 
[Note: I haven't included games in this list. I plan to do a seperate list for those soon, so stay tuned!]
For Best Google Chrome "Extensions" click here.

 1.The Weather Channel
Download here

A simple click of the app gives you the current weather conditions as well as predictions for the week, or the next couple of hours. You can also save up to nine locations(with nicknames) to refer to at a glance. Detailed forecast provides temperature, a radar map, sky conditions, wind speed/direction, humidity, dew point, barometric pressure, visibility, and a UV Index.




2. Hipmunk
Download here

This app is brilliant when it comes to planning trips. In minutes, it'll give you information about the best flights & hotels at your destination.
Although I'm no traveler, I still enjoy this app when thinking about imaginary trips.The flights are arranged according to either prices, agony, duration and timings.
Flight Listing

The hotels are shown as points on a map, complete with rates and reviews. They can also be sorted in a list by price, reviews and distance.

Hipmunk also allows for tabbed browsing, so you can go through several flights and hotel listings at a time.

Plus it also has live chat help. Although, you won't be needing it.
Hotels

3. Earbits Radio
Download here

In the mood for some new music? This app streams ad-free music, similar to a band/artist of your choice. It has no membership requirement. You can also chat with others online.





4. Google Dictionary by Google
Download here

I think the title says it all. This dictionary gives you definitions from lots of websites and synonyms. Either by Double-clicking any word (a small pop-up bubble displays the definition). Or by using the toolbar dictionary. It retrieves these definitions online because of which its response time depends on your internet speed.


5. Pixlr-o-Matic
Download Here

This app is easily my favourite. It's amazing with transforming photos into vintage retro snaps. You can add three layers to alter your photo by adding filters, lightning and borders. You can do this to an existing photo or directly from the webcam.
Having fun with Pixlr-o-Matic


6. Read Later Fast
Download here

This is pretty handy when you want to read or refer to some online article later on. The app saves the page, making it accessible to you offline. A click of the app will open up your articles pretty quickly.

7. Aviary's Image Editor
Download Here

This app is an image editor with over 30 rich editing tools, which works with layers similar to photoshop. It can be used for basic editing upto complicated manipulation of photos. It's amazing how it has all these great features, packed into your browser.




8. Tweetdeck
Download here

This app opens up your Twitter, Facebook, inbox and more all in one window. Further more, you get a pop-up notification bubble for any new notifications on your social networks.
Although the viewing space feels cramped, my favourite feature of tweetdeck would be updating your twitter and Facebook at the same time. Also the pop-up notifications are pretty cool.


9. PsykoPaint
Download Here

Got some pretty cool brushes and styles to work with. Either on an existing picture or a new one.


10. Remember the Milk
Download Here

This is not your average to-do list app. Having an app available on your phone, email, outlook; it syncs constantly across all platforms. It's remarkable features help make the experience fun by things such as organizing by tags/dates/priority, share with friends & search.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

My Most Used & Favourite Google Chrome Extensions





1. Mail Checker Plus for Google Mail™,

This definitely is the most used extension on my list. As long as Google chrome is open, a pop-up notification appears whenever you receive a new e-mail. Without having to leave the page you are viewing, you can have a quick scan of the email, and if you want, you can delete/ mark as read/ spam or archive without opening a new tab.


In the top right corner, the mail checker's icon displays your number of unread messages and also lets you have a quick look at the unread messages.


2.Currency Converter.

When window-shopping on the Internet, I hate going through the effort of mentally converting the price and googling the not-so-constant exchange rates. That's when this app comes in real handy. Without having to leave the page or update it, Currency Converter gives me the exact up-to-date amount converted into my local currency. This is based on Yahoo! finance.


3. Chrome to Phone.

This is only useful if you have an android based smartphone. I think the name explains it all. Simply, whenever there is a website or a download link on the PC, that I want to open on my phone, just one click of the icon, sends the link to my phone, which instantly opens up in the phone's browser. Other features are:

  • Google Maps links launch the Google Maps application on Android.
  • YouTube links launch the YouTube application on Android.
  • Selecting a phone number will automatically launch the dialer with the number populated.
  • Selecting text on a Web page will copy the clipboard to Android (long press a text box to paste on Android).

4. FB photo Zoom

Hovering the mouse over an image on Facebook, activates this extension; by immediately zooming the photo to an adjustable size. Basically it does the job a simple click would do, without opening a new page.

5. Adblock Plus for Google Chrome™ (Beta)


Yeah, it blocks up ads. The pop-up ones, the banners and Google ads on web pages. And it also blocks ads on Youtube videos. It works so seamlessly, that you can't even tell if its working. Absolutely brilliant.

6. KB SSL Enforcer

This extension picks up on websites which support SSL (https) and redirects you to it. Meaning better security; everything you send/ receive on these sites will be encrypted.

7. BugmeNot Lite


More often than not, we stumble into a website which bars us from viewing their content unless we sign up for an account. Bugmenot is a website which provides you with login usernames and passwords for quite a lot of sites. In this extension, an icon appears in the address bar (seen to the right); which signals the existence of an account(s) for the website you are viewing.

8. Autopager

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You know when you're scrolling through google or other search sites, and they show like only 10 results, and to view the rest you have to scroll to the next page. Well this extension keeps the page going without having to click next page. Works on many sites.

                                  

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