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November 30, 2011
November 27, 2011
Chrome, FTW
I just switched browsers, from Maxthon to Google Chrome, for reasons of speed, stability, features, and available add-ons. I wish I'd done so a lot sooner. Here's the add-ons (known as extensions in Chrome) I'm using right now, having looked at many hundreds of them.
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Blocks social plugins from loading
I don't participate in social networking, and appreciate this extension's ability to block all the little icons from littering the pages I'm reading.
I don't participate in social networking, and appreciate this extension's ability to block all the little icons from littering the pages I'm reading.
Fill form fields automatically on page load.
Button bar, combining downloads, bookmarks, extensions, history, view source, print, and more from a single button.
A quick access tool that allows you to put your favorite browser commands in one drop down menu, save unsubmitted form data, magnify images, view videos in standalone windows, and define shortcuts to open all links in any bookmark folder.
This extension adds an email button to the toolbar which allows you to email the page link using your default mail client or Gmail.
This works jut fine with Outlook as my email client, without modification. Nice touch: any text I have highlighted on the page is also pasted into the email.
This works jut fine with Outlook as my email client, without modification. Nice touch: any text I have highlighted on the page is also pasted into the email.
Interface enhancement for the new Google Reader™
This extension makes the visual style of Google Reader a bit better, and I spend a *lot* of time in Google Reader.
This extension makes the visual style of Google Reader a bit better, and I spend a *lot* of time in Google Reader.
Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Supports ActiveX controls, Sharepoint, ICBC, alipay. A "Top 10" extension since 2009!
For example: my bank's website has all kinds of problems in Chrome, but I've configured this extension to always open that site with IE's rendering engine (and I turned off the "open pop-ups in Chrome" option so links to my bill pay service are kept in IE mode as well)
For example: my bank's website has all kinds of problems in Chrome, but I've configured this extension to always open that site with IE's rendering engine (and I turned off the "open pop-ups in Chrome" option so links to my bill pay service are kept in IE mode as well)
Use mouse strokes (aka gestures) to accelerate your operations. Support super drag & go, rocker gestures and wheel gestures in one extension! Volunteer translators needed.
This is the function that drew me to Maxthon, and it's even better here: I can close tabs with a mouse gesture, drag links to the right to open them in a background tab, drag links to teh left to open them in a new foreground tab, and many other cool things are possible.
This is the function that drew me to Maxthon, and it's even better here: I can close tabs with a mouse gesture, drag links to the right to open them in a background tab, drag links to teh left to open them in a new foreground tab, and many other cool things are possible.
A neat bookmarks tree popup.
I choose not to keep my bookmark bar turned on; this extension gives me easy access to my bookmarks and bookmarklets.
I choose not to keep my bookmark bar turned on; this extension gives me easy access to my bookmarks and bookmarklets.
Capture visible content of a tab, a region of a web page, or the whole page as a PNG image. Support horizontal and vertical scroll when capturing whole page, with an all new autosave capability.
Accidentally closed your last tab? Tired of losing tabs in Incognito? Don't worry, everything is possible with this sexy extension.
This extension lets me easily recover closed tabs. Chrome does have a keyboard shortcut for this, but I like this simpler method.
This extension lets me easily recover closed tabs. Chrome does have a keyboard shortcut for this, but I like this simpler method.
A new button on YouTube which skips the current ad and start the main video. It will always work.
I don't mind text ads, but those long ads in front of videos (I'm looking at you, ICanHasCheezburger!) chap my hide.
I don't mind text ads, but those long ads in front of videos (I'm looking at you, ICanHasCheezburger!) chap my hide.
Speed Dial for Chrome - replace Chrome new tab with your predefined visual bookmarks.
When I open Chrome, I see a panel of sites I frequently visit, and can choose them easily. Also displays when opening a new tab.
When I open Chrome, I see a panel of sites I frequently visit, and can choose them easily. Also displays when opening a new tab.
To Be Read - Version: 1.8
A list that holds the pages that you didn't read yet but you would like to.
An easy way to save items to be read later: the right click menu on each page offers "Save For Later And Close", and activating that option adds the page to a list and closes the page; you can then at any time go into the list of things you've saved and bring them back up.
An easy way to save items to be read later: the right click menu on each page offers "Save For Later And Close", and activating that option adds the page to a list and closes the page; you can then at any time go into the list of things you've saved and bring them back up.
November 25, 2011
9 Reasons To Wear Tinfoil Hats
"Here’s our short list of nine reasons that Wired readers ought to wear tinfoil hats, or at least, fight for their rights and consider ways to protect themselves with encryption and defensive digital technologies."
November 05, 2011
How to Open the Start Menu Folder in Windows 7
"Are you one of those people that obsessively edits your start menu to keep it clean, tidy, and organized? Back in Windows XP, all you had to do was right-click on the start button to get to the folder, but Windows 7 chang
ed it."
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