gHacks technology news » google browser extensions http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Google Chrome Extensions Manager http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/24/google-chrome-extensions-manager/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/24/google-chrome-extensions-manager/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:59:44 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14718 google chrome browserThere is currently no build in extensions manager in the Google Chrome web browser which makes it quite time consuming to manage and work with extensions. Users who want to enable extensions have to do so by launching the Google browser with a command line parameter. This will change once the extension engine has been finalized by the Google developers.

The Google Chrome Extensions Manager is a batch script that allows the Chrome user to work with extensions in the Internet browser more effectively. It can be used to quickly enable or disable extensions, create new extensions and to run Google Chrome with or without extension and user scripts support by default which means that no command line parameter needs to be added afterwards.

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The batch script will automatically recognize all installed extensions giving the user the option to disable or enable them whenever it is needed. The script can be placed anywhere on the computer system, it does not have to reside in the same folder as the Google Chrome executable.

Users who download the Google browser extensions manager need to remove the .txt part of the filename to make it executable. Once that is done the script can be launched by double-clicking on it. The Chrome Extension Manager is available (via Techie Buzz) at the Chrome Plugins website.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/24/google-chrome-extensions-manager/feed/ 4 Google Chrome And Firefox Extensions Differences http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/30/google-chrome-and-firefox-extensions-differences/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/30/google-chrome-and-firefox-extensions-differences/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 10:58:57 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/30/google-chrome-and-firefox-extensions-differences/ google chrome browserWe all know that the Google Chrome development team is planning to add extensions to the web browser. Extensibility seems to be one of the key features that many users, especially Firefox users, except from a web browser. A developer’s build of the Google browser was released with basic extension support a while ago but it is not clear yet when the public will be able to download a version of the Google browser supporting extensions.

It might be interesting however to take a evaluate how the system differs in the two web browsers. The Google System blog published a short post and Google Docs presentation that details how Google Chrome will be handling browser extensions.

Extensions in Google Chrome use HTML, JavaScript and CSS. The web browser does not need to be restarted after installing an extension. Google Chrome extensions are updated automatically to make sure that the user is always running the latest version. They are also automatically compatible will future browser versions which means that developers do not need to update their extensions if the web browser version makes a jump (like in Firefox).

Each extension will run in a separate process which is interesting from both a security and performance standpoint. Future versions of the Firefox web browser will get rid of the forced restart after extension installation as well.

Google Chrome adds some interesting features which make life more comfortable and easier. The main difference now is that Firefox users can download and install thousands of Firefox add-ons while Google Chrome users will have to wait until they can start using user-generated extensions. The future however looks interesting.

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