Custom New Tab Page For Google Chrome
The new tab page of the Google Chrome browser offers little options to change layout or contents. The page displays the bookmarks bar, web apps, most visited websites and recently closed sites […]
Single File: Save Websites To A Single HTML File In Chrome
Nearly every modern web browser has an option to save a web page as a HTML file. The only problem with that approach is that the websites do not get saved as […]
Google Chrome Thin Scroll Bar
There is only that much that you can cut from a browser's interface. You got the header area with the title-, address and tabbar and the footer with a status bar. Especially […]
Google Similar Pages Extension For Chrome
Unless you are running the new experimental search interface on Google, you can make use of a feature called similar pages directly on the search results page. This feature displays a list […]
Get a better Google Chrome History page
The standard history page of the Google Chrome web browser which you can access by loading chrome://history/ directly or through the menu is a mess. All visited web pages are listed in […]
Repeat YouTube Videos Automatically With Auto Replay For Chrome
I sometimes like to view or listen to YouTube videos multiple times. To bad that there is not an option to repeat YouTube videos automatically. Sure, you can click the replay link […]
Change Colors Lets You Replace A Page's Style In Chrome
You may stumble upon useful pages sometimes that have such an irritating design or page style that you have a hard time concentrating on the content that it offers. Maybe it is […]
Google Cache Link Protector Improves Google Cache's Functionality Under Chrome
Google caches all websites and pages of a site when it crawls it with its bots. Most cached pages are then linked to from Google Search as well which can be handy […]
Chrome Torrent Turbo Search Finds Downloads On Multiple Torrent Sites
Sometimes when you are searching for a specific file you may use Bittorrent indexers to find it. Most indexers allow you to search their index, and it happens that you have to […]
Keep Your Chrome Plugins Up To Date with Plugin Updater
Update: Google is pulling the plug on NPAPI plugins in the browser. These plugins are already blocked by default and will be blocked completely later in 2015. Outdated browser plugins are a […]
The Difference Between Google Chrome Extensions And Web Apps
Google Chrome has supported extensions, sometimes called add-ons, for some time now. Recently the Google Chrome Web Store was added to the browser which has added web apps to the picture. The […]
SaferChrome Protects Chrome Users Against Man In The Middle Attacks, Improves Security
Internet users who connect to the Internet out of a computer network have to be very careful about the data they send and receive, and how they do that. The Firefox add-on […]
Post Sticky Notes On Websites With Note Anywhere For Chrome
Sticky notes are handy as a temporary means to remember information. They are usually plastered around the monitor and computer desk but Note Anywhere for Chrome takes them to the virtual realm. […]
Search Engine Blacklist Removes Sites From Google Search
Google Chrome only extension Search Engine Blacklist can remove selected sites from Google's search result listing. The extension is especially useful for users who often stumble upon the same set of spam […]
Click&Clean, Browser Add-On To Delete Temporary Data, Improve Privacy
One of the biggest privacy related problem on the Internet these days are information that are stored by the browser on the local computer. Most web browsers come with built-in tools to […]
Chrome Window Expander For YouTube
Chance is that your visit the popular video hosting site Youtube with different window sizes of the browser. Some users may always visit it maximized but the majority is probably visiting it […]
Scroll To Top Button For Chrome
Some Internet users like to navigate web pages with the mouse and only the mouse. This can become a problem, or better a nuisance, on pages that are very very long, especially […]
1-Click Web Proxy Extension For Google Chrome
It can sometimes be very handy to access a website or service through a proxy server. Why? It can be that the service is limiting access to users from specific countries or […]
Disable Major Third Party Tracking Services With Disconnect For Chrome
Facebook Blocker which I reviewed yesterday made sure that some Facebook scripts cannot be executed on third party websites. That's helpful among other things to disable tracking by the popular social networking […]
Power Twitter For Chrome
Update: The extension does not work anymore. It was last updated in 2011 and the most likely reason why it stopped working is that Twitter changed things around in the backend in […]
Widgetblock, Block Social Media Widgets In Google Chrome
The majority of blogs and a lot of websites display social media widgets on their pages. They display Facebook like buttons, Facebook user widgets, Twitter tweets, Disqus comments and a lot more. […]
Pop-up History For Chrome, Display Browsing History In A Popup
What would you say that an extension with the name Pop-up History and the description Pop-up a History does? This one had me puzzle for a while. My first thought was that […]
Safy, Run Links With JavaScript, Plugins Disabled In Google Chrome
Loading websites without scripts or plugins is one of the best security precautions, and the extension that I use for that is the excellent NoScript add-on which does that and a lot […]
Bookmark Sentry For Chrome, Check For Dead And Duplicate Bookmarks
Every modern web browser offers to save bookmarks that act as a reminder and quick way to open websites. Internet users who save bookmarks regularly end up with hundreds, and sometimes even […]
Virus Scan Any Link With VirusTotal In Chrome With VTchromizer
I use the online virus scanning service VirusTotal on a regular basis, for instance to check files before I download them to my local computer system. Especially useful for programs that are […]
Chrome Toolbox, Improve Productivity In Google Chrome
Chrome Toolbox is a new extension for the Chrome web browser that aims to improve a user's productivity in numerous ways. All features of the extension become available after installation. A right-click […]
Improve Chrome Privacy By Whitelisting Cookies
Web cookies, like temporary files and the web browsing history, can reveal information to third parties that a Internet user may not want to share. For instance, which sites were visited in […]
Google Chrome RSS Live Links
RSS Live Links is a handy Google Chrome extension for users who want access to selected feeds and their updates right in the Chrome browser. The extension adds a new button to […]
Neat Bookmarks For Chrome, Search And Access Bookmarks Faster
If you want to have direct access to bookmarks in the Google Chrome browser, you either need to display the bookmarks toolbar, use the tools menu or install an extension that offers […]
Chrome Update Notifier, Receive Notifications Of Google Browser Updates
If you compare how Google Chrome and Firefox handle browser and extension updates, you may come to the conclusion that Firefox is more transparent than Google Chrome, as it displays update notifications […]
Video Viewer, Watch Linked Youtube Videos Directly
Sometimes, you do not want to open yet another page in your web browser to view a linked video that you have encountered. Maybe someone posted the video in chat on a […]
Youtube Subscription Monitor For Google Chrome
Update: The extension does not work anymore. You find alternatives for it on the official Chrome Web Store. If you have a YouTube account you can subscribe to channels that you are […]
Display Full Images With Hover Zoom For Chrome
Many websites and services on the Internet display image thumbnails on their pages which link to a larger version of the image on a mouse-click. Shopping sites like Amazon display small item […]
McAfee URL Shortener
It is not really clear to me why url shorteners have become that popular on today's Internet. Sure, Twitter may have an impact on that, considering its 140 word limit per message, […]
Google Chrome Extension Reveals Website User Agent Detection
Have you ever been to a website with one browser, and then later with another only to realize that the contents displayed were different? Or have you been to a site without […]
Tab Sugar, Like Firefox Panorama, But For Chrome
Firefox Panorama is a new feature of the upcoming Firefox 4 browser which offers a new way of managing tabs in the browser. Among the features it offers are options to group […]
Videos At A Glance, Chrome Video Thumbnail Previews
Video thumbnails offer a limited preview of a video before it is played. This can be helpful for getting a first impression and may sometimes even make the viewer skip the video […]
Vimium, Speed Up Google Chrome With Keyboard Shortcuts
Vimium is a free browser extension for the Google Chrome web browser that adds numerous new keyboard shortcuts to the browser. Using the keyboard of the computer instead of the mouse can […]
Ultimate Boss Key / Panic Button Apps Listing
They come under many names, boss key, panic button or anti boss to name a few. Computer users can make use of these applications to quickly switch from their current desktop view […]
Prevent Google Chrome From Exiting After Closing The Last Tab
A huge usability problem for some users in Google Chrome is the fact that the browser exits automatically when the last open tab is closed. While that may make sense sometimes, some […]
