by on February 23, 2010

My Essential Google Chrome Extensions

Chrome extensions are finally here, and they sure are rocking my world. Chrome is well on its way to replacing Firefox for me with these improvements – just a few more to go, guys!

I’m a tabs guy. I. Love. Tabs. It’s not uncommon for me to have 30+ tabs open at a time, which has been impossible on Chrome. Until now. Here is my list of essential extensions:

  • Google Mail Checker Plus by Anders – See how many unread messages are in your inbox and respond, archive, or delete them.
  • TooManyTabs for Chrome by visibotech – Place tabs in a lockbox for safe-keeping, but out of view.
  • Tab Menu by fryn – If you still end up with 20 tabs open, this lists them vertically for easy selection (you hate accidentally closing a small tab, right?).
  • Sexy Undo Close Tab by Xerios – See above. /grin
  • Facebook for Google Chrome by benhiller – Just check for quick wall updates.
  • Google Translate by chrome.translate.extension – This is going to make my online Spanish homework a breeze. No more copying and pasting words I don’t know.

What are your golden extension choices?

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by on February 6, 2009

Tab Mix Plus: A Must-Have for Firefox Powerusers

I had finally had it with scrolling back and forth with the Firefox tabs tonight. I am working on a 12″ widescreen laptop monitor, which is far more scrolling than when I’m upstairs on my 22″ widescreen. I was doing theme and plugin searching and finally ended up with over 30 tabs open. That was the last straw, and I wish I’d hit that point 5 months ago.

I did a Google for “firefox tabs multiple rows” and was immediately pointed to the Tab Mix Plus Firefox extension.

This little extension has eliminated all of my dislikes I experience with being on the computer ALL DAY. Check it out and take care of these issues, too:

  • Tabs to open next to the one you’re on rather than all the way at the end of the list.
  • Multiple rows of tabs rather than scrolling.
  • Stopping the annoying blank tabs from downloads, like from Gmail.
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