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New Chrome Extensions by Google
Thursday, November 11, 2010
We've been thrilled to see many useful Chrome extensions created by developers around the world. Similarly, Googlers have been very enthusiastic about creating extensions that allow users to add features to their favorite Google products. We have a handful of new extensions in the
gallery
that we're keen to share with you, including new official extensions for Google Calendar, Google Docs and YouTube.
For those of you with busy schedules, the
new Google Calendar extension
lets you easily check your Google Calendar for upcoming events and add new events from the websites you visit. For example, if you see an icon with a green plus sign on sites like Facebook or Evite, you can add the event to your Google Calendar. It will also show a map if it detects a location associated with the event.
The
Web Clipboard extension
allows you to copy and paste text and images easily with the
Google Docs clipboard
. This means that all the web content that you copy and paste is stored in the online clipboard so you can access it quickly and easily across multiple browser windows.
To stay on top of your favorite videos,
YouTube Feed
notifies you whenever new videos are available in your YouTube homepage feed. You can directly access videos that your friends uploaded, rated and liked right in your browser.
And there’s more! Other Google extensions like
Blog This
,
Google Calendar Checker
and
News Reader
have been updated with new features like enabling special characters in blog posts, support for multiple calendars and custom news feeds.
These are just a few extensions that enhance your experience with Google products. With more than 8,000 extensions to choose from in the
gallery
, you can find the right extensions to complement your favorite Google products.
Posted by Koh Kim, Associate Product Marketing Manager
New Featured Extensions
Thursday, October 14, 2010
With so many new extensions uploaded in the gallery every day, we know it can be tricky to decide which ones to try out. We post a selection of the ones we enjoy in the "Featured" section of the
gallery
, and from now on we plan to update you regularly on new additions to our recommended extensions.
Here are a few new extensions in the Featured section:
Layers
allows you to overlay content like sticky notes, images, videos, tweets and even maps over any web site. You can drag and drop your content anywhere on the page. You can also share and discuss whatever you add to the site with your friends across social networks.
The
Postrank
extension for Google Reader helps you stay up-to-date on the news and posts that matter. The extension aggregates engagement activity such as tweets, comments and votes from over two dozen social networks and ranks stories based on how much engagement each story has received.
With the
Ozone
extension, you can get suggestions from fifteen different sources like Google, Amazon, your bookmarks, Gmail, YouTube and more. As you type in the Ozone search box, you can see the suggestions change in real time.
Highlight to Search
is a new official Google extension that allows you to search keywords by highlighting instead of typing them into a search box. When you highlight words within a web page, you'll see a magnifying glass icon appear below the highlighted keywords. Clicking on the icon or the keywords allows you to search easily from the search box that immediately appears.
These are just a few of the new featured Chrome extensions, and you can find many more in the
gallery
.
Posted by Koh Kim, Associate Product Marketing Manager
Use Chrome like a pro (Now for Mac!)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
(Cross posted on
Official Google Mac Blog
.)
Two months ago, Chrome team members shared a list of their favorite extensions on the
Official Google Blog
. This time around, we asked Mac aficionados on the Chrome team to share with us the extensions they like the most. Below is a list of their favorite extensions.
Google Voice
- Make calls, send SMS, preview inbox and get notified of new messages right in your browser (US only)
Send from Gmail
- Makes Gmail your default email application and provides a button to compose a Gmail message to quickly share a link via email.
iReader
- View news stories and other articles in a very easy to read, clutter-free, scrollable display.
Google Dictionary
- View definitions easily as you browse the web, similar to using ⌘-Option-D in other Mac applications.
delicious bookmarks
- Integrate your bookmarks with Google Chrome with the official Chrome extension for Delicious, the world's leading social bookmarking service.
Instachrome
- Collect articles from around the Internet to read them on the web with Instapaper.
These are just a few extensions to help our Mac users enhance their web browsing experience and address the most requested features. There are more than 7,000 extensions to choose from in our
Google Chrome Extensions gallery
, so you’ll be sure to find the right extensions for you.
Posted by Mike Pinkerton, Staff Software Engineer
Making the web more accessible, one step at a time
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
From text that is too small to read, to user interfaces that do not offer keyboard navigation options, users with special needs face a lot of challenges when trying to access websites they are interested in. We believe that extensions can complement the
work
we are doing to make Google Chrome more accessible and can help users with disabilities turn the web from an often unwelcoming place to an environment they can truly enjoy.
Today we are launching
a new category
of featured extensions under the name “Accessibility”. On this page you’ll find
ChromeVis
a brand new extension from Google that allows users with low vision to magnify and change the color of selected text. You will also find extensions like
Chrome Daltonize
that can help color blind users to see more details in web pages or
gleeBox
that provides alternatives to actions traditionally performed via the mouse such as clicking, scrolling and selecting text fields.
All users can benefit from these extensions - not just users with disabilities. To encourage more developers to incorporate best practices in accessibility when designing extensions, we’ve open sourced the code behind Chrome Vis and created relevant documentation. You can get more information in the
Chromium blog
.
One can develop a lot of great extensions to benefit users with special needs. We plan to release a few more in the next months so stay tuned for more updates.
Posted by Jonas Klink, Accessibility Product Manager
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