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Thursday April 1, 2010
The Sweet Stuff: Software
Thursday April 1, 2010
You'd be forgiven for not knowing about the
extensions available for Google Chrome
. However, if you gave the browser a miss for being too bare bones, time to look again. Chrome supports a range ofChrome themes.
Perhaps more important, it has support forChrome extensions
that give the browser more functionality. Doc pickstop 10 extensions for Chrome
and shares them over the next two weeks.Download this episode now
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Show Notes
Forecast Fox
- Shows you current conditions for your area.
- You can get the seven day forecast.
- You can look at radar maps, if desired.
- You'll be notified of severe weather alerts.
Diigo Web Highlighter
- Makes it easy to highlight text on the Web.
- Will save your highlighted items to a library.
- You can highlight in a variety of colors.
- You can also create bookmarks and sticky notes.
LastPass
- Manages all your passwords.
- Manages your logins and can automatically log you in if desired.
- Can fill forms on Web sites.
- Has an excellent password generator.
- Works under Windows, Mac, Linux and on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.
Session Manager
- Lets you save an entire "session" of tabs.
- You assign the session a name and click Save.
- Later you can select a session, click Open, and that session will open in the browser.
- Great for saving searches where you're comparing prices on other sites, looking at cars or houses and so on.
Speed Dial
- Speed Dial gives you instant access to the sites you visit most.
- Actually uses an image of the site so it's easily recognizable.
- You can determine how many columns and rows you have.
- It's also available for Firefox and was born on Opera.
Get your Google Chrome Extensions here!
Stay tuned for part 2 next week.
- Shows you current conditions for your area.
- You can get the seven day forecast.
- You can look at radar maps, if desired.
- You'll be notified of severe weather alerts.
Diigo Web Highlighter
- Makes it easy to highlight text on the Web.
- Will save your highlighted items to a library.
- You can highlight in a variety of colors.
- You can also create bookmarks and sticky notes.
LastPass
- Manages all your passwords.
- Manages your logins and can automatically log you in if desired.
- Can fill forms on Web sites.
- Has an excellent password generator.
- Works under Windows, Mac, Linux and on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.
Session Manager
- Lets you save an entire "session" of tabs.
- You assign the session a name and click Save.
- Later you can select a session, click Open, and that session will open in the browser.
- Great for saving searches where you're comparing prices on other sites, looking at cars or houses and so on.
Speed Dial
- Speed Dial gives you instant access to the sites you visit most.
- Actually uses an image of the site so it's easily recognizable.
- You can determine how many columns and rows you have.
- It's also available for Firefox and was born on Opera.
Get your Google Chrome Extensions here!
Stay tuned for part 2 next week.
Comments (3)
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By drfilefinder about two years ago
(2010-04-14 12:54:28)
(2010-04-14 12:54:28)
Very funny Max. The only thing you forgot is that your picture is next to your post. hahahaha; And I don't have Safari installed, but you got the others right. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so I'm flattered. No more posting as me though!
.... Doc
By MadMax80 about two years ago
(2010-04-14 12:13:45)
(2010-04-14 12:13:45)
Always my pleasure. I've switched to Google Chrome as my default browser. I still have Firefox, Safari, IE, and Opera installed as well but Chrome is the one I like the best, especially since it now has extensions.
....Doc
By sreed about two years ago
(2010-04-01 14:30:09)
(2010-04-01 14:30:09)
Thanks for this, Doc! Session Manager is exactly what I've been looking for. I'm making the switch!
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