Google Chrome Extension Essentials
I have become a huge fan of Google Chrome over the past year or so, this has caused me to install, test, and remove a lot of extensions. Along the way I have come across quite a few that work really well so I thought I would share.
- 1Password – Simply couldn’t live with out this. If you are in need of password management software I highly suggest you have a look at 1Password. While its not free its really worth it and the Chrome plugin makes it that much better.
- AdBlock – This is simply a must. It does what it says, Blocks Ads, really makes browsing sites so much better when they don’t have 20 banners on them.
- Delicious Bookmarks Extension – I recently switched back to using Delicious and this really seems to be the way to go when it comes to integrating Delicious with Chrome.
- Google Voice – Sometimes is just nice to be able to send texts right from your browser instead of reaching for the cellphone to do so.
- Hover Zoom – This has to be one of the best extensions I have come across. It saves a ton of clicks through the day while browsing since it will load thumbnail images as full size images via an on screen popup. I have also pushed a patch to it that gives it Pict.Mobi support as well which is an added bonus.
- Nagios Checker – Well if you have ever used Nagios this is really handy. It will popup notifications/alerts of server issues. Much nicer than having Nagios opened full screen.
- Remote Transmission – I download all my Torrents via my home server, this allows me to auto open those torrent files directly on the machine that does the downloading.
The other day with the purchase of a new MacBook Pro for my birthday I decided to give