Google Chrome Extensions Goes Live

With the release of Chrome for Mac, Google has also announced the launch of Chrome extensions (available for Windows and Linux, Mac – coming soon).

One great thing about Chrome extensions is: no annoying restarts after installation. On the downside, as of today, there are only about 300 add-ons available.

Browse extensions.

Firefox Add-on Compatibility Reporter

Yesterday Mozilla has released a new extension called “Add-On Compatibility Reporter”. As you might guess, it does report whether installed add-ons work or have some issues with alpha and beta releases.

Here’s what they say about it:
“After installing the Add-on Compatibility Reporter, your incompatible extensions will become enabled for you to test whether they still work with the version of Firefox or Thunderbird that you’re using.”

Recommended for alpha and beta users only.

Download Add-on Compatibility Reporter.

Google Chrome Extensions (Add-Ons) Are Here

Understanding the importance of extensions/add-ons, Google Chrome team did their job and finally released first developer builds, which adds an early alpha feature to support them. Geek Technica reports 4 Chrome extensions:

1. Cleeki: IE8 Accelerators for Google Chrome. “Cleeki can capture keyword(s) anywhere on a screen with as simple as one click, search it on the Internet, and preview the results immediately.”

2. Adsweep: The very first Google Chrome ad blocker. Read more

Convert YouTube Videos to MP3

In case you want to convert YouTube videos to MP3, here is a simple Firefox add-on to do that.

Basically, it adds a “Convert & Download as MP3″ link in video page. Just click on it and download starts.

Vist YouTube 2 MP3 page (addons.mozilla.org).

Video: How to Disable Firefox 3 Extensions Compatibility Check

If you’re like me, you probably lost a few extensions during the upgrade to Firefox 3 because the original author simply disappeared and never updated his extensions, or perhaps you came up against a problem and all the solutions seem to point towards an extension incompatible with Firefox 3.

In either case, it’s very annoying not to be able to install or use the extensions that you want/need. This is when disabling the add-on compatibility check comes in handy. All it takes is adding one entry into your about:config, which I’ll show you in the video/steps below. Read more

Weekly Browsers Recap, January 4th

• Make “Add-ons” for Google Chrome Using Bookmarklets
• Power Twitter: Inline Media, Integrated Search And A Lot More
• New Firefox themes for a new year
• An Easier Way to Go Back in Opera Mobile
• Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari Fail a Privacy Test

Firefox Addons – 6 Things You Can Do With Plain Text

Here is a great post on how can you expand your Firefox reading experience.

Plain text to link: turn any highlighted text into a link
Browse pages tagged with this word / phrase on StumbleUpon
Count the highlighted words: word count plus
Search the highlighted word in any search engine you select in your search plugins
Search the highlighted word using multiple search engines: KallOut
Search the highlighted word using Google advanced operators – advanced dork

Weekly Browsers Recap, December 7th

• Google’s Chrome Team Mulls Local File Restrictions
• Google outlines plan for extensions in Chrome
• What to Expect From the Second Firefox 3.1 Beta Preview
• Firefox extension Linked Users to Same Product at The Pirate Bay
• Compatibility View Improvements to come in IE8

Note: Already posted news are not included.

Fashion Your Firefox

Recently Mozilla launched a new web application called Fashion Your Firefox which should help people to find some of the best add-ons for Firefox 3.

Fashion Your Firefox is a simple Web application that customizes your Firefox browser based on your interests and online activities. Fashion Your Firefox helps you select add-ons that fit your needs, and enables you to install them with just one click. Read more

Firefox – Minimal and Clean

Do you want to remove specific stuff from Firefox interface? Make it minimalistic look, light and clean? Well, you can do that.

Used Hide Caption by Ji Shiping, to hide the title bar. Cons: have to aim below the window control buttons to move the window; need a Mozilla Add-ons account to download. Read more

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