No sooner that the first glimpses of the integrated extensions manager in Chromium/Google Chrome showed up, that the feature landed in the very latest Chromium builds. The new extensions page is a welcomed update of the existing, stand-alone one, but it's hardly the only new feature or update of the past days.
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6 September 2011
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Things change fast when it comes to Google Chrome so it sure seems like a lot more than a year since extensions have been introduced. Yet the Chrome extensions online gallery opened its doors precisely a year ago. The really interesting part is that the gallery has already been replaced by something bigger and better... |
10 December 2010
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Judging by the popularity of the AdBlock extension for Google Chrome, a lot of people don’t like to be flooded with ads when they surf the web. But those that switched from Firefox to Chrome may have noticed that the extension doesn’t work exactly like AdBlock for Mozilla’s browser. The reason is th... |
21 July 2010
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With Google Chrome getting extensions a few months ago, it looked like the battle was finally heating up between the two biggest 'alternative' web browsers on the market. The number of extensions for Google Chrome has been growing steadily, it's now close to 4,000 extensions, but it's still nowher... |
25 March 2010
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Tucked away in a Google Chrome status update post for developers on the official Chromium blog is one tidbit of information that is easy to underestimate. The Google Chrome online extensions gallery now hosts more than 3,000 extensions just three months after being launched. That may or may not sound like a big numbe... |
8 March 2010
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Google has been focusing a lot on extensions lately with Chrome and the ecosystem is growing steadily with several thousand extensions in the online gallery already. However, there are plenty of people who think Google could step it up a bit and the company seems to agree, which is why it has started introducing some... |
2 March 2010
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Add-ons, or extensions depending on the naming convention, have become crucial for any web browser thanks in no small part to the popularity the feature has enjoyed on Firefox. Google has finally launched an online extensions repository for Chrome in December and recently has enabled extension support in the Chrome ... |
3 February 2010
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Extensions support in Google Chrome may finally be enabled by default, on all platforms, but the dev team isn't slowing down and has now introduced internationalization features enabling developers to offer localized versions of their extensions. What it means is that you're going to start seeing versions ... |
14 January 2010
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Google Chrome extensions are now fully supported by the browser maker and with the Extensions Gallery opening its doors earlier this week, one of the most requested features finally becomes a reality. With over 600 extensions already available, some are starting to stand out as the most popular either because of thei... |
12 December 2009
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The Google Chrome Extensions Gallery was launched less than a week ago and it's starting to look like things are going smoothly. It had 300 extensions when it debuted and now has more than 600 extensions. What's more, the most popular extension, Google Mail Checker, is now closing in on 200,000 downloads an... |
12 December 2009
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Google's dedication to speed doesn't come as a surprise to anyone and a faster web is one of the main goals of the company. It tackles the problem on several fronts, building its own browser , its own Internet protocols and continually optimizing its own apps and services, but it can't really do that ... |
9 December 2009
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The wait is over, Google Chrome extensions are here for everybody, bar Mac users, and the online Extensions Gallery is now live with over 300 extensions at the time of launch. More than a year after Chrome was launched, the single most requested feature is now fully-fleshed and supported in the latest Beta builds of... |
9 December 2009
03:33 GMT |
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Developers are abuzz over the latest thing to come to Google Chrome. It's not a new feature in the browser itself, it's the Extensions Gallery which is about to launch bringing add-on goodness to Chrome. The browser has had some support for extensions for several months, but now that Google thinks it'... |
26 November 2009
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