Friday, November 12, 2010

Five Google Chrome extensions I use

Here is a list of a few extensions I use and why I use them:

  1. Smooth Gestures - I originally started using gestures on opera and this extension allows me to continue with chrome.  A quick small gesture is easier and faster than relocating the mouse back to the navigation bar and moving it back into the page area.
  2. Clickable Links - Some web pages do not format URLs to be clickable.  This extension saves me the time of copying and pasting links.
  3. StumbleUpon - When I've read all of the new links on reddit, I start using this extension to find some new websites.  While most of what I see isn't something I'd want to visit again, it is nice to see a wide variety of what the web has to offer.
  4. Web Developer - A wide array of tools packed with this extension make my life easier when working on web pages, including testing various browser sizes, double-checking all of the measurements of page elements, and editing the page's CSS inline rather than repeatedly saving the CSS file and reloading.
  5. Forecastfox Weather - I can quickly check how the weather is looking for today and the rest of the week, so I can plan accordingly.
I hope this list has introduced you to some extensions you will consider using yourself.

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