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Incredible Start Page extension jazzes up new tabs in Google Chrome
Google Chrome's default new tab page is already good -- and honestly, I seldom find myself clicking anywhere other than my bookmark toolbar when I add a tab. So while I might not need to change the new tab page, the Incredible Start Page extension certainly has me hooked regardless.
Install it, and your new tab page displays a sleek, three-paneled view which includes recently closed tabs, your bookmark toolbar folders, and random slides pulled from Flickr -- with any non-folder items from your bookmarks overlayed on the images.
There's also a sticky note where you can enter text and fire it off to a new GMail compose window. Text you jot down is saved, so it's also a handy place to leave yourself a reminder...Now if they would just tap in to Chrome's bookmark sync to make it reappear when I got to work...
Options allow you to choose from four Flickr keywords (clouds, sunset, nature, and star) and five color schemes.
It's a nice way to add some visual pop to Chrome's new tab page.
Google Chrome Developer Update: 3000 Extensions, Events on 4 Continents and More
- Merge all of the open tabs into a single window.
- Use OAuth to connect to web services.
- Make cross-domain XMLHttpRequests from a content script.
- Display page actions based on the current URL or the current page's content.
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Google Chrome tip: fast, easy access to extension options screen

While it's certainly not all that difficult or time consuming to click through the wrench menu, then extensions, then click the options button next to whatever it is I want to configure, there's a more direct route.
Like many tasks in Windows, you can speed things up with a simple right-click.
Chrome has a built-in context menu (pictured above) which appears when you right click an extension button. As you can see, it's two-click fast to get to the Chromed Bird (or any other configurable extension) options this way!
Bonus: there's also a disable and uninstall option, making it a really fast way to get rid of those unimpressive extensions you test.
Experimental Extension APIs
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TabsPreview Google Chrome Extension for a 3D Preview of Tabs
Who doesn't like eyecandy. Here is a nice 3D tab preview generating extension for Google Chrome. You can browse through your tabs using a simple mouse scroll and it definitely looks beautiful.
- Picture speaks more than words and the screenshots above makes it more than clear to you(I hope).
- Preview modes: stack, grid, row, flow, carousel.
- Search by keywords.
- Movement with arrows and mouse wheel.
Where did Google Chrome's pinned tabs go?

On a recent Google Chrome post one of our commenters -- MoneyMike -- lamented the apparent passing of one of Chrome's popular UI features in recent nightly builds: pinned tabs.
I, too, noticed the change recently and wondered what was going on. There's been plenty of discussion amongst Chrome developers, and it boils down to an evolutionary step for Chrome and the introduction of app tabs. The arrival of phantom tabs recently is also part of the change.
To clear the air, I pinged Google's Eitan Bencuya to see if he could shed any light on the situation. Here's his response:
"As you know, all of these features are still pretty experimental (they're not even in the dev channel yet) and we're trying out different approaches to see what works. In this case this is part of a larger set of tweaks we are making related to extensions but we haven't yet fleshed out all the details of app tabs specifically."
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Google Chrome tablet UI begins taking shape in Chromium nightly builds

Google's user interface mockups and YouTube video were a hot topic the other day, and that buzz will likely continue until we finally see a tablet device emerge from Mountain View to accompany the Nexus One.
If the images and video weren't enough proof for you, changes are under way in the Chromium source code which certainly make it look like Google is getting serious about a new interface for Chrome OS on touchscreen tablets.
Coming soon to the Chromium nightly builds is an --enable-vertical-tabs command line switch. While the source note clearly states that this does nothing other than toggle a preference right now, there's every reason to believe that it will move the Chrome tabstrip from the top of your browser window to the side -- as shown in one of Google's tablet user experience slides.
It's a starting point -- though I'm more interested to see how the tab switching interface shapes up.
Facebook To-Go Google Chrome Extension Works Like a Charm
Chromed Bird twitter extension for Google Chrome(Chromium) can do everything one ever expects to do with a Twitter extension and more. I wanted an extension with similar functionality for Facebook. And I got Facebook To-Go. I have to say, Chromed Bird and Facebook To-Go is an awesome must-have combination of social media extensions for Google Chrome.
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Google Chrome to go polyglot? Auto-translate lands in Chromium nightly

You can now enable auto-translation of pages in Chromium. Just add the --auto-translate switch to your Chromium shortcut and head over to a foreign language web page to test it out. A Google Translate bar will appear, and you can then click the button to convert all text on the page.
Translated text appears without reloading the page itself, and you won't have long to wait -- pages I tested were completed within four seconds or less.
Not sure how to enable the feature? Check out our guide to adding switches to Google Chrome or Chromium!
Remember, this only works in Chromium right now -- auto-translate has not yet made to even the developer build of Google Chrome. It's probably only a matter of time until we see it there, however. I fully expect to see a number of Google services integrated more tightly into Chrome as we get closer to the arrival of Chrome OS.
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More Resources for Developers
This morning, we announced a new stable channel update of Google Chrome. For developers, this update represents some significant advances in terms of extensibility and new HTML and JavaScript APIs. Extensions are now available to all Google Chrome users, which enables you to provide additional functionality not just on your site, but to also bring content and functionality from your site into the browser, regardless of what sites a user may have open at any given time.






