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Google Chrome, now with more extensions! (OP updated)

wavecutterwavecutter Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
googlechromelogo711569.jpgNOW WITH EXTENSIONS!

I've loved Google Chrome since it hit the interwebs and it's finally starting to come into it's own with extensions. https://chrome.google.com/extensions

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    Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Hmm. I see there is already an Ad blocker. Now just give me extensions like Greasemonkey and Stylish (looks like a Stylish-clone is in beta) and I'll be a permanent convert.

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    AzioAzio Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Finally the ads are gone. Thank you Google.

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    ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    If only IE Tab worked with Quake Live... :(

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    Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Sweet, a Wave notifier.

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    KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Boo, extensions don't work with the Mac beta yet.

    Still pretty cool to finally be able to use this.

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    Shorn Scrotum ManShorn Scrotum Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Eh, it's Mac. Who cares? :P

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    KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    :cry:

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    SeeksSeeks Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    There there buddy. I'm sure the linux stuff doesn't work either.

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    xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Now all Chrome needs to do is support SSL with client certificates.

    I really do dig the browser, but being unable to visit pretty much all of the strongly-authenticated web sites we have at work is a deal breaker.

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    urahonkyurahonky Resident FF7R hater Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    With the addition of AdBlocking I am going to give Chrome a shot.

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    urahonkyurahonky Resident FF7R hater Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Mmmm speed.

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    bigwahbigwah Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I've switched recently too, but two things bother me (as I could do them in Firefox which I've been using for quite some time).

    1. Typing in the address bar, if mulpitle entries pop up, I cannot tab to them(instead I have to use the arrows).

    2. Find doesnt stay up when you switch pages

    Anyway around these?

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    IdolisideIdoliside Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I've switched over to using Chrome now. Its a much nicer interface and I've got nice extensions leading to my Gmail and Gcalender.

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    Mace1370Mace1370 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    So Chrome is pretty slick... but I'm getting some certificate errors when using gmail. Kind of had a "lolwhat?" reaction. This should just work... right?

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    ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    What kind of errors? Does your Gmail link start with http or https?

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    Mace1370Mace1370 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Impersonator wrote: »
    What kind of errors? Does your Gmail link start with http or https?

    I log in to gmail, and everything loads up fine except logging in to the AIM sidebar hangs. It eventually logs in and then this message pops up:

    "Some Gmail features have failed to load due to an Internet connectivity problem. If this problem persists, try reloading the page, using the older version, or using basic HTML mode. Learn More."

    And my gmail link starts with https.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I can not download this beta, there's no file when I click on the link

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    wavecutterwavecutter Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    What beta? This isn't for the browser, it's for the extensions. if you want the browser go here: http://www.google.com/chrome

    Then go to the link in the first post to get some extensions.

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    undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Mace1370 wrote: »
    Impersonator wrote: »
    What kind of errors? Does your Gmail link start with http or https?

    I log in to gmail, and everything loads up fine except logging in to the AIM sidebar hangs. It eventually logs in and then this message pops up:

    "Some Gmail features have failed to load due to an Internet connectivity problem. If this problem persists, try reloading the page, using the older version, or using basic HTML mode. Learn More."

    And my gmail link starts with https.

    I have this same exact problem. :/ My net connection is fine, so I can't really think of anything that I can do to fix this. I'm using the GMail notifier extension, but I wouldn't think it would interfere with GMail working.

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    xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Chrome has some weird problems with SSL. I think their implementation just isn't that good right now.

    If you do some google hunting, reasons could be proxies or software firewalls interfering.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    wavecutter wrote: »
    What beta? This isn't for the browser, it's for the extensions. if you want the browser go here: http://www.google.com/chrome

    Then go to the link in the first post to get some extensions.

    I get
    "Extensions are not yet supported in this version of Google Chrome. Please download the Beta Channel of Google Chrome to install extensions."
    And then can not install anything

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    wavecutterwavecutter Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    http://www.google.com/landing/chrome/beta/

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    CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの 電車内Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Oh man, mouse gestures finally!

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    wavecutter wrote: »
    http://www.google.com/landing/chrome/beta/

    yeah, that gives me a 404 error

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    ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    It loads fine for me.

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    zeenyzeeny Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Just get the latest Chromium build. Only difference is the updater and branding.

    http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/

    Edit: Uuuh, a post just disappeared on me.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    ok. now I've got it, but the mouse gesture extensions ALL only work in their own settings tab ..
    is this an error on my sode somehow?
    I can't use a browser without mouse gestures, I've been using opera since 6.x

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    DiarmuidDiarmuid Amazing Meatball Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Is there anything out there that lets me cutomise how Chrome handles tabs?
    Something like Tab Mix Plus for Firefox would be ideal.

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited December 2009
    Awesome, I can use this IE extension to play Netflix in Chrome.

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    CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの 電車内Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    autono-wally, erotibot300 wrote: »
    ok. now I've got it, but the mouse gesture extensions ALL only work in their own settings tab ..
    is this an error on my sode somehow?
    I can't use a browser without mouse gestures, I've been using opera since 6.x

    Look up Smooth Gestures, or something like that. I forget the name at the moment and just got to work, sorry :(

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Wow, I might actually use this as my browser now.

    There's even an Xmarks plugin for it. When did that happen?

    Does anyone know if there's a way to get the icons for the plugins off of the toolbar?

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    CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    The Xmarks extension was out a couple of months ago, not long after extensions support was put in. Also, the extension icons on the toolbar can't be removed unless you dig around in the extension's code. It's much better to the toolstrip they used to have, though.

    Cross-posting a list of extensions I like from the H/A thread (I think some have been mentioned here anyway):
    • Google Quick Scroll - once you click on a Google result, it'll have a little window on the bottom-right allowing you to skip directly to your search terms on the page
    • Gmail Checker
    • IE Tab - same as in Firefox, really, you click on it and it shows the page in a kind of embedded IE window
    • SmoothScroll
    • Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer - automatically pulls up PDFs, PPTs and the like in Google Docs
    • RSS Subscription Extension - detects feeds, previews them in a new tab and lets you subscribe (should be a built-in feature by now)

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    ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Cyvros wrote: »
    The Xmarks extension was out a couple of months ago, not long after extensions support was put in. Also, the extension icons on the toolbar can't be removed unless you dig around in the extension's code. It's much better to the toolstrip they used to have, though.

    Cross-posting a list of extensions I like from the H/A thread (I think some have been mentioned here anyway):
    • Google Quick Scroll - once you click on a Google result, it'll have a little window on the bottom-right allowing you to skip directly to your search terms on the page
    • Gmail Checker
    • IE Tab - same as in Firefox, really, you click on it and it shows the page in a kind of embedded IE window
    • SmoothScroll
    • Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer - automatically pulls up PDFs, PPTs and the like in Google Docs
    • RSS Subscription Extension - detects feeds, previews them in a new tab and lets you subscribe (should be a built-in feature by now)

    Amazing extension, damn.

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    AzioAzio Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Cyvros wrote: »
    [*]SmoothScroll
    so nice <3

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    CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの 電車内Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Cokebotle wrote: »
    autono-wally, erotibot300 wrote: »
    ok. now I've got it, but the mouse gesture extensions ALL only work in their own settings tab ..
    is this an error on my sode somehow?
    I can't use a browser without mouse gestures, I've been using opera since 6.x

    Look up Smooth Gestures, or something like that. I forget the name at the moment and just got to work, sorry :(

    Yep, I was right.

    I'm currently using this for mouse gestures - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lfkgmnnajiljnolcgolmmgnecgldgeld

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    DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Also, installing extensions without needing to restart the browser: nice.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Cokebotle wrote: »
    Cokebotle wrote: »
    autono-wally, erotibot300 wrote: »
    ok. now I've got it, but the mouse gesture extensions ALL only work in their own settings tab ..
    is this an error on my sode somehow?
    I can't use a browser without mouse gestures, I've been using opera since 6.x

    Look up Smooth Gestures, or something like that. I forget the name at the moment and just got to work, sorry :(

    Yep, I was right.

    I'm currently using this for mouse gestures - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lfkgmnnajiljnolcgolmmgnecgldgeld

    using that official beta link on W7 x64, I can only use mouse gestures in the mouse gesture options tab, not anywhere else

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    XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    autono-wally, erotibot300 wrote: »
    Cokebotle wrote: »
    Cokebotle wrote: »
    autono-wally, erotibot300 wrote: »
    ok. now I've got it, but the mouse gesture extensions ALL only work in their own settings tab ..
    is this an error on my sode somehow?
    I can't use a browser without mouse gestures, I've been using opera since 6.x

    Look up Smooth Gestures, or something like that. I forget the name at the moment and just got to work, sorry :(

    Yep, I was right.

    I'm currently using this for mouse gestures - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lfkgmnnajiljnolcgolmmgnecgldgeld

    using that official beta link on W7 x64, I can only use mouse gestures in the mouse gesture options tab, not anywhere else

    I know with smoothscroll I had to refresh each of my tabs after I installed it before it would work on that page.. I know you don't have to, but try restarting chrome, or at least refreshing the page you are looking at before trying it? =P

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    it kinda works, but still, tab handling and mouse gestures feel wayy slower and more unresponsive than in Opera.

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    DritzDritz CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    For the person who could not get extensions to work on a Mac you might want to try again. Everything seems to work in Linux.

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