If you are one of the people that use dozens of extensions in Chrome then there is a good chance you're wasting memory that you don't have to be. Chrome lets you disable extensions on-the-fly so that they don't consume any resources until you enable them again. If you, for example, have some web development extensions installed you may only want them enabled when doing related work.
With the holidays right around the corner it is important to make sure you're getting the best deal for the gifts you are picking up. There are all kinds of browser extensions out there that can help you save a few dollars, but PriceBlink is one I always use.
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I hate when I'm sitting at work only to look out the window and realize that it is starting to rain. Then when I go to look at the radar it is a major storm that is moving in, and had I left 30 minutes earlier I wouldn't have had to worry about pulling out my umbrella.
Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.
Sometimes keeping track of website pages can be a pain. Maybe you want to monitor a certain section of a webpage, such as the price of an item on Amazon. Page Monitor for Google Chrome lets you do exactly that, and does so intelligently.
When you go to a website you may see a font that looks interesting and sparks some curiosity as to what font type was used. There are all kinds of web developer tools that make finding this info pretty easy, but all you really need is the WhatFont bookmarklet. When you run the bookmarklet you'll be able to click on any of the text on the page you're viewing to see more details about it.
Windows only Are you looking for a light-weight screenshot utility that does only what you need it to? LightShot is about as resource-friendly as you'll find considering it uses a mere 2MB of memory while running. With it you'll be able to select an area of the screen you want to snap for your screenshot, and then choose from a variety of actions:
The Reader addition in Safari made it easier to read articles on websites, but that feature isn't unique to Safari. Most other browsers offer a similar option through the use of extensions, and one of my favorites is iReader for Chrome and for Firefox.
Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.
Wikipedia is definitely one of the sites I access the most, and most of the time it is just to quickly look up something I know they'll have on there. If I'm reading an article on another site I hate having to open a new tab just to search for something on Wikipedia, and that is where the Wikipedia Companion for Google Chrome comes in.
When you're reading an article on Wikipedia it can be annoying when you feel the need to continuously click the links that are referenced just to see what that word means or how it is relevant to what you're reading. For example, what if you wanted to find out the name of the actor that plays Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory sitcom.
Remember a few months ago when we wrote about that awesome unofficial Pandora extension for Chrome? A lot of people took a liking to it, but Pandora apparently didn't. The developer, Robert Alten, cares about his users enough that not long after the extension was pulled he started a thread asking what he can do.
I'm a pretty big fan of both Google Chrome and Wolfram Alpha. When you merge the two some beautiful things start appearing, such as the Chromey Calculator extension that I mentioned last year. It's an excellent way to quickly perform both simple and complex calculations that most normal calculators would never be able to handle...
Most browsers will let you view the cookies stored for all the sites you visit, and Google Chrome isn't any different in that regard. This Google help article outlines how you can delete, block, allow, and make exceptions for cookies for any or all sites you visit. Why stop there though? You can take this a step further with the help of an extension.
I'm an avid Pandora listener, and for the most part I'm listening to the music when I'm on-the-go with my iPhone. I still like to have some tunes turned on while I'm working though, and for that I fall back to the web interface which can often feel clunky.
When Gmail first came out I was extremely impressed with the interface, but the lack of updating kinda left me wanting more. Then Google rolled out the Gmail Labs back in 2008, which drew me back to the web-based mail client because there were some pretty cool features and capabilities getting added that couldn't be found in a desktop app.
Web developers are probably familiar with tools such as Firebug that make troubleshooting CSS styles a lot easier since the changes show up in realtime.
How many times have you wanted to archive a webpage or save its current state for one reason or another? I know this has happened to me, and I've almost always turned to a scrolling screenshot to snap an image of the entire page or I've used a print-to-PDF app.
I regularly follow Amazon Lightning Deals because they can turn up some big savings if you're in the market for what they have to offer. From that point of view they are like Woot.com except that Woot tries to focus on just one deal a day (with the exception of Woot-offs).
