20 Most Wanted Chrome Extensions for Web Developers and Designers
Yesterday was the world of WordPress plugins and today, the era of Google Extensions and what will be tomorrow ? Before going to the future, lets think of today. Most of you don’t know (including me) what all things Google does for us. Google Chrome made a history in the field of Fast Google product surfing. Now google came with Chrome Extensions just like Addons. Community made a lot of useful Extensions for the Google Chrome users to make the surfing more easy and user interactive. With these chrome extensions you can do what ever you want.
Here in the following showcase, you can experience some of the most wanted Chrome Extensions that will defenitly help the designers and web developers. So Enjoy the show case and have fun
Color Oicker lets you quickly get the Hex and RGB values of any color! Also adjust Hue, Saturation, and Balance.
Domain Availability Checker
This extension checks the availability of a domain name. What’s the point of going to another page when you can check it from your toolbar.
MeasureIt!
MeasureIt! gives you the ability to draw out a ruler that will help you get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
Speed Tracer
Speed Tracer is a tool to help you identify and fix performance problems in your web applications. It visualizes metrics that are taken from low level instrumentation points inside of the browser and analyzes them as your application runs.
Lorem Ipsum Generator
Lorem Ipsum Generator gives you an easy and convenient way to generate dummy text for your design mock-ups.
IE Tab
Use Internet Explorer to display web pages in a Chrome tab. Some sites can only be displayed using IE, and with this extension you can now see those sites without leaving Chrome.
LastPass
LastPass is a free password manager and form filler. LastPass is also available for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari (Mac).
Chrome SEO
The Google Chrome SEO Extension. Make your SEO tasks easier with Chrome SEO Tools, includes ‘all’ the stats and data you need.
Google Share Button
Use the Share extension to share webpages via your social networks, email and blogs.
Delicious Tools
Quick access to saving Delicious bookmarks. Customizable keyboard shortcut. Selected text populates your notes field.
Aviary Screen Capture
Take a screenshot of any webpage and edit it directly in your browser with Aviary.com applications. Plus convenient access to the Aviary website and tools.
Google Translate
This extension adds a button to your browser toolbar. Click the translate icon whenever you want to translate the page you’re visiting.
Google Dictionary (by Google)
With this extension, you can:
1) Double-click any word to view its definition in a small pop-up bubble.
2) View the complete definition of any word or phrase using the address bar dictionary.
RSS Subscription Extension (by Google)
This extension auto-detects RSS feeds on the page you are reading and upon finding one will display an RSS icon in the Omnibox, allowing you to click on it to preview the feed content and subscribe.
Webpage Screenshot
Fast&Simple solution to save JPG screenshots of any webpage. The first extension that captures the whole page.
Shareaholic for Google Chrome
The easiest way to share interesting webpages using Facebook, Twitter, Email, Gmail, Reader, Bookmarks, Buzz, and more…
Google Mail Checker
Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click the button to open your inbox.
SendTo Extension
Send currently viewed page to various internet services directly from your Chrome browser.
Google Reader Checker
This extension adds a button to the menu bar which notifies when a Google Reader feed has a new item
BoogleMarks
Simple Google Bookmarks extension. Integrates the use of the online Google Bookmarks service with the Google Chrome Browser.
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6 Responses
3.20.2010
nice collection buddy
like it some are really useful for me and i am going to install,
but the lastpass is secure, ??
3.21.2010
Great collection. Thanks.
3.21.2010
Nice post. Just Dugg!
3.22.2010
Measure it! Has been very helpful for me. Thanks for recommending others
4.14.2010
great collection!