Desktop Notifications in Chrome via Extensions
Desktop notifications are deployed to notify users that something important has happened in the “background”. Desktop notifications are now available to extensions in Chrome 5, which means developers can start using the notifications API in their extensions to deliver non-modal messages from web sites. Notifications from an extension have no permission prompts or infobar warnings.
Mozilla Plug-in Check now supports all Browsers
To hunt down outdated Plug-ins in Firefox, Mozilla rolled out last year the Plug-in Check feature that checked for out-of-date plug-ins for Firefox. “Outdated plug-ins are a major source of security and stability risk for web users, and some studies have put the proportion of users with older versions as high as 80%”.
Chrome Sync extended to Settings and Autofill
Like Mozilla Weave that synchronizes almost everything about your Firefox setup; your saved passwords, browsing history, preferences, open browser tabs, and bookmarks across Firefox browsers, new Chromium build now syncs your Chrome Settings and Autofill data together with your bookmarks. As shown in the screenshot above, when setting up Chrome sync you can choose not [...]
Raindrop – Open Messaging for the Open Web
“Raindrop uses a mini web server to fetch your conversations from different sources (mail, twitter, RSS feeds), intelligently pulls out the important parts, and allows you to interact with them using your favorite modern web browser (Firefox, Safari or Chrome).” “Raindrop comes with a built-in experience that bubbles up what conversations are important to you. [...]
Portable Google Chrome 2 for your Pen Drives
After the release of Google Chrome 2.0 browser, here comes a portable version for your USB Stick. Like all portable applications, it’s a no-install, and has all the features/characteristics of the original Chrome browser.
Little Hacks to change the Skin of your Google Chrome Browser
Wow, Google can take all the time it needs before making available API’s or extensions for it new browser Google Chrome, in the mean time on the web, all types of hacks on the Google Chrome are popping up. Recently I found on the ChromeSpot Forum , a so-called Chrome Automatic Theme Switcher. This little [...]
Google Chrome – The StumbleUpon Virtual Toolbar is the solution for Stumblers
For all browsers: For those StumbleUpon fans who have adopted Google Chrome as their default browser, the StumbleUpon Virtual Toolbar remains the utmost solution for you to keep in touch with your numerous contacts and to continue to give thumb-ups to your favourite web pages – given that StumbleUpon for now does not have support [...]
