Sometimes I feel that I use Google reader more than Gmail or Gtalk. This might be true for many of you here. I used to read a lot of books, when on the web, I follow loads of blogs and magazines to keep me charged all the time. So, here I am, with 7 extensions for Google Reader Addicts like me.

First two extensions, Feedly and FeedSquares, are the highlights of this post. These two re-organize your Google Reade contents. Feedly gives it a magazine look, and FeedSquares, another beautiful look with, well, loads of squares.

Feedly

This extension re arranges your Google Reader content in to Magazine kind of look as I said. However, this will also take your twitter stream too, to more social media friendly content for you.

With close to 80 thousand users, this is one of the most used Chrome extensions. It also provides seamless integration with Google Reader, Twitter, Delicious, YouTube and Amazon.

Install The Extension from here.

FeedSquares : Favorite among Google Employees !

Google says this extension is one of the most used extensions among Google employees. This extension gives a totally cool look to your Google Reader feed.If you have an android phone, they have an android app as well for this.

Features:

- Show your Google Reader feeds in a beautiful feed wall
- Feed posts with image previews
- Synchronize read status/stars/tags with Google Reader

- Easily share articles to Google Buzz, Twitter and Facebook
- Auto-update your feeds in background
- Accompanying Android version available: check out the QR code in the screenshots!

Install The Extension from Here.

Now The Rest Of The List

Now, I will give you 5 more extensions as promised. They add additional functionalities to Google Reader. So, have a look and get them if you love those features.

Minimalistic Google Reader : Make a minimalistic Google Reader when hiting ‘w’ (you can change this key in options)

Google Reader Snow Leopard : Transform Google Reader™ to fit in more with Snow Leopard. Port of Vidal van Bergen’s Safari extension.

Lucidica for Google Reader : A Google Reader theme by Ismael Sobek, based off of Helvetireader by Jon Hicks.

Optimized Google Reader for Wide Screens : It removes unnecessary stuff in Google Reader, maximizes feeds area for Wider Screens, Persian fonts corrections

Netbook Reader : This extension removes all unnecessary space from Google Reader and gives you some more additional screen space. Grab is if you are a netbook user.

Top Seven Chrome Extensions for Google Reader Addicts is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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Google has released Chrome 6 as on Chrome’s 2nd Birthday. Windows Linux and Mac versions have been updated. Most probably, Chrome has already been updated for you by now. If you do not see any change yet, try restarting it once, and you should be good.

Main Features of Chrome 6

• Updated UI
• Form Autofill
• Syncing of extensions and Autofill data
• Increased speed and stability

You will see a lot of changes in the browser user interface. You will see things missing, including the go button . There was a lot of fuzz about it gone in the testing community. I would like to know your thoughts about it, here in comments. And yes, in case you want it back, you can do that with an extension.

But one thing that you might want to check out right away, is Extensions sync. It is an awesome feature. Along with Syncing of autofill data, a stable Google Chroming experience is guaranteed across n number of systems you have it installed on, or even when you install it back after formatting the system, or start using it from a different location.

Share your experience with Chrome 6 here ! and I am sure you have already noticed, if you are a regular reader here, you already knew about all these new features ….

photo source

Google Chrome 6 – Sync Extensions & Updated UI is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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I was waiting to get back home and login to my laptop to shout this

Happy Birthday Chrome !!!

Happy Birthday Google Chrome

Happy 2nd Birthday Google Chrome ! is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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I Love Chrome

Firefox 4 will be introducing a new feature called “Switch to Tab” or “Tab Matches in Awesomebar”, a feature that attempts to see if the page you’re looking for is already open. You’ll be taken to that open tab instead of opening a new one.

Wait a second, am I talking about Chrome or Firefox here ?

Confused ? sorry, here is the real deal. Chrome developers are also working on a similar functionality.  This will be really useful for people who use a lot of tabs at the same time. I had noticed something similar when I was playing with web apps earlier.

Talking about of those kind of people, here is an extension that will let you limit the number of tabs you will open at the same time, and news about side tabs coming to chrome, which also will give you a better tab managing experience.

Read the Chrome Official Documentation here.

A Blog post about Firefox’s feature

and Fiefox’s dev page.

Stay tuned for more on this feature, I will update you all when we have some more fresh news ! In the meanwhile, let us discuss how useful this feature is going to be, welcome, we have a comments form !

“Switch to Existing Tab” Coming to Chrome is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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First off, we are talking about early development or beta version of all three browsers, and when the final product is out, things may change.

Now, here is the deal.

Sebastian Anthony of Downloadsquad took all three browsers, their latest beta or dev versions with hardware acceleration enabled, for a spin  and he has a good news for Chrome users. Chrome 7 seems to be performing better than Firefox 4 and IE9. This however comes at a cost, a high amount of resource usage compared to the rest.

From my personal experience with Chrome 7 with hardware acceleration enabled, things are brighter If you are a big fan of farmiville and other graphics intensive online games, wait for the big day, the release of this feature to the stable version ! Or if you want to try it now, you go here !

Read the entire article here.

Google Chrome Will Win the Hardware Acceleration Game ? is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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Here is a Chrome Extension  that adds an option to the context menu to copy links as short URLs. ( needs dev build as of now ) You have a tiny url copied in two simple mouse clicks.

Currently there are two providers available for shortening URLs: bit.ly and TinyURL. More providers will be added soon. A recent update has added option to use your own bit.ly account so you can track URL stats.

Install the Extension from Here.

The Google Chrome Extension Gallery is seeing a lot of new extensions using the context menu – an upcoming feature.  I will bring you more exciting extensions using this option to be ready for this new feature.

Right Click To Get TinyURL of Any Page – Chrome Extension is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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Google Chrome Hardware Acceleration

Hardware Acceleration is coming soon, to Chrome Dev Builds and later to beta and stable versions. Here is a quick how to – from ReadWriteWeb to try this right now !

Google Chrome Hardware Acceleration in simple words, means this. Google Chrome, will let web applications use your computer’s processing power to function. It will allow the browser bring you more graphics heavy content like 3D games.

Yes, it is outsourcing of processing power in some way !! – so here goes your chrome dish of the day !

You will need The Dev Version or Canary Build to test this.

Once installed, you need to run the application with the –enable-accelerated-compositing flag. To do so, you can either run the program from the terminal and set this switch by hand, or – in Windows – check the properties for the executable and append the flag to the target in the properties dialog.

Chances are that you won’t notice too much of a difference right now, though you will probably notice some speed-ups while viewing highly complex pages.

How to Use Google Chrome Hardware Acceleration Right Now ! is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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Google introduced a new gmail feature, priority inbox yesterday. Now looks like it has a funny, musical, chrome only bug ! I couldn’t test and confirm since I do not have priority inbox yet,  if anyone here has a clue, let me know !  so, here goes

via electricpig.co.uk

Google is rolling out Gmail Priority Inbox to all Gmail users this week, but it’s causing a (mildly entertaining) problem in Google Chrome already, which has meant that we, along with countless others, have opened our inboxes to the jaunty sound of some old ragtime type jazz. If this is you too, don’t worry, it’s not a virus, and yes, it is real.

Gmail Priority Inbox has been launched in beta today, and it’s got a curious bug, but only in Google’s own Chrome browser: Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer don’t seem to be affected.

The music is coming from the new Gmail Priority Inbox tab on the top right of the page, and should only be appearing if you’re in your Gmail Inbox in a Chrome browser. Click on the tab, and a video comes up. This video is the source of the music, even if it doesn’t actually appear to be playing. Switch it off, and you’re good to go, and the problem shouldn’t reappear if you reopen your browser.

In a discussion thread, Google says it is now aware of the problem and is working on fixing it.

#funny Chrome Only Bug on Gmail Priority Inbox is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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The Mac version of Chrome is  experimenting with something Google calls “Tab Overview” or Tabpose. Tabpose is similar to Mac OS X’s Expose; it allows you to visually pull back and see all your tabs as thumbnails and quickly switch between them.

Here is a screenshot that http://arstechnica.com has posted on their blog. However, I believe that there a lot more coming in for tab pose and it will be something that adds beauty to Chrome OS.

Tab Pose On Chrome

I will tell you why I am thinking that there is more to this. Do you remember these two screenshots from a post here at chromestory.com about Chrome OS ? Look at them again and tell me if you can guess something !

Wait for more about this feature ! Subscribe and get updates guys !! aaaah I don’t have a mac computer, otherwise, I could’ve tested this right now ! do you have one ?

Coming Soon – Tabpose – A New Way To Look At Your Open Tabs on Google Chrome is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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Do you like playing with upcoming features of Google Chrome and Chrome OS ?  If yes, here is something for you !  and if you are a developer, this is  will mean a lot to you.

Download the latest Chromium Build, ( link : latest chromium build for windows )   and Go to the Demo page available here If it is working, you should see something like below. You can speak in English and this demo page will translate it in to French.

Speech Recognition on Chrome

English is the only language recognized by chrome at this point, because this is in a very early stage of development. We will however see things moving faster since the Chrome OS release date is almost here.

If you are a developer and want more information on how this works, you can check out the documentation here and example code here. Back to hunt more news on chrome , talk to you all soon !!

Try Google Chrome’s Speech Attribute Right Now ! is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

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