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Tag Archives: chromeextensions
Turn The Google Menu Bar Into An Ubuntu-themed Panel
Google began rolling out a darker menu bar across its sites and services yesterday.
This minor similarity has led one developer to create a userstyle that replaces Google’s choice of menu bar with an Ubuntu Ambiance-themed ‘Panel’ style – even through to the highlight colour used in menus
Netflix Chrome plugin will bring on-demand video to Linux
Not being an American I’m not quite aware of how big Netflix – the on-demand video streaming service – is. What I am aware of, however, is that many users have longed for a way to use the service in Linux.
Google and Netflix, however, plan to fix that.
Chromify-OSD gives Chrome web apps native Notifications in Ubuntu
A new extension for Chrome enables Ubuntu users to receive Chrome notifications using Ubuntu’s default desktop notification system
Ubuki Chrome extension gives Wikipedia an Ubuntu makeover
Wikipedia is ace but it wouldn’t hurt looking a little bit nicer, right?
Chrome extension ‘Ubuki’ aims to do just this by replacing the default Wikipedia font with the gorgeous new Ubuntu font.
Add Elementary-themed scrollbars to Chrome
Are you an Elementary fan in pursuit of perfection?
Take a step closer with this handy Chrome extension.
Jimmy Wales Chrome extension adds Wikipedia appeal banner to every site
This is not a personal appeal from the founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales – but it is an extension which inserts one on every website you visit.
AskUbuntu Extension for Chrome, Firefox & Opera 11
Avid users of the recently launched AskUbuntu.com service can now keep up-to-speed with a third-party add-on for Google Chrome.
LastPass – free, Secure, Password sync
You know the score: You use, blog, post and wax lyrical on a million different websites and that means lots of different accounts and, thusly, lots of different passwords too. So many passwords fast become a chore to remember; writing passwords down is a big no-no and using the same password on each account is [...]
Get Safari’s new ‘reader’ feature in Chrome & Firefox
Apple pushed out Safari 5 earlier today. With it came a new feature called ‘Reader’ that, in the words of Apple themselves,: – "…removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you get the whole story and nothing but the story. It works like this: As you browse the web, Safari detects [...]
Rekonq to support Chrome extensions
QT web browser Rekonq is to add support for Chrome extensions – allowing thousands of already-made extensions to run out-of-the-box – all thanks to the work of KDE developer Nikhil Marathe. Rekonq, tentatively marked as Kubuntu 10.10’s default browser, is able to do this thanks to Google Chrome’s web-standards based extension API. Rekonq will see [...]
6 Google Chrome Ubuntu Themes (Radiance, Ambiance, Elementary, Dust etc)
Despite Google Chrome/Chromium being able to use native GTK colouring the results are more often than not disappointing. Thus getting Chrome to blend in with your desktop works best when using Chrome Themes. Ubuntu Chrome Themes Below are a selection of themes designed to ‘match’ some of the more popular Ubuntu GTK themes. Many look [...]
Ubuntu Ambiance Chrome/ium Theme
Chrome/ium can now blend in perfectly with your Lucid desktop thanks to this Chrome theme by tobiash. Be sure to set your title bars to system for full effect. Download https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/elnmibmpefhmfgphdphdncoogpbfmlbp Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk
YouTube HTML5-ifer For Chrome Makes YouTube A Joy To Use
Chrome extension "YouTube-HTML5-ifier" replaces the flash-based YouTube player with a HTML5 video tag – thus giving you native video playback without the need for a CPU hungry Flash plugin! The extension can’t show any flash-reliant extras that a video might have, such as annotations, but it does automatically load the best quality video. Another nice [...]
Google Chrome Extension Gallery Now Live
Google Chromes’ official Extensions Gallery is finally open for business. Tons of new extensions are available from the official extension gallery – yes, even adblockers - including official extensions from eBay, StumbleUpon and Google themselves, all with one-click installs and no browser restart required. Eat that Firefox! Check them out now @ chrome.google.com/extensions Don’t forget that [...]
Official Chrome Extension Gallery Prepped, Not Yet Live
Google are prepping an official extension gallery for add-ons to their popular browser. https://chrome.google.com/extensions links no-where as of yet, but then neither did the ‘themes’ gallery to start with. According to developers on the Chrome Groups list, extensions are due to hit Chrome’s beta channel in early December so one could assume this gallery will [...]