Customize Your Chrome

I have a friend who is into anything Google and she was the one who introduced me to Google Chrome a year ago and have been using it ever since. I had a few doubts about moving to Mozilla Firefox but went back to Chrome after a survey and a week of experience. No comments about Firefox, I just happen to be very comfortable about Google Chrome.

I couldn't remember how and when I discovered about Google Chrome's Extensions. But right now, it's giving me a lot of convenience and support in most of my internet activities. Aside from those that are given on the news here, Google Chrome Extensions to Customize Web Experience, I would like to share with you more extensions that benefits me almost everyday.

Feedly

If you already have a Google Reader, you can switch from your Reader to Feedly. Feedly turns your reader into a magazine-like page wherein you can find those sites that you follow in a sort of magazine-page presentation. If you have categories in your Google Reader, Feedly will automatically have these categories organized and presented like a page in a magazine. For example, if you have Books category, all your subscriptions under this category will be shown in a page. You can customize your subscriptions by changing the look of that page, as well as the chronology of the updates from the site (from oldest to newest or vice versa).

RSS Button

In line with your Reader is the RSS button. By clicking on this button, it allows you to subscribe to the site's feeds. This will automatically put the new entries on that site directly on your Reader, and thus, on your Feedly. Whatever you put on your Google Reader is automatically added to your Feedly. I suggest that you modify the categories directly on your Reader as it will also change the site's category on your Feedly.

Blog This!

If you have a blog at blogspot a.k.a. blogger.com, this button makes it easy for you to blog about the sites that you feel like writing about. Once you click on the extension, it automatically opens a 'new post' page that has the link of the site you want to blog about. You can modify the hyperlink by just clicking the phrase and then clicking 'change link' to modify the hyperlink. At times though, I use this to just blog about what I think of. Just click on the Blog Extension icon and remove the link and put your thoughts and blog title. You can either save the draft to make changes later, or you can publish it right away.

Add This!

This one cool feature allows you to directly share the page you want to share just by clicking the icon's extension. Once you click the icon, a drop down menu will let you choose whether you want to share with via Facebook, Twitter or even just mail it to your friend. Drop down menu also includes other sites like Delicious, Dig, and more. For me, I sometimes use this to take note of some sites for reference later by mailing its link to my email.

StumbleUpon!

This extension is very useful for people who wants to look for new sites at random. Some of those websites that I already shared at my Facebook accounts are the ones I discovered here. Clicking the extension will give you a bar that makes you surf the web at random. I have discovered a lot of information using this extension like the mystery surrounding the Dyatlov Pass Incident and He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died.

The Dictionary

This is one amazing extension. Once installed, all you have to do is highlight the word and double-click on it to find out its meaning. Yeah, effin' awesome when you're reading terms which are unknown to you!

There are still a thousand more extensions that you can actually plug-in your Google Chrome. You can add those that you find helpful to your online activities. They not only add convenience but easy access to information as well.

Just one thing before you add an extension. Read about the specifications as well as the comments and the ratings. This will also help you figure out if that extension is good to go on your Chrome or if it still needs some modifications based on the comments of the people already tried the extension.