I have taken my digg AdBlocker script I originally made for greasemonkey and have made it available for Google Chrome users.
Install the digg AdBlocker extension for Google Chrome here:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gclmekogkkggoehdimnceffmboanpibn
Check out the source here:
http://tdupree.com/chrome/digg_adblocker/chrome_digg_adblocker_source.zip
I finally got around to cleaning up my Google Chrome version of Hacker News OnePage. You can install it for your Chrome browser over at the Google Chrome Extensions gallery.
Install Hacker News OnePage for Google Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/plldnnbdlbgbiknjebohmlggcbicghlj
Check out the source code:
http://tdupree.com/chrome/chrome_onepage/chrome_hn_onepage_source.zip
EDIT: Check here for updates to the Google Chrome Hacker News OnePage extension.
Google just recently released Chrome v3.0, and the developer builds in the dev channel now have extensions turned on by default (no need to append –enable-extensions to the exe target). The extensions system for Chrome is getting nicer and nicer (just check out chrome://extensions in your Chrome browser). I have a working version of Hacker News OnePage that I have tested with dev channel build 4.0.206.1. I assume that it will also work fine with the new 3.0 stable release if you have extensions enabled.
If you’re on Flickr alot you’re familiar with what a pain it can be to browse through a photo set or stream. There is a great plugin for Firefox called PicLens which hooks into a lot of mainstream websites, such as Flickr, Google, Photobucket, Facebook etc. and makes browsing through lots of photos really easy and much quicker than the usual click and load routine. It can also handle YouTube videos as well. Video quality isn’t so hot, but its a really nice user experience. Check it out.
Ever looked at your address bar while reading your email in Gmail and noticed that the page wasn’t encrypted (”http” and not “https”)? Google sends you to a secure page to login, but by default sends you to an un-encrypted page to view and send emails. I’m not too sure why they do this, but there is a simple hack around it.
If you want to always browse your e-mail with high-grade encryption (AES-256 256 bit), a more secure encryption than most banks use, just change you Gmail bookmark to point to https://mail.google.com/mail/. You will be sent to a secure page to login, and once you are authenticated, you session will remain encrypted while you read/send mail.
Update: Google added the ability for Gmail users to always have https enabled. You can enable this feature by clicking on “settings” at the top of the page and choosing “Always use https” under “Browser Connections”. You can read the google blog post about it here. You can read the instructions on how to do it here.
