October 2011
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 28m
English
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10. Installing Chrome Extensions
In this chapter, you’ll learn how to add functionality to Chrome by adding extensions.
• Installing and Using Extensions
• Examining Popular Extensions
Google Chrome is an interesting operating system in that Google encourages outside developers to add increased functionality. This is done via the use of extensions that install within Chrome and let you perform specific tasks.
For example, you can add Chrome extensions to block web page ads, display how many unread messages you have in your Gmail inbox, view status updates on Facebook or Twitter, view dictionary definitions, and capture screenshots ...