Monday, March 24, 2014

WEB SPECIAL...... Chrometastic!


Chrometastic! 

Google Chrome is a wonderful web browser, but what makes it really awesome are the great extensions available


MXHERO TOOLBOX Link: bit.ly/NbRVpY 
This is the only Gmail extension you need. It lets you schedule messages, track who has opened your emails, set time to followup on emails, and even send selfdestructing messages. For free!

READABILITY Link: bit.ly/1dIOnlv 
Web pages are full of clutter, whether it’s a side panel telling you what other articles to read or annoying ads popping up in the wrong places. If what you want is a clear reading experience with big fonts and free of clutter, then get Readbility.

IMAGUS Link: bit.ly/1fOjnET 
Instead of clicking on a thumbnail to see the full image, Imagus shows it you by just hovering your cursor over the thumbnail. It also has other neat tricks, such as a max height or width, hotkeys and more.

ADBLOCK PLUS Link: bit.ly/1mKx64X 
Nobody likes ads, right? Well, you don’t have to put up with them if you run Adblock Plus, an extension that removes ads from any Web page, making your interface clutter-free, taking away annoying pop-ups, and loading pages faster.

VIBE Link: bit.ly/1kvfxAS 
Got an email from someone you don’t know? Or maybe you saw an email listed online and want to find out more about that person? Vibe quickly shows a short bio, topics of interest and social accounts associated with any email id.

HOLA UNBLOCKER Link: bit.ly/NCBaEe 
Are you blocked from accessing a site or a video because of region restrictions or your office firewall? Fire up Hola Unblocker, choose the country you want to appear to be from, and it’ll reroute things so that you get access to anything online.

THE GREAT SUSPENDER Link: bit.ly/1crQdH9 
Does your Chrome hang or slow down terribly? That’s probably because you have many tabs open, constantly asking for resources. Install The Great Suspender and it’ll automatically suspend tabs that have been inactive for a long time without closing them.

DIIGO Link: bit.ly/1crQ3PN 
Diigo is great if you are researching a particular topic and need to mark pages with notes. It lets you colour-code highlights and turn all your notes into one list for easy reference.

LAZARUS: FORM RECOVERY Link: bit.ly/1gH6Wso 
It’s frustrating to lose what you typed in forms or comments online. Lazarus is a neat tool that saves the last few things you wrote online and auto-fills them when you next visit the page.

STREAMUS Link: bit.ly/1eFL9i5 
YouTube is a fantastic resource for free music, so why not turn it into a music player? Meet Streamus, a simple app to queue up a playlist from YouTube. “It’s fast and has keyboard shortcuts.

ANY.DO Link: bit.ly/1hpNe74 
The best to-do list manager on the Web, Any.Do is available on almost all platforms. The extension makes it easy to add items to your task list and get alarms and reminders later.

LASTPASS Link: bit.ly/1fw0eD6 
Trouble remembering passwords? With one master key, Lastpass can remember passwords for all your online accounts. What’s more, it suggests secure passwords and auto-fills sign-up forms.

BUFFER Link: bit.ly/1jFuEb0 
Sign up for a free Buffer account, connect it with your social networks and this will become the easiest way to post content on all your accounts simultaneously. Plus, you can auto-schedule it to post at a time when more people will read it.

TOOMANYTABS Link: bit.ly/1d1otMF 
When you have too many pages open, the tab icons become too tiny. At such times, you need TooManyTabs. One click and it’ll show you thumbnails of each tab, making browsing easy. And you can suspend idle tabs, sort them by date, or search!

SHIELD FOR CHROME Link: bit.ly/OJKU0I 
Like any software installation, there’s a chance that the extension you just got for has adware, spyware or malware. The easiest way to protect yourself is with Shield for Chrome, which lets you know extension you’re installing is infected.
Mihir Patkar MM140313


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