Google Chrome Extensions

Google’s Chrome browser is still prepping for extensions. It really should have launched with extensions in the first place, along with a Mac and Linux version, but hey, life isn’t perfect and neither is Google.

Here are some excerpts about how to use extensions within Chrome.

Create a folder somewhere on your computer to contain your work. For discussion, we’ll assume the folder is located a c:\myextension, but it can be anywhere.

Inside this folder, create a text file called manifest.json and put this in it:

1.{

2. "format_version": 1,

3. "id": "00123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456",

4. "version": "1.0",

5. "name": "My First Extension",

6. "description": "The first extension that I made."

7.}

Then, to launch extensions, use a command line this.

1.chrome.exe --enable-extensions --load-extension="c:\myextension"

Google’s Chrome is getting more and more serious about it’s establishment in the market.

On one of my non-tech sites, I see IE is still sitting at 63% usage and Google Chrome is up to 1.34% usage. It’s still a small market share, but it’s creeping up slowly and definitely taking a stand.

What is the number one thing I love about Chrome over IE, FF, Safari, or Opera? How fast the JavaScript engine is. It is a killer component and is definitely something that Google is pimping out as a huge feature.

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