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After posting about Firefox addons i am now posting about Chrome add-ons, and it seems that i am slowly getting addicted to chrome, and the thing is, the lot i hear about chrome’s updates and features, the more excited i get to use chrome instead of Firefox.

Again In this post I am writing about some Chrome Addons, that would be useful to web developers, System Administrators, and also to other Surfers who love surfing the net and downloading.

I won’t say i found the same firefox addons for chrome. but yes, the addons for chrome are increasing and its obvious they will, there’s google behind it.

  Firebug Lite: Benefits over Firebug Lite:
Firebug Lite for Google Chrome is basically the same you’ll see when using the bookmarklet, or including a script tag in your page. There are, though, some benefits by using the extension for Google Chrome, including:

• Browser toolbar integration, providing a quick access to Firebug Lite
• It works without internet connection
• Faster loading and no FOUC (Flash of Unstyled Content), once resources will be stored in the extension’s directory on your machine
• Firebug Lite will be loaded before all other scripts, allowing it to capture all console calls and all XHR requests for that page
• It is possible to activate the Firebug Lite for a particular domain, so next time you visit a page in that domain it will be automatically active.

Limitations:

• Cannot read external resources
• Won’t work well on pages with frames
• JavaScript debugger isn’t available
• Net Panel isn’t available

Monster:

Monster is similiar to yslow in firefox. The plugin is a mixture of chinese and english, which makes it unusable for many people. But still a good one.

cqstyle CSS editor:

See CSS edits in real time; slide CSS values across hundreds of variations.

• Type to see results instantly
• Click any value to slide it
• Use arrow keys on slider for fine grain control
• View and edit any CSS file on the page
• Size and arrange editor windows to fit your monitor setup
• Warns before closing so you don’t lose edits

Chrome FTP:

Browse your local disk and download files from your server using this FTP client for Google Chrome.

IP checker:

This one is similiar to show ip in firefox. shows the ip information of the current website.

Domain Details:

Domain Details provides the following information on the site you are visiting:

• Server IP Address
• Server’s Location. Based on a Geo IP database in the extension, does not poll an external service.
• Server Software. Shows icons for common servers.
• View server response headers within the extension
• Domain Whois Links
• Additional links to useful domain information

Videos At A Glance:

This addon gives you a summary of the video and related videos. See what the video is about before you watch it, without having to navigate away from the page. VideoSurf video summaries display selected thumbnails from the most important scenes in a video. you can easily find the video you want, avoid spam and jump to specific moments in a video.

• Google Search
• Twitter Profile Pages
• Twitter Search Results
• Youtube Search
• Youtube Video Page
• Yahoo! Search
• Bing Search
• OneRiot
• Reddit
• Digg
• and more!

Additional Features and Options:

• When watching YouTube videos, click on a frame in the summary to jump to that moment in the video
• Expand shortened URLs (video and non-video) on Twitter
• Enable/disable adult content in Related Videos

Adblock:
This is one another addon i truly would recommend to everyone, whether it be Web Developers, sys admins, or simply Surfers. this is one of the addons that i have been using for a long time in my Firefox (Adblock Plus) and also this was the first addon when i started using chrome. This helps you to block the unwanted popup ads, images and any other stuff that you would like block. with this addon you can block the unwated ads and the images and save a lot of Bandwidth.

I would also like to recommend a couple of post one from technobuzz.net and theother one from tutzone.org.

10 Useful Google Chrome Addons

8 Useful Google Chrome Plugins And Addons

If you know any more good and useful add-ons, please share it with us.

This post i am writing is not the technical or productivity stuff i usually write about, its just i wanted to share about some sites and blogs that i follow through my google reader, they are even on my blog roll, and they give a kind of feel good factor. i recently added Dilbert’s comic strips to my blog roll

Work Awesome: is a blog by the envato guys. its a really cool blog, the posts here are very practical, something you can really try out and somethings which are going on in many peoples office lives or say careers. There’s an article that i would recommend to everyone, “The Importance of Doing What You Love“. this post is really motivating, i did the same with my career , after working for 3 years as a linux administrator and having a quite good experience in administration, and receiving a good pay, i switched my career to web development, because somewhere at the back of my head i knew that web development is something i always wanted to do, so took a risk in my career life and started learning on python and got recruited by a small design firm as a fresher python developer. The pay is quite less compared to what i used to receive as an experienced Linux administrator, but the Best part is I am happy, and as said in the comments “There is nothing like the feeling of knowing that you’re waking up everyday to do what you absolutely love.” There will be stress and pressures but slowly as you get experience you learn to handle them.

Box of Crayons: Do Less good work, Do More Great Work. this is what the blog title says, and you’ll find posts which you give good motivation and inspiration to perform better at your work. From Box of Crayons one thing i would like to recommend is “The Eight irresistible principles of Fun“. its a flash animation and its really good. Have fun at Work.

Zen to Fitness: This one’s a blog on Healthy living. Well, there are many blogs and sites on healthy living and stuff, but this one i really liked and follow through my google reader.

Paulo Coelho: One of the best writers, Author of “The Alchemist“, and many other books, But, The Alchemist is one of favourite novels. Ok, getting back to the blog, yes, this blog has really cool posts about people and life that will make you think, i like the “10 seconds read….” posts, and one of the 10 seconds read post that i loved is the “10 seconds read: Angels Talk“.

West Coast Poppin: west coast poppin, is not a blog on motivation or a blog on healthy living and stuff, its a site about locking and popping dance, you may be wondering why am i mentioning about it ? well, i love dancing specially popping is what i used to do when i was a kid, now as a grown up adult and working in the IT and software field, you never get time to do the active stuff, because 8 – 12 hours of the day you are on that office chair, which doesn’t give any exercise to your body, and it surely takes away all the activeness and flexibility that you might have. And in case of some critical issues or major project launch’s, you even spend you weekends in the office. This website westcoastpoppin gives me a feeling, like i should start dancing again, (may be at least give it a try when alone at home and no one’s watching )
every day i watch at least a couple of dance videos during short breaks or during the lunch hours.
This is like you can follow the blogs or sites that posts about the stuff that interests you, it will make you feel good. And I think if you keep reading blogs or sites that interests you, you will get the motivation everyday and you’ll surely give it a try, at least once. Say, if you like swimming, and feel you wanted to swim or were a good swimmer back in your old days, so, i would say, search for some blog or website about swimmers or something by the swimmers for the swimmers, and if you like read it for even few minutes every day, you’ll surely be motivated to give it a shot at least once.

If you have any blogs or sites or links that you would like to recommend, please share it with me and everyone