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There are not that many extensions and bookmarklets for Google Chrome at the moment, so the few that there are we need to grab with both hands.

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So, here you go, 40+ Must Have Extensions, Bookmarklets and Tools for Google Chrome.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : ShareThis Bookmarklet.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Digg This Bookmarklet.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Pownce Bookmarklet.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Twitlet - Twitter! Bookmarklet.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : TwitThis - Bookmarklet.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : chromestumble - Stumbleupon Bookmarklet.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Delicious - Bookmarklet.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Gmail This Bookmarklet.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Portable Chrome.
Description : Just what the title says, its portable (you can store it on any portable USB Drive).

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Search Selected Text.
Description : This adds a context search ,just like Firefoxs, to Chromes toolbar.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Google Chrome Dual View.
Description : Split Google Chrome down the middle inside a single tab. For the multi-tasking type this will enable you to create 2 side by side “panels”, so you can browse two sites at once side by side.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Google Chrome Backup - exe Tool.
Description : Google Chrome backup is a small tool to create, backup, restore and manage Google Chrome profiles. The profile holds personal data like history, bookmarks, etc. Everything is done with one click.

Visit URL : Early Access to Features and Fixes.
Description : The Dev channel gives the community access to upcoming features, features in development, and the latest bug fixes.

Visit URL : ChromeMailer.
Description : You can’t send emails through Google Mail by clicking on mailto: links. All clicks will open up Windows’ default mail client. So this small application helps you get around this.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Chrome Privacy Guard (CPG) - exe Tool.
Description : A small security tool that removes the unique id given to every installation of Chrome. CPG automatically deletes the unique Client ID before each run of Google Chrome.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Chrome Automatic Theme Switcher - exe Tool.
Description : With the growing number of available themes for Chrome, you can manage them with ease with this tool.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : ChromePass - exe Tool.
Description : ChromePass is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Google Chrome Web browser. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Origin URL, Action URL, User Name Field, Password Field, User Name, Password, and Created Time.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : How to set keyboard shortcuts in Chrome with Auto Key.
Description : Google Chrome does not yet offer customizable keyboard shortcuts. In the mean time, we can use AutoHotKey for setting keyboard shortcuts to common tasks like switching to previous and next tabs, going back and forward in the history, closing and un-doing last closed tab.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : TabsLock.
Description : TabsLock lets you use your Caps Lock key to launch and focus a new Google Chrome tab from anywhere, even if Chrome isn’t running. This allows low-thought, global keyboard access to web search and navigation.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Google Chrome Bookmark Exporter.
Description : This application exports your Google Chrome bookmarks into a .HTML file you can import into other browsers with the click of a button.

Google Chrome Extensions, Hacks and ToolsVisit URL : Greasemetal.
Description : Greasemetal is a userscript runtime for Google Chrome. The runtime hosts userscripts (tiny javascript files that modify the webpages being displayed) to be executed on Google Chrome, similar to what Greasemonkey does for Mozilla Firefox, or Greasekit does for Safari.

Web Developer and Webmaster Bookmarklets

Visit URL : Google Toolbar for Chrome.
Description : A fairly comprehensive list of bookmarklets from ChromePlugins.com, covering a few important aspects of web development and web mastering.

~ Google Cache;
~ Google Links;
~ Search for URL;
~ Google Images from Site;
~ Google Info, Related Sites/Pages;
~ Translate Page to English;
~ Pages Indexed in Yahoo;
~ Yahoo Backlinks, Pages Indexed in MSN;
~ Technorati, URL Mentions on Digg;
~ DomainTools Domain Lookup;
~ Validate Page HTML at W3C;
~ Validate Page CSS at W3C;
~ Highlight Nofollow Links Red;
~ Show Domains Robots.txt;
~ Page Last Modified Date;
~ Number of Links on a Page;
~ Highlight all Links on a page Yellow;
~ Make URL’s Clickable;
~ Display all links on a page in new tab;
~ Removes Flash, Java and Background Music;

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6 Comments so far

  1. Danh ba web 2.0 on November 24, 2008 1:24 am

    Great collection. Thanks you very much
    Keep up the good work !

  2. Jordann on November 24, 2008 9:58 am

    Does anyone know about a Mac Beta version??? I want to try this…. UGH!

  3. IRW on November 25, 2008 11:56 pm

    Still waiting for Google to release a stable Linux version of Chrome. All I can do is wait V_V Nice post tho!