3 Sample Google Chrome Extensions

Chromium developers have just released three sample extensions for Google Chrome. The extensions are for testing purposes only. To run them, you will need to use a recent trunk build or the Chrome dev channel release, and then add --enable-extensions to your Chrome command line.

Here are the 3 Google Chrome sample extensions (with screenshots):

*Gmail Checker

Displays a toolstrip that shows how many messages are in your Gmail inbox.

*Subscribe in Google Reader

Provides easy access to subscribe to a webpage's feed in Google Reader.

*Build Bot Monitor

Shows the current status of the Chromium Build Bot.

Google Chrome is clearly on its way to steal the show from Firefox. One of the main reasons why I'm using Firefox is because of its useful add-ons, so if Chrome can flawlessly provide me those then I might make the switch.

How about you? What will make you switch from Firefox to Chrome?


  1. Yup pretty much the extensions keeping me on Firefox these days as well.

  2. I'm in the same boat. Need extensions. If Chrome had them, I'd be off Firefox.