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Chrome Extensions gallery draws nearer, coming tomorrow?
It's no secret that Google is hosting a highly-anticipated Chrome OS preview event tomorrow. You're probably also well aware of the fact that an official, Google-powered Chrome extensions gallery is in the works. This morning, a small but noteworthy change took place at https://chrome.google.com/extensions.
What used to be a redirect go the good ol' index at google.com (or your regional version) has now been replaced with a "coming soon..." tease and puzzle piece image which matches the one added to Chromium's new tab page on Sunday.
Coming soon, eh? Why not announce it at the big event on Thursday?
While news of the official extension gallery opening would no doubt be dwarfed by anything remotely Chrome OS-related tomorrow, it certainly seems like a good time to open the doors. It would help build more buzz for the browser and keep Google fans charged for the upcoming preview release of Chrome OS.
Not that they need help on that front. Chrome OS has somehow already built a rabid fanbase and no one who isn't involved has even seen it yet.
What used to be a redirect go the good ol' index at google.com (or your regional version) has now been replaced with a "coming soon..." tease and puzzle piece image which matches the one added to Chromium's new tab page on Sunday.
Coming soon, eh? Why not announce it at the big event on Thursday?
While news of the official extension gallery opening would no doubt be dwarfed by anything remotely Chrome OS-related tomorrow, it certainly seems like a good time to open the doors. It would help build more buzz for the browser and keep Google fans charged for the upcoming preview release of Chrome OS.
Not that they need help on that front. Chrome OS has somehow already built a rabid fanbase and no one who isn't involved has even seen it yet.
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Subscribe to commentsHenryNov 18th 2009 10:23AM
I'm excited because Google has a history of taking things that I never thought were broken, and making a version of it that make me think of the old versions as dinosaurs. They do this through a combination of innovation and polish, and I have yet to be disappointed.
JamesNov 18th 2009 4:44PM
Exactly. Back before Chrome came out I never thought Firefox as clunky and slow, but now......
ShaneNov 18th 2009 10:59AM
I'm not sure if this is a coincidence or not, but the latest developer build I downloaded (32320) doesn't want to install any extensions from .crx files on the web (e.g. http://www.chromeextensions.org/) or downloaded and extracted locally on my machine. It also isn't running extensions that I had installed and functioning prior to downloading and installing this new build.
Dave ForsterNov 18th 2009 11:46AM
i think this sort of thing teaser links) will become more common place... it will be quite a good way to guage server demand and whether they need to throw more resources at it to stop it falling over when the big day finally comes