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Google Chrome Extensions Gallery is open for business!
Those of you who have been waiting for the official Google Chrome Extensions gallery to open, wait no more! The switch has been flipped and Google's repository is now open the the public.
Things have been fairly active already, it would seem, with several extensions already reporting several thousand installs. There are currently337 338 extensions total (and climbing, apparently). Among Google's 39 featured extensions are scripts from Zoho, Glue, Brizzly, and several from Google themselves.
One nagging question seems to have been answered: ad blocking extensions are apparently ok, at least to some extent. Video downloader and the like? You'll need to head to ChromeExtensions.org for those.
Head on over and check it out, or check out a few more images after the break - and share your thoughts in the comments!
Things have been fairly active already, it would seem, with several extensions already reporting several thousand installs. There are currently
One nagging question seems to have been answered: ad blocking extensions are apparently ok, at least to some extent. Video downloader and the like? You'll need to head to ChromeExtensions.org for those.
Head on over and check it out, or check out a few more images after the break - and share your thoughts in the comments!
The gallery's landing page lists a handful of "top picks"
As expected, extension pages allow you to rate and comment
Although Google's rules specify that developers must supply a quality icon, a few extensions seem to be lacking one.
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Subscribe to commentsRobertoDec 8th 2009 11:50AM
The official Google Chrome Extensions Gallery just launched. It's pretty neat, quite different than Firefox's.
saudrapsmannDec 8th 2009 1:27PM
As much as I want to use Google Chrome instead of Firefox, these extensions were very underwhelming. The ad-blocking extensions don't do enough and could never compete with ABP. The extension-installed toolbar buttons are locked in place, so they can't be moved around and can only be removed by uninstalling the extension entirely. Sure, there are some little things that are interesting, but there's absolutely nothing new that would make any Firefox users who stay with Firefox only for extensions to switch over. I must say... This with the Google Chrome OS... Google's been pretty underwhelming lately.
RogueJedi86Dec 8th 2009 1:37PM
I'm sure even Firefox's extensions were underwhelming at first. As time went on, Firefox extensions got snazzier. I expect the same to happen with Chrome extensions.
techpopsDec 8th 2009 2:39PM
This is an extremely good sign and puts Chrome ahead of every browser now except Firefox. As RogueJedi suggests, in time there will probably be a great selection.
It would be silly to expect a new service like this to compete with one that's had years to develop.
Hopefully Google will also realise that power users want more control over the browsers UI, and allow extensions to modify that to a greater extent than you can now.
Google just keep planting the right seeds as far as I can tell.