I haven’t gone bugnutscrazy over adding extensions to Chrome now that it supports them. Part of that is that Chrome remains a secondary browser for me. It is tempting to experiment with making it a primary one, instead of Firefox, but that experiment will wait for another day.
In the meantime, I am using a small variety of extensions, including:
- AdBlock – Just like AdBlock for FF. Sine qua non. Or, actually, the reverse.
- Docs PDF/PoowerPoint Viewer (by Google) – view PDFs and PPTs within Chrome.
- FlashBlock – Just like FlashBlock for FF. See AdBlock.
- LastPass – Password manager, synced with Firefox and IE.
- TabMenu – Chrome’s capabilities of handling multiple tabs are untested by me, but this looks like a nice manager.
- Xmarks Bookmarks Sync – Ties bookmark management in with my FF bookmarks. Huzzah.
So for a lot of the above, it’s either adding in the de-advertising elements I love in FF, or syncing other information with FF (LastPass and Xmarks). Which begs the question of why I don’t try to use Chrome as my primary browser, since it meets all the initial objections I had to it. Let me get back to you on that soon.
Chrome’s extension management is still fairly crude — basically right now you just wade through a list, potentially sorted by most popular or most downloaded. I’m sure they will catch up.
 | AdBlock – Version: 1.3.8 AdBlock for Chrome! Blocks ads all over the web. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars by our users! |
 | Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer (by Google) – Version: 1.5.3 Automatically previews pdfs, powerpoint presentations, and other documents in Google Docs Viewer. |
 | LastPass – Version: 1.64.4 LastPass is a free password manager and form filler. LastPass is also available for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari (Mac). |
 | Tab Menu – Version: 1.8.5 Select, close, rearrange, and search your tabs in a vertical menu! Extras: merge windows, keyboard shortcut, and tab counter! |
 | Xmarks Bookmarks Sync – Version: 0.5.65 Backup and sync your bookmarks across computers and browsers. Xmarks is also available for Firefox, Safari and IE. |