Techerator

I’ve been using Google’s Chrome web browser exclusively for a few months now, but one of the things I miss most about Firefox is the ability to view my tabs vertically rather than across the top of my browser.  I’m a pretty aggressive tab user, and it isn’t uncommon for me to get inundated with 15-20 tabs – these aren’t easy to manage, especially on a small scr...

Lately, I’ve realized how little I like clicking on things.  When opening programs, I’d rather type a command with my keyboard than open my Start menu.  If I need to open a file in a folder, I type the first few letters of its name and press the enter key.  So when I’m on Facebook, I’d much rather hover my mouse over an image to see the full size than to interact with th...

You know what’s the worst?  Having your browser crash after you’ve almost completely filled out text areas in an online form.  This is especially disastrous when submitting an online resume – you get the whole thing filled out and poof, it’s gone. If you’re using the free Google Chrome web browser, there’s an easy fix for this problem.  Simply in...

Do you like online streaming video sites?  Me too.  I could probably spend all day watching videos of baby puppies, the hilarious auto-tuned news, or that cat that couldn’t quite jump over the baby fence. If you want to enjoy these videos and tune out the extra stuff, the Turn Off the Lights extension for the Google Chrome web browser is worth checking out. Turn Off the Lights is a a simpl...

One of the most useful aspects of Twitter is that people tweet about everything - which means there is never a shortage of commentary about anything on the internet.  Twitter Reactions is a new extension for the Google Chrome web browser that displays what others are saying about websites you view in real-time. To get started, simply install the Twitter Reactions extension for Google Chrome.  Af...

Google recently announced that as of March 1st, 2010, they will no longer be supporting Internet Explorer 6 in their web applications, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites.  It’s safe to assume that many of their other web applications will soon follow, as they promise that this year will be a “great year for Google Apps”. If you’re currently using Internet Explo...

Here’s a scenario: you’re about to leave work for the day and you have 9 important tabs open in Google Chrome.  You’d like to continue with that same session when you get home – but what can you do? FreshStart is a great extension for Google Chrome that allows you to save your browser sessions and reload them on multiple computers.  You can simply save all your open tabs ...

I use iGoogle as my browser start page which allows me to quickly view things like the news, weather, movie showtimes, my to do list, and email when I open my browser.  iGoogle is completely customizable and supports a great variety of themes.  I only have one problem: the search header and sidebar take up a lot of valuable space that could be used for content. A simple way to condense the extra...

Full-length URLs have nearly become an internet faux pas since the advent of sites like Twitter where character restrictions reign supreme.  Sending a normal URL in a tweet is the digital equivalent of tripping over your own shoelaces, and most people have adopted a “favorite” URL shortening service like bit.ly, tinyurl, or is.gd. Google recently entered the URL shortening business of...

Now that the Google Chrome web browser officially supports extensions, great extensions are appearing every day.  I’ve gone through and picked ten of my favorite (and most useful) extensions so far and put them into a fancy Top 10 list. Before you can install extensions you’ll need to download and install the new beta version of Google Chrome. 1.  One Number (Google apps notifier) &...