Chrome Users; What plugins do you use / recommend?

alanrowell

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Alternatively, look Under the Bonnet for Content Settings.

When did Google add it as when I first installed Chrome you could only do it manually.

-TangleFoot-

That click to play stuff only turned up a few weeks ago. Dunno about the rest.

VoucherMan

Adblock Plus
Mailto: for Gmail
WOT

Dussed

Well after all of your advice, I am now running with these plugins:

• Abine TACO
• Adblock Plus (Beta)
• Better JTV
• BuiltWith Technology Profiler
• RSS Subscription Extension (by Google)
• Speed Dial 2
• Turn Off The Lights
• Web Developer
• WOT

Now I'm just looking to make my chrome seem a little better looking, without going over the top. Suggestions?

-TangleFoot-

No themes on Windows - I just use Aero.

VoucherMan wrote: »

Mailto: for Gmail

That functionality is built-in too. Doesn't appear to affect external applications though.

And it appears that the latest update has altered the layout of the Settings page too... so you'll have to substitute Under the Bonnet with +Show advanced settings from now on.

elektra

having just been prompted that my quicktime plugin was out of date, I remembered this post and thought I would take a look

For me, I think the question should be in two parts

Which plugins do I have ? and which do I need/use ?

and I'm confused as to what is a plugin ?
i.e if I go to extensions I just have Adblock Plus which many on here have

but if I go to chrome://plugins I have 22 , list as follows



Remoting Viewer : internal-remoting-viewer

Name: Native Client
Location: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\18.0.1025.168\ppGoogleNaClPluginChrome.dll

Flash (3 files) - Version: 11,2,202,233
Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202

Adobe Acrobat - Version: 10.1.3.23
Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.3

Coupons Inc., Coupon Printer Manager (2 files) - Version: 4, 0,1, 3

Windows Media Player - Version: 1.0.0.8

E-centives Coupon Activator Netscape Plugin v. 3.0.8.0 -

Java (2 files) - Version: 6.0.310.5

RealPlayer (3 files) - Version: 15.0.0.198

QuickTime (7 files) - Version: 7.6.8 (1675)

RealJukebox NS Plugin - Version: 15.0.0.198

getPlusPlus for Adobe 16291 - Version: 1,6,2,91

RealNetworks(tm) Chrome Background Extension Plug-In (32-bit) - Version: 15.0.0.198

Google Updater - Version: 2.4.2432.1652.beta

Google Update - Version: 1.3.21.111

RealNetworks Rhapsody Player Engine - Version: 1.0.2.603

MetaStream 3 Plugin - Version: 3, 2, 2, 26

iTunes Application Detector - Version: 1.0.1.

Windows Presentation Foundation - Version: 3.5.30729.1 built by: SP (this says it is for a Mozilla browser !)

Shockwave - Version: 11.6.4r634

Silverlight - Version: 4.1.10111.0

Which of the above I need I have no idea. Comments welcome ..

-TangleFoot-

elektra wrote: »

what is a plugin ?

Technically the things we've been talking about are extensions, though the terms are often used interchangeably.

My plug-ins:

• Remoting Viewer
• Native Client
• Chrome PDF Viewer
• Flash (2 files)
• Adobe Acrobat (Disabled)
• Java
• Google Update

Andrew1472

elektra wrote: »

having just been prompted that my quicktime plugin was out of date, I remembered this post and thought I would take a look

but if I go to chrome://plugins I have 22 , list as follows


Remoting Viewer : internal-remoting-viewer
DISABLE
Name: Native Client
Location: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\18.0.1025.168\ppGoogleNaClPluginChrome.dll
KEEP
Flash (3 files) - Version: 11,2,202,233
Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
DISABLE all except the one built in to Chrome
Adobe Acrobat - Version: 10.1.3.23
Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.3
DISABLE
Coupons Inc., Coupon Printer Manager (2 files) - Version: 4, 0,1, 3
DISABLE
Windows Media Player - Version: 1.0.0.8
DISABLE
E-centives Coupon Activator Netscape Plugin v. 3.0.8.0 -
DISABLE
Java (2 files) - Version: 6.0.310.5
DISABLE
RealPlayer (3 files) - Version: 15.0.0.198
DISABLE
QuickTime (7 files) - Version: 7.6.8 (1675)
DISABLE
RealJukebox NS Plugin - Version: 15.0.0.198
DISABLE
getPlusPlus for Adobe 16291 - Version: 1,6,2,91
DISABLE
RealNetworks(tm) Chrome Background Extension Plug-In (32-bit) - Version: 15.0.0.198
DISABLE
Google Updater - Version: 2.4.2432.1652.beta
DISABLE
Google Update - Version: 1.3.21.111
KEEP
RealNetworks Rhapsody Player Engine - Version: 1.0.2.603
DISABLE
MetaStream 3 Plugin - Version: 3, 2, 2, 26
DISABLE
iTunes Application Detector - Version: 1.0.1.
DISABLE
Windows Presentation Foundation - Version: 3.5.30729.1 built by: SP (this says it is for a Mozilla browser !)
DISABLE
Shockwave - Version: 11.6.4r634
DISABLE
Silverlight - Version: 4.1.10111.0
DISABLE
Which of the above I need I have no idea. Comments welcome ..

The fewer the better is my motto. I've put my opinion in capitals in the quote. In my experience you will soon get told if you need any of the others when a page doesn't work properly, then you simply re-enable the one you need.
I don't see the Chrome PDF viewer. It should be there somewhere. Keep that one too.

-TangleFoot-

Note: the 'x files' displayed after several entries indicates that several - possibly outdated - versions are present. Aside from the 2 Flash versions Chrome uses internally there should be just the one entry per plug-in.

It appears you have some uninstalling to do.

mart44

Dussed wrote: »

Now I'm just looking to make my chrome seem a little better looking, without going over the top. Suggestions?

It can be done with themes and there are lots to choose from..

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/themes?hl=en-GB

..but for me, it's the light blue theme shown in the page linked to below that gives Chrome the nicest look. The Title Bar can be blue or not depending on whether the Aero or Basic theme is chosen. Don't use it if you feel unsure about downloading from a site other than the Chrome Web Store. I can only say that I've been using the theme for more than a year now and all is well.

http://k13rayuuki.deviantart.com/art/Hyuu-Chrome-Office-2010-187960029