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Google chrome released the extensions platform yesterday. This was a great success and has proved extremely popular. Today i have spent some of my time trying some of them out. So far there are nearly 1000 Extensions already posted on the platform but quite alot of them are not really worth the time looking at. So i have been taking the time to shortlist my top 10 Google Chrome Extensions.

10. CoolIris
Meet Cooliris, the 3D Wall that speeds up search on Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, and more. Enjoy the richest way to view photos from Facebook, Picasa, and even your own computer. On our infinite 3D Wall, you can effortlessly scroll though thousands of images and videos in seconds without having to click from page to page.

















The 3D Wall – CoolIris
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9. Google Wave Notifier
Displays number of unread Waves in your Google Wave account or your Google Apps Wave account.
The extension allows you to :
– See unread waves without opening Wave in a popup.
– Access to a specific wave directly from the popup of the extension.
– Choose icons you want to see from different sets of icons.
– Specify your preferred refresh rate.
– Specify your Google Apps domain if you’re using Wave with Google Apps.
– Open Google Wave with navigation, contacts and search box hidden if you want.

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8. Google Mail Checker
Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click the button to open your inbox. Simple but yet the most popular of all the extensions so far with over 100,000 installs. Very handy little tool for gmail users.

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7. AdThwart
AdThwart drastically reduces the number of annoying and invasive ads you see. This makes browsing the web less taxing on both your computer and your sanity. The included filter list, EasyList, is continuously updated by the community and AdThwart uses the latest version. So you can just install and forget it. Great extension to reduce the ammouint of adverts you see while surfing the web.
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6. StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon helps you discover great websites that match your interests. Simply click the Stumble button and see the best websites. There are over 500 topics to choose from, and, the more you use it, the better your recommendations become!
Current Features: Stumbling, Rating, Sharing, Reviewing

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5. iMacros for Chrome
Automate your web browser. Record and replay repetitious work. Macros is your Swiss Army knife for Chrome. It was designed to automate the most repetitious tasks on the web. If there’s an activity you have to do repeatedly, just record it in iMacros. The next time you need to do it, the entire macro will run at the click of a button! With iMacros, you can quickly and easily fill out web forms, remember passwords, create a webmail notifier, and more. You can keep the macros on your computer for your own use, use them within bookmark sync / Xmarks or share them with others by embedding them on your homepage, blog, company Intranet or any social bookmarking service as bookmarklet. The uses are limited only by your imagination!

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4. Facebook Adblock
Remove adverts from Facebook and Facebook Lite. Simple but effective. Theres not much really to write about it other than it does the job! Its so much more pleasant surfing facebook without all the irritating adverts crowding around it!
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3. Bit.ly (shorten, share, and track your links)
Shorten and share links with bit.ly. Preview the full URLs short urls point to.
Launch the Bit.ly Sidebar with the click of a button. Preview long urls beneath short urls before you click them.

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2. Facebook for Google Chrome
This is an Extension which lets you read your Facebook news feed and wall. You can also post status updates.
The only problem is it wont work on ubuntu, yet it is deemed a popular extension.

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1. Chromed Bird
My favourite of all the extensions at the moment, the ultimate twitter extension! Plenty of features for anyone to use.
* Follow your friends timeline and navigate through older tweets;
* Tweets caching to avoid hitting Twitter’s API rate limit;
* Compose, reply, and RT tweets;
* Create short URLs;
* Track read / unread tweets;
* Notify user whenever new tweets arrive.
You can carry out any normal twitter task without having to visit the website.

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So there you have it, my top 10 extensions for google chrome so far. The above list is in no particular order although i find “Chromed Bird” the most useful to myself. I welcome your comments on what you think of them and if you think ive missed something out let me know. Have fun playing about with them, i know i am!