Google Chrome Extensions

Posted by jonathan at 11:12pm EST on 03/23/2009

Google’s Chrome browser is still prepping for extensions. It really should have launched with extensions in the first place, along with a Mac and Linux version, but hey, life isn’t perfect and neither is Google.

Here are some excerpts about how to use extensions within Chrome.

Create a folder somewhere on your computer to contain your work. For discussion, we’ll assume the folder is located a c:myextension, but it can be anywhere.

Inside this folder, create a text file called manifest.json and put this in it:

[sourcecode lang="c++"]{
“format_version”: 1,
“id”: “00123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF0123456″,
“version”: “1.0″,
“name”: “My First Extension”,
“description”: “The first extension that I made.”
}[/sourcecode]

Then, to launch extensions, use a command line this.

[sourcecode lang="c++"]
chrome.exe –enable-extensions –load-extension=”c:myextension”
[/sourcecode]

Google’s Chrome is getting more and more serious about it’s establishment in the market.

On one of my non-tech sites, I see IE is still sitting at 63% usage and Google Chrome is up to 1.34% usage. It’s still a small market share, but it’s creeping up slowly and definitely taking a stand.

What is the number one thing I love about Chrome over IE, FF, Safari, or Opera? How fast the JavaScript engine is. It is a killer component and is definitely something that Google is pimping out as a huge feature.