a father uses the web to share memories with his daughter as she grows up. via YouTube – Google Chrome: Dear Sophie.

VISIT LINK: Minimalist for Gmail – Chrome plugin for those tired of distracting elements in the Gmail interface. Removes as much or as little as you want. Also adds functionality if you so choose.

Facebook Disconnect blocks all traffic from third-party sites to Facebook servers, but still lets you access Facebook itself. VISIT LINK: Google Chrome extension: Facebook Disconnect (tags: addon chrome browser extension extensions facebook google plugin privacy …)

Not limited to Windows Classic, happens also with Snow Leopard. Apparently has been reported for over two years and still no reliable fix. VISIT LINK: Checkboxes and scroll bar arrows sometimes disappear in Chrome (tags: Google Chrome browser html arrows check box boxes checkboxes scroll bar navigation design bug webdesign development web wtf …)

Google Chrome experiment built in HTML5 (no Flash) VISIT LINK: The Wilderness Downtown – Brilliant interactive film (tags: art chrome film google html5 inspiration interactive music streetview video …)

Beta is free until it hits v.1. Snow Leopard only.<br /> TABS like in Google Chrome; Add a dual-panel mode (like in good old Norton Commander); Make Finder available system-wide on a hot-key (like Visor); Stop creating .DS_Store litter; Show the folders always on top VISIT LINK: TotalFinder brings tabs to your native Finder and [...]

"If you receive Microsoft® Word files as attachments in Gmail, you can now view them with a single click — no need to download, save, and open files with a desktop application when you just want read them. The Google Docs viewer that allows you to view .pdf, .ppt, and .tiff files in your browser [...]

Keeps track of unmoderated and spam comments, and puts a little WordPress icon next to your search bar, with a badge for the number of comments you currently have to deal with. VISIT LINK: WordPress Checker Chrome extension keeps track of blog comments (tags: blogging chrome extension wordpress comment comments spam moderation …)

ChromeMUSE – Multi-URL Shortener/Expander Chrome Extension Shorten and expand URLs with different shortening service providers. ChromeMUSE is an extension to facilitate the use of URL shortening services. A short URL can be generated for any web page, using the user's preferred shortening service. The short URL is automatically copied to the clipboard to paste into [...]

Add, edit, or remove search engines in Google Chrome Google Chrome automatically saves a list of the search engines you've encountered while browsing the Web. For example, if you visit http://www.youtube.com, the browser auto-detects and adds the YouTube search engine to your list of search engines that you can access from the address bar. (tags: [...]

18 Extensions Worth Downloading from Google Chrome's Extensions Gallery Actually, rating these extensions by "worth the slowdown," as is often the case with Firefox, doesn't seem applicable here. Chrome renders pages just as snappily on a Linux install with eight extensions loaded, and the memory use seems not all that different. Your mileage may certainly [...]

Make Google Chrome Open with Permanently Pinned Tabs – Step by Step Like using the pinned tabs feature in Chrome but wish you could make your pinned tabs permanent? Combine the –pinned-tab-count command switch magic and a list of your favorite pinned web sites to do just that. (tags: google howto lifehacker chrome tabs …)

Google Reader Absolutely Compact Maximizes the area for displaying articles by removing all the stuff that you probably never use anyway. Be ready to learn your keyboard shortcuts though because this is a really stripped down interface. (tags: greader google googlereader chrome scripts greasemonkey script style css minimal compact reader addon ui tools styles google_reader [...]

YouTube Google Chrome's Channel A collection of short films about a browser (tags: design video internet google marketing inspiration videos film browser youtube ads ideas animation movie production collection films strategy chrome short googlechrome …)