Are you sick and tired of editing late at night and being completely blinded by the light of a white user interface in Google Docs? What’s astonishing to me is that despite the many ways that Google has already baked Dark Mode into many of its apps, several others remain without it in 2022. That’s […]
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Google outlines updates to the Chrome Web Store
Back in November 2021, we broke the story here at Chrome Unboxed that the Web Store would soon see some changes. Being a developer of a few Chromebook exclusive extensions myself (CrosKeys and CrosPaper) I was really excited to hear there’s some movement to improve the platform. As Michael shared earlier this month, the Web […]
Continue ReadingChrome Web Store to issue two new badges for extensions that are trustworthy
Bad actor extensions on the Chrome Web Store have run rampant for far too long, promising to utilize user data only for the intended purpose, and then breaking that promise and misusing it for personal gain or malicious intent. Now that Manifest V3 has become the standard though, Google has limited its ability to do […]
Continue ReadingNintendo’s Wii shop down and out, but you can still get your fix of its music with this Chrome extension
It’s unlikely that many of you reading this have an original Nintendo Wii, but on the off chance that you do, the store on these devices and on the Nintendo DSi have mysteriously been out of service for days already leaving gamers wondering if they’re shutting down since that’s Nintendo’s favorite new way to preserve […]
Continue ReadingHow to take a scrolling screenshot on your Chromebook or in the Chrome browser
If you’re interested in taking a “scrolling screenshot” or full webpage screenshot in Chrome or on your Chrome OS device, look no further! Today, I’m going to show you three different methods for getting the same end result – a vertical, extra-long screenshot that encapsulates all elements on the screen and not just what you […]
Continue ReadingChrome Canary adds quick access to extension permissions with new ‘eye’ icon
Discovered by Chrome Story, a new developer flag in Chrome Canary will place an ‘Eye’ icon at the top-right of the browser’s window. As you can see in the image below, it will be located to the left of the extensions ‘puzzle piece’ icon. Clicking this new ‘eyecon’ will allow you to see what permissions […]
Continue ReadingHere are 5 of the best Chrome extensions for enhancing your YouTube experience
Over the course of 2021, I’ve come to realize how addicted I am to Youtube. This may be a controversial statement, but I’ll stick to it – Youtube is Google’s most successful and best social network, and with how quickly video is becoming the standard media type for consumption, it’s clearly on track to win […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Toolbar for Internet Explorer has been discontinued
This past week was an emotional time for some users as the original Google Toolbar for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was discontinued. Oddly enough, December 11th was the toolbar’s 21st birthday, and even though it was no longer being updated to our knowledge, Google left it running all these years. Ars Technica discovered that it had […]
Continue ReadingThis Chrome extension adds the dislike count back into your Youtube viewing experience
Last month, Google removed the public dislike count from Youtube videos in an effort to safeguard against the feature’s abuse, and in doing so, angered millions of people. I wrote about how it could be viewed as a positive thing, and while I stand by my convictions, I also believe that many points were brought […]
Continue ReadingChanges are coming to the Chrome Web Store
For too long, Google’s Chrome Web Store has remained an outdated storefront with abandon-ware lining its shelves. In 2021, Chrome extensions began switching to the new Manifest Version 3 (MV3). This new format should make downloading extensions less of a risky proposition for the average consumer. On the flip-side, there are some legitimate concerns that […]
Continue ReadingCrosPaper lets you set live wallpapers on your Chromebook, but that’s not its best trick
I’d say the wallpaper app on Chrome OS is fine. Just fine. It’s not great or exceptional, and it certainly has a few areas I’d love to see it grow, but it does the basics when it comes to setting a background for your Chromebook’s desktop. But, where there’s room for improvement, a way to […]
Continue Reading3 top Chrome VPN extensions for 2021
A quick search on the Chrome Web Store can give us hundreds of results for VPNs. Some of those services can be as malicious as the sites we’re trying to protect ourselves from when online. It is hard to know which VPN extensions are safe, secure, and easy to use. To help you choose, here […]
Continue ReadingTabs For Good lets you raise money for charities just by opening new browser tabs
A new Chrome Extension called Tabs For Good by ad company Good-Loop just launched, and it proposes a pretty interesting situation for Chrome browser users. Install it, open a tab, and see an advertisement. I’m not kidding! A weird proposition, right? Well, that’s not all there is to it. You see, Tabs For Good generates […]
Continue ReadingChrome extensions will be much safer by 2023 when Google plans to fully snuff out MV2
At the beginning of the year, Google finally implemented the controversial Manifest v3 for extensions which was created to solve a problem with privacy and data abuse among many other things. After popular tab suspension tool The Great Suspender went rogue after changing hands (this was just one example), Chrome finally decided to do something […]
Continue ReadingTo my surprise, Turn Off the Lights is an extension that does more than flick a light switch
Do you use the Turn Off the Lights extension for your Chrome browser? No? Have you even heard of it? What’s that – you think it’s an old and outdated tool that became irrelevant with the launch of Youtube’s Dark Mode? Well, so did I. When the extension’s developer reached out and asked us to […]
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