Packed with nice features, SocialPlus extension for Chrome helps you to customize your facebook in several ways.

Add smileys, customize your messages, rate your friends’ publications these are just 3 things you can do with this wonderful extension for Google chrome.

The best thing about it is that it integrates to your facebook. In other words, no need for complicated settings or a little icon taking your address bar space with loads of other extensions.

Download it and get ready to use it. It’s a must have extension for all of those who enjoy spending a lot of time on facebook.

Some other Facebook extensions that we reviewed earlier are: Facebook for Chrome, and Facebook Photo Zoom for Chrome.

How to Use SocialPlus Extension For Google Chrome:

Like previously mentioned, SocicalPlus extension for Google Chrome integrates itself to your facebook.

That said, there’s no need to go to any configuration screen or anything like that. In order to start using it all one has to do is go to facebook.

Little by little you’ll find more nice features, some are minor improvements but others are there to draw all the attention to you.

Whenever you send a message now, facebook will give you the option to customize your message. To do so choose the icons accordingly.

Also this extension allows the users to change their profiles background color to do so just find the corresponding option which should be on the upper right corner of your screen.

Features of SocialPlus Extension for Google Chrome:

• Customize your facebook messages.
• Customize your facebook profiles.
• Use smileys.
• Rate your friends’ publications

If you like many other people out there are addicted to Facebook then this Google chrome extension might be just perfect for you.

With Facebook for Google Chrome the most important features on Facebook will just be one click away: read your friends’ news, see your notifications, send messages, check your wall and many other things.

If you just need something specific done, this extension is ideal. Also, all of the undesired distractions and useless things shall not be seen.

How to use Facebook Extension For Google Chrome:

Unlike others Google chrome extensions,  Facebook extension for Chrome is not good to go as soon as you install it. After installing it, click on the Facebook icon which will appear next to the address bar, as you might have expected, and choose to login to your Facebook account.

Once you click it, a new tab with Facebook shall open, login as you normally do and then a message will show up saying that an extension for Google Chrome wants to access your account, allow it to do so.

When you’re done the extension will be ready to be used. Click the facebook icon and you should see 4 big icons: “News Feed”, “Wall”, “Notifications” and “Inbox”.

Features of Facebook Extension for Google Chrome:

• Access your facebook quickly.
• Check your “Wall”, “Inbox” and “Notifications” with just one click.
• Indicates whenever you get a new notification.
• Facebook extension lets you focus and prevents the user from being distracted.

Rapidshare is for sure one of the most, if not THE most, popular option when it comes to file sharing.

However, to many users downloading using Rapidshare can be a painful experience due to the many limitations free users have.

Fortunately now, Google chrome has its own Rapidshare extension to help frustrated users with this service.

Rapidshare Download Helper extension for Google Chrome aims to help frustrated users by making automatically what would usually require a bunch of clicks to get done.

The only thing required now is to find the file you want and the rest is up to RapidShare download helper.

This extension for Google Chrome is perfect for avid users of the service who are frequently frustrated by the service’s limitations. Sit back and relax let the extension while the extension does its job.

How to Use RapidShare DownloadHelper Extension for Google Chrome:

Rapidshare Downloder Extension for Chrome aims to help you and end with a normally frustrating experience. That said, don’t expect any kind of complication to use it.

It doesn’t have any settings screen or anything to be set at all. To use this extension, search for a file to download in rapidshare, once you find it all you have to do is click “Free”.

After that, a message should show up saying that you can keep browsing. Follow the advice and do that, once the countdown ends the download shall start by itself. Piece of cake.

Sites like Rapidshare have a lot of ads, so make sure to have extension like Adblock or AdThwart handy.

Features of RapidShare DownloadHelper Extension for Google Chrome.

• Make the downloading experience less painful.
• Navigate while the extension does everything for you.

You can also try Downloads Extension for Chrome.

Basically StumbleUpon is one of those famous “social bookmarking” tools which allows the user to share his/her personal favorite websites with people from all over the globe. But what sets StumbleUpon apart from the other tools out there is the fact that it’s really easy to be used.

StumbleUpon is a really popular extension which was originally developed to Firefox, however, thankfully the developers added support to Google Chrome.

How to use StumbleUpon Extension for Google Chrome:

The first thing you ought to do after installing Stumble Upon extension for Chrome is activate the toolbar.

In order to do that simply click the StumbleUpon icon that will appear next to the address bar and choose stumble.

After doing that the user will notice that the stumbleupon toolbar will show up just below your bookmarks bar.

Before you start using it, however, you should create an account and customize your profile; by doing that the user will only come across websites that interests him/her.

In order to do that just click the “Sign up and Save Your Favorites” button, the whole process shouldn’t take more than a few minutes. When you’re done with the registration the user will be ready to use the extension.

The UI is quite intuitive and should be really easy to use.

There are several buttons on the toolbar: “Stumble” , “I like this”, facebook and twitter icons,”Share”, a scroll down menu which will allows the websites’ themes to be chosen accordingly and at last a little icon which shows you what other users also like the site you’re currently visiting.

The first button “Stumble” is the one that makes the magic happen. By clicking it the user will be taken to a random site that will vary depending on what was chosen during your profile creation.

Please not that your “Interests” can be changed at any given time if you wish at the Stumble Upon’s Official website.

Next to the “Stumble” button there’s the second one “I like this” which allows the user to rate the website, by doing that you’ll drive more traffic to the website.

Sometimes Stumble Upon might ask you to write a brief review about the site it’s not obligatory but it’s important so the community will not see you as a spammer.

That said, it’s advised to write a brief description or review every now and then.

If you really liked a website and feel like sharing with people who are not registered in stumble upon, the toolbar gives you the option to share it using twitter, facebook or even by e-mail.

Just click the icon of your choosing to associate your account with the service and share your favorite websites.

The bar also features a nice scroll down menu that allows you to limit the websites you come across.

To use it simply click it and choose any topic and the next time the user stumbles, he/she will be taken to a website according to the chosen subject.

Another cool feature is the ability to see what other stumblers think about the website you’re currently visiting, to do that click the little balloon on your toolbar and a page showing all the users who also enjoyed this homepage.

Features of Stumble Upon Extension for Google Chrome:

• Find millions of websites according to your personal tastes.
• Customize your daily browsing experience.
• Write Reviews about your favorite websites.
• Vast and nice user community.

You can also check out Xmarks Bookmarks Sync Extension for Chrome.

Including over 3000 channels from all over the world, Chrome TV most likely will find something that pleases you.

With a clean and nice interface this extension is pretty easy to be used. Don’t waste your time downloading a bunch of softwares which probably won’t work.

Download Chrome TV, a reliable, extension for Google chrome instead that will only take a few seconds to install and most likely work better than other softwares.

How to use Chrome TV Extension for Google Chrome:

After installing Chrome TV Extension for Google Chrome an icon should show up next to the address bar.

As usual, click it to start using the extension. After clicking a list should appear with several categories to choose ranging from “Kids TV” to “Webcam streams”.

Once the desired channel is chosen a window should pop up asking you to choose a station. After the station is chosen a link should show up click it in order to open a new tab and then start enjoying the videos.

Alternatively, instead of taking the user to a new tab, the extension can also show videos via Windows Media Player which should also work just fine.

Please note that you need, at least, an average internet connection in order to use this extension properly.

Features of Chrome TV Extension for Google Chrome:

• Over 3000 channels to choose from.
• Really reliable 100% of the channels work.
• Buffers are rarely necessary.

Other extension to watch TV in Chrome is TV Chrome. While watching TV, you might also want to turn off the lights in Chrome.

Use SmoothScroll if you don’t like the default scrolling speed of your browser. Now the smooth picasa-like scrolling is also available for your Google chrome thanks to this nice extension.

Scroll down and enjoy as your page smoothly and naturally goes down. With fully customizable settings, this great extension for google chrome, gives the user are more personal and enjoyable browser.

How to use SmoothScroll Extension for Google Chrome:

SmoothScroll can be really tricky to set up. However, once you set it up correctly it’ll sure give your a better browsing experience.

To start configuring it go to the extensions menu and choose “Options”. Once there, you’ll see a bunch of numbers which at first might mean nothing to you but as you change them, you’ll learn their functions.

The most important ones are the “Frames Per Second” and “Stride Size per scroll in pixel”. If you want to slow your scrolling speed down a bit, you might want to change the default number to lower values.

The same thing goes to the keyboard configuration. Thankfully, SmoothScroll shows you the default values, so don’t be afraid to change. Change the values until you’re glad with the result.

Features of SmoothScroll:

• Customize your browser’s scrolling speed.
• Customize everything to enhance your experience.
• Get the smooth scrolling already present in Picasa.

You can also try Smooth Gestures for Chrome.

Google calendar checker Chrome Extension is especially useful for everyone who keeps forgetting to visit Google calendar.

This Google chrome extension also lets you check the time until your next task avoiding then the need to go to an specific URL just to see an specific task.

Make your life easier, enhance your productivity and save a lot of time by just adding this Google calendar checker shortcut to your browser. It’s a must have for every google chrome user.

How to use Google Calendar Checker Extension for Google Chrome:

Google Calendar Checker extension is extremely easy to use. After it is properly installed the famous google calendar icon should appear by the right side of your address bar. In order to use it, you can either click it to be taken to Google calendar or hover your mouse over it and wait for a balloon to pop up in order to see the time until your next task.

Features of Google Calendar Checker Extension for Google Chrome:

• Check the time until your next task
• Get a link to Google Calendar next to your address bar.
• Save your time, enhance productivity, make your life easier.

Other useful Chrome Extensions that you can also try are: Google Mail Checker, and Google Voice extension for Chrome.

If you don’t want to go to your friend’s profile just to check his/her new picture. If you don’t have the patience to click every single picture in an album and wait for it to load. Then this Google Chrome extension, which integrates directly to Facebook, is perfect for you.

Zoom any picture just by hovering the mouse over it. Also, you’ll basically eliminate the boring cycle of clicking a thumbnail, wait for the picture to load, go back to the album.

How to Use Facebook Photo Zoom Extension for Google Chrome:

As previously mentioned Facebook Photo Zoom Google Chrome extension integrates itself directly to Facebook. There are not complicated settings or anything like that, install it and it’s ready to be used.

If you are visiting your news feed and you noticed your friend changed his/her profile picture hover your mouse over it to zoom it.

It basically works for every single picture you see on Facebook, just hover your mouse over the pictures and wait for them to load to see the full picture. At the right lower corner of your browser you should see a little picture-like icon. Click it to toggle Facebook Photo Zoom on and off.

You might also want to check Slideshow Chrome Extension, and Smooth Gestures Chrome Extension.

Nowadays, an average computer user needs to memorize dozens of annoying keyboard shortcuts. However, this extension gets rid off one of them(ctrl + J) by simply adding a download button by the right side of your Google Chrome address bar.

If you, like many other users out there, download a lot and also have problems with all of the keyboard shortcuts you need to memorize this extension is perfect for you.

Downloads Extension for Chrome provides you with an accessible icon, impossible to be confused with anything else which is likely to happen with the usual keyboard shortcut. When used with other similar extensions the need to use a keyboard to browse will be eliminated.

How to use Downloads Extension for Google Chrome

There are no secrets to use this Google Chrome extension, simply download it and install it. Once properly downloaded a little icon should show up on the upper part of your screen, so whenever you have downloaded something just click it and it’ll give you the usual list with everything you have downloaded so far.

Features of Downloads Extension for Google Chrome

• Downloads for Google Chrome allows you to check your downloads just by clicking an icon next to your toolbar.

Also Read: TV Chrome Extension for Chrome

Considering that every single site out there contains ads, AdThwart comes as a nice addition to Google Chrome.

How to use AdThwart Extension for Google Chrome:

After installing AdThwart a little icon should show up inside your address bar. To start using it click the little devil icon and check “Enabled for this site” box, after reloading the page all the ads should disappear.

If the ads are not completely gone, AdThwart gives you the option to manually eliminate them. To do that click the icon again and this time choose “Easy create filter”. Then close the little pop-up find the annoying ad and click it to make it disappear.

Like AdBlock this google chrome extension also gives you the ability to choose from several filters to help you block the Ads. To do that go to the extension’s settings screen(in case you don’t know how: Just click on tools, select extensions, find AdThwart and finally click on “Options”).

Once there the first tab should already show a list of filters, choose them according to where you live and to what sort of sites you visit.
Also worth mentioning is the “General” tab from where you can disable the extension’s icon, or allow it to show youtube video ads again.

Features of AdThwart Extension for Google Chrome:

• Block annoying ads as you browse your favorite site.
• Manually kill the ads that the filters don’t get.
• Select from several filters to maximize the efficiency of the extension.

Other popular extension to block ads is Adblock for Chrome, and is also comes with Browser button for Adblock.