Category: Browser Extension - Page 2
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How to Pin Chrome Extensions in the Toolbar
To pin an extension to the Chrome toolbar, click the extension icon on the toolbar and click the “Pin” icon next to the extension. A couple of years ago, Google Chrome redesigned the way it shows extensions in the...
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Adding New Permissions To Chrome Extension
Wanted to share a quick tip to save you a lot of frustration if you are a Chrome extension developer. Never add a new permission to an existing extension that has “warnings” especially if you have a decent amount of...
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Chrome Hiding Extension Icons By Default
Back in June 2019, Google Chrome started hiding extension icons by default when users first install a new extension. This can be very frustrating as a developer that users may not know how to “Pin” the extension to...
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Bitcoin Tracker Extension
With Bitcoin growing in popularity and hitting an all-time high, I decided to create a simple tool to stay up to date with the latest price of bitcoin. Bitcoin Tracker is a new extension to quickly show you the...
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Link Unshortener
Link Unshortener now lives inside T.LY Link Expander . If you want to see where a short link goes before you click it, paste it in and it will follow the redirects and show the final destination. That is useful when...
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Introducing T.LY
I launched T.LY in 2019. The site has changed quite a bit since then, so I kept these screenshots in the post. It's fun to look back at where it started. 2019: The first T.LY site My Link Shortener Extension already...
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Alternatives to Google Url Shortener
About a year ago, Google announced they would be shutting down their URL shortener service March 30, 2019. Goo.gl has been around since 2009. This is unfortunate because so many people rely on goo.gl for creating...
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How to Manually Update Google Chrome Extensions
Chrome is my browser of choice primarily because of the speed and extensions. Extensions allow you to extend the functionality of your browser. One of my favorites is Weather Extension . I often have users asking how...
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Vue Skycons
I’m a big fan of the weather icons from Dark sky called Skycons . They are animated and are easy to customize. I wanted to be able to use them in my Weather and WeatherTab extensions which are written using VueJs. I...
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How to Unshorten Short Urls
Several months ago I created a site called LinkUnshorten with the goal to guard people against short links from sites like goo.gl, bit.ly, tinyurl etc. Url shorteners are great but they do have the risk of...
