A few weeks ago, I finally made the switch to Google Chrome from Mozilla Firefox, after several failed attempts. Previously, I’d tried making the switch, but as a web design and developer, the tools and extensions available for Chrome were so inferior to their Firefox counterparts. A few weeks ago, I found appropriate plugins to help make the switch a lot more pleasant. These were the plugins that allowed me to do so.
Because I’m usually a pixel-perfect designer and developer, I like to know the widths and heights without too much hassle. MeasureIt allows me to easily determine the size of any section of a web page. Download extension
One of my favourite extensions. This is the official port of the much-loved Web Developer extension for Firefox. The Web Developer extension adds a toolbar to the browser that allows to check and modify the current web page. Download extension
Needs no explanation. Takes screenshots of websites. Download extension
This plugin provides a lot of information about the website you are currently viewing. Some (far from all) of the information includes: Search engine rankings, Alexa rankings, markup information, links to social media services and domain information. Download extension
I frequently use the Delicious web service for saving my bookmarks, so without this plugin, I’d find saving websites a bit of a laborious task. One thing that I instantly missed was the suggested tags feature that was in the Firefox version of the plugin. Download extension
I’m still actually undecided about whether I’m happy with the switch. There are some things that I miss about Firefox. The ability to right-click and view background images is one of them. I don’t know why I like this feature so much – it just seems really useful.
The major thing I miss is Firebug. Firebug lite isn’t up to those standards. However, I’m slowly getting used to Chrome’s inspect element development area.