Section 8: Extensions, Tools, and Apps

Section 8: Extensions, Tools, and Apps

Browser Extensions & Tools

Multifunctional

G+Me by Huy Zing
Features:

Notification status visible at all times
Collapsible posts & comments
Real-time comment count on collapsed items
Mark posts & comments as read
2 modes: Expanded & List (which keeps at most one post displayed)
Mouse-over instant preview
Thumbnails & attachment icons in collapsed summaries
Buttons: collapse/expand all, mark all as read
Keyboard shortcuts, including “mute”
Golden View by Micah Wittman
Features (optional modules):

User Mute – Mutes all posts by specific users.
Default Circle – Set a circle as default (instead of Stream).
Hide Images – Hide image: original and all shares.
Hide Comments – Hide comments (option hide all by default).
Search With Google – Search Google+ with Google Search
Plus Minus by Chirag Mehta
Features:

Filter your Stream by multiple specific circles
Easily mark individual or all posts as read
Offers wide-screen view
Loads more posts automatically as you scroll down
Google+ Ultimate by Cory Lu Lu
Features:

Adds stylized theme to Google Plus to make it easier to read.
Adds notifications to the extension icon (beta)
Enables floating top and left navigation sections
Enables optional side-by-side 2-column scrollable Streams (off by default)
Allows option to move Chatbox to the top navigation as a drop down button (on by default)
Thin scrollbars option (on by default)
Resize images and embeds to a smaller thumbnail (for Facebook’s style of image sharing)
Surplus by Kevin K
Features:

Post or respond from within a pop-up box
Desktop Notifications
Notification sounds
Switch between multiple Google accounts
Usability Boost for Google Plus by Florent Fremont
Features:

Visual separation of post and comments
Post info shows up on mouse roll-over only
Top notification bar stays fixed in place when scrolling
Post displays direct link to “mute”
Ability to star a post to read it later
Googl Plus Manager by Bruno Leonardo Michels
Features:

Incorporates common G+ headings into the Google menu bar
Translate any post
Share to multiple social networks
Extensive list of keyboard shortcuts for common functions
GTools+ by Patrick Perron
Features:

Unified Google bar – Personalized menu on all Google services and all websites!
Floating Google+ bar always on top when scrolling
Prevent open in new tab or window when you click on a link inside the Google+ bar
Change the color of the notification bubble in the Google+ bar
Add a translation link in the context menu (auto detect the post language)
Add notification for Gmail and Reader in the Google Bar.
Edit the color of any notification bubble.
Helper for Google+ by Misha Kupriyanov
Features:

Send a full post to Google Translate
Desktop notifications
Post to Twitter
Link to hashtags
Bookmarks
Search posts & profiles from the address bar
Google+ Tweaks by Jerome Dane
Features:

Preview images when you mouse-over them
Favicon badge shows the number of new notices
Make Google+ use your browser’s full width
Force all images in posts to thumbnails
Pin the Google bar and other navigational elements
Yellow “Post muted” notices automatically fade out
View post actions as buttons instead of as a drop-down menu
Hide various elements of Google+ you don’t use
Change background contrast for read vs. unread posts