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Activate The Extensions In Chrome For Mac

My geeky friend Fred had succeed to enable the installation of the extensions in the latest release of Chrome for Mac, by installing their latest nightly build (Chromium) and finding a bookmarklet that let you get the full URL to the extension you wish to add, so the install button get activated.

To install the Tracer Chrome extension he’s talking about you will need, unfortunately,  to start Chromium from the terminal as a special parameter needs to be included at the start-up to activate the timeline API needed for that extension. Note that only the extensions that required the timeline API will require that procedure.

flemieux:

As everyone much be aware by now, Google Chrome for Mac Beta was released today, as well as the Linux version. So did Chrome extensions, but much to everyone’s chagrin, extensions have not been built in the Mac version of Chrome yet (why?)

At the same time, Google announced the Speed Tracer Chrome Extension today, which aims at identifying and fixing performance problems in web applications. This will be a nice new addition in my web development toolkit arsenal, so I thought I’d give it a try.

Turns out that it requires a bit of trickery to make this work, so here is the lowdown if you want to make this work on MAC OS X:

• Download a Chromium nightly build that supports extensions (mine is 34076).
• All Chrome Extensions will be off limits even in Chromium (the button is disabled to install them). Fortunately, Matt Mastracci, the founder of DotSpots - a nice extension - has created a simple bookmarklet that turns on the “Install” button for any Chrome extension. Thanks!
• After activating the “Install” button, go ahead and install Speed Tracer
• You need to enable the timeline API inside Chromium, and to do so you must use the —enable-extension-timeline-api flag when starting the app. To do so, launch Chromium in command line by typing /Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium —enable-extension-timeline-api
• Voilà! Play nicely with Speed Tracer!

Now, Google, build the extensions inside Chrome for Mac, and we’ll all be happy campers :D

Thanks Fred.

UDAPTE: It looks like the extensions for Chrome Mac Beta should work be the end of the week. Good news and good turn around.

Google Automat - Ou comment redéfinir les petites annonces sur le Web

Google vient de déposer un brevet pour un projet baptisé Google Automat, qui permettrait de publier de façon automatisée des annonces en ligne, soit sur un site, soit de les transformer en liens sponsorisés AdWords ou AdSense.

Comme 21% des achats sont les conséquences du recherche, ne serait-il pas brillant d’exploter ce filon jusqu’aux besoins de M. et Mme tout le monde.

Imaginer que vous avec une caméra numérique à vendre, et que vous aimeriez l’annoncer directement sur plusieurs sites ou encore même de la mettre comme un lien publicitaire sur Google via AdWords ou sur d’autres sites affiliés via AdSense.

Combinner le tout à un système de paiement enligne semblable à Paypal, batisé Google Checkout (anciennement Google Wallet et Google Purchases) et vous avez un sérieux concurrent à eBay qui se prépare dans ce marché grandissant du C2C (Consommateur à consommateur)

La description du service dit :

Advertise your items for sale on Google in under 1 minute with Google Automat.

It’s easy to get started - just type in the name, description, and price of what you’re selling, and how you want buyers to contact you. We’ll automatically create a Google AdWord for you, and host a web page that provides the full listing of your item.

Plus d’information sur Inside Google.