Otherwise, if you know which extension you want to change-and it’s already docked on your browser- you can right-click the extension’s icon on Chrome’s shelf, then click “Manage Extensions” to circumvent going to the main extensions landing page. Read the permissions carefully and decide whether you want to give this extension access, then click “Add Extension.”Īfter the extension finishes installing, an icon is usually added to your Chrome browser in the top right corner, next to the settings icon. Once you’re on the extension’s page, click “Add to Chrome” to add the extension to your browser.Ī window will pop up and prompt you with the permissions needed by the extension. RELATED: The Best Chrome Extensions for Making Gmail Better If you’re not sure where to start, Google does a pretty good job of curating the store and recommending extensions on the front page.Īfter you’ve found an extension, you want to add, click the icon to be redirected to its page. Head on over to the Chrome Web store for extensions and use either the search bar or browse by category to find the right extension for you.
RELATED: How to Make Sure a Chrome Extension is Safe Before Installing It You should make sure it’s safe before installing it by doing a little due diligence and checking the developer’s website-if they have one-ratings, and even skimming through the source code if you’re so inclined. If you found this posting helpful at all, I would really appreciate it if you would check out my Apps on the iTunes App Store.Download official Chrome extensions from the Chrome Web Store from sources you know or trust.
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You can install “Save Image to Downloads” directly from the Chrome Extensions Web Store. Once installed, all you have to do is right click on an image, select Save Image to Downloads, then the image downloads directly into the default Downloads folder. Here is the very simple javascript behind the extension.Ĭonsole.log("info: " + JSON.stringify(info))
It is aptly called “Save Image to Downloads”. I decided to make a basic Chrome Extension to get around this file chooser popup annoyance. Ninety-nine out of a hundred times I want this to be the Downloads folder, so why do I need to be asked every time? When selected, Chrome pops up a file chooser to select where the image should be downloaded.
When designing and developing webpages I use this feature quite frequently, grabbing images from different sites for mockup purposes.Ĭhrome has a similar sounding item in it’s right click contextual menu called Save Image As., but it behaves quite differently. The first thing I noticed when making the switch is that I could no longer right-click an image and directly Save Image to "Downloads". This way, when one open tab starts consuming too much memory, the other processes are not affected unless the entire system is bogged down. I decided to switch to Chrome because it uses separate processes for each tab. To be fair, I load a ton of concurrent tabs, but Safari cannot handle dealing with that many tabs without grinding to a halt. I am seeing Safari freeze up on me lately.