I got tired from searching for song lyrics online while watching music videos on YouTube.
So I write this simple, yet extremely useful Chrome extension.

It’s called “Lyrics for YouTube™” and you can download it at the Google Chrome extensions gallery:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/developer/detail/kggldhblikkmmnbkeococbeoaacgelkf

With one click of a button, the lyrics will appear right next to the music video, at a very natural fashion. This way, you have the playing music video and the song’s lyrics, in a beautiful side by side comfortable display.

Usage instructions – Click the extension’s icon and the song’s lyrics will magically appear right next to the video.

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Background

Have you heard about Google’s latest service – Google Cloud Print?

It’s a cool service which allows you to print stuff from your home printer using any other computer in the world or even (and especially) mobile devices.

The service is still in beta, so right now you can only print through mobile devices with HTML5 compliant browsers which can access Google’s Gmail and Docs mobile version.
They claim that their next step is embedding this functionality in Chrome OS notebooks.

It kind of looks like they skipped over Google Chrome’s version.
That’s why I developed an extension for Google Chrome through which you may print using the Google Cloud Print service to any of your connected printers.

I encountered quite a few technical challenges while developing this extension. But I’ve overcome all of then and I’m proud to present the final outcome.
Everyone is welcome to download and study the extension’s source code.

Download

You may download the extension here: (A 5 star rating will be greatly appreciated :)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ffaifmgpcdjedlffbhenaloimajbdkfg

What does the extension do?

The extension gives you the ability to print any doc/pdf/txt file, Gmail attachment, email or Google Docs document using Google Cloud Print™.

Screenshots

Here are some screenshots of the extension in action:

Some more screenshots people took I found on Flicker:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nda/5411410871/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nda/5411411069/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nda/5411410263/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nda/5411410395/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nda/5411410871/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nda/5412023376/

Instructions

Print a pdf/doc/txt/jpg/jpeg file

Navigate your way to the desired file and click the extension’s icon.

The icon will appear on the left side of the address bar only when the current tab’s URL ends with .pdf, .doc or .txt.

Print a Gmail attachment or email

Look for the “Print using Google Cloud Print” links (you can see where they are located in the screenshots).

Print a Google Docs document

Open a document and click File > Print using Google Cloud Print.

Demo Video

Here is a demo video of the extension in action (thanks to Digital Inspiration):

Changelog

Version 0.31 (5/3/1011)

Version 0.3 (15/2/1011)

Version 0.22 (10/2/1011)

Version 0.21 (9/2/1011)

Version 0.2 (7/2/1011)

Press

This extension has been broadly reviewed by bloggers and news sites:

Feedback

Please leave any feedback / suggestions you might have at the extension’s feedback forum (no registration needed):
http://printusinggooglecloudprint.uservoice.com

or in the comments section below, or by contacting me.

Learn more

About Google Cloud Print™:
http://www.google.com/support/cloudprint/
http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/p/cloudprint.html
http://code.google.com/apis/cloudprint/docs/overview.html

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You can extract and view any Google Chrome extension’s full source code following the following easy steps.

Every Google Chrome extension is basically a CRX file. When you click the “Install” button on the Google Chrome extension gallery you are basically clicking a link of the extension’s CRX file.

The first step is downloading the extension’s CRX file. Instead of clicking it’s link, which will lead to that extension being installed on your browser, right-click the link and choose “Save link as…”.

Now that you have the CRX file on your computer, rename it’s extension from CRX to ZIP. Turns out that every CRX file is a renamed ZIP archive of the extension.

All there is left to do is extract the ZIP archive to the desired destination. The full code of the Chrome extension is there.

Have fun exploring other peoples code!

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Google ReaderSurfing the web, you find many interesting websites or blogs which you want to subscribe to. But the never-ending search for the RSS link is a burden we all share. If you are using Google Reader, I may have the perfect solution for you.

Bookmark or favorite the following URL:javascript:var%20b=document.body;var%20GR________bookmarklet_domain='http://www.google.com';if(b&&!document.xmlVersion){void(z=document.createElement('script'));void(z.src='http://www.google.com/reader/ui/subscribe-bookmarklet.js');void(b.appendChild(z));}else{location='http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/'+encodeURIComponent(location.href)}Using Google Chrome or Firefox, you can drag this link to your bookmarks bar – Subscribe.

Now, you may skip the RSS link seeking and simply click the link you have just bookmarked.

In my browser, Google Chrome, it looks like this:
Subscribe Bookmark

If you want to check it out, feel free to give it a shot and subscribe to my blog.

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Google Text Size Change - Before and after
Are you asking yourself “Did Google just change their front search page?”, The answer is yes.
Now officially announced in their blog, The size of the buttons, text, logo and text box has increased at google.com or at any other local google home page.

This change is not browser specific and it has been verified that the change includes but not limited to: Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari.
Google says at their blog post that this change was made in order to emphasize their goal as a search engine and to show that their focus is always on search.

When I first saw the change I was convinced that me screwing around with Google Chrome’s preferences or something simillar has caused the text to be bigger until I saw Google’s post at their blog. Then I realized that It does not only happen in my computer, it happens everywhere.
Anyway, now that we are aware of actual reason, I wish you all Happy Googleing!

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