The Best Google Chrome Extensions 2012

Once again, Google Chrome is our Editors' Choice for Web browsers. Version 19 features an amazingly responsive browsing experience, security to prevent crashing, synchronization of bookmarks and preferences between Chrome browsers on other computers, great HTML5 support, and built-in Flash and PDF readers.
But even all of that isn't enough for true browser aficionados. We need extensions.
Google Chrome's support for extensions kicked off just three years ago and has exploded since. After last year's Chrome Web Store facelift, the collection now rivals Firefox's.
Rather than stumble through the almost endless number of entries in the store, however, browse through our efficient list of the 61 extensions just about everyone should consider. These are not the "apps" that are also very popular in the Web store, which are essentially links off to select Web app sites. Instead, we're concentrating on the actual software that extends and improves your browsing experience, sometimes in ways you didn't even think possible.
There are a lot of extensions specific to Google and its services, which isn't surprising considering Chrome is Google's browser. They work across operating systems. Best of all, every extension mentioned here is entirely free, so there's no harm in giving them a try. If you don't like one, just type chrome://extensions into the browser's address bar. From there, you can disable or remove any or all of them. You can also right-click an extension's icon in the toolbar to remove it.
Let us know if we included your favorite or if we missed the best in the comments section.

IN THIS STORY:
Blogging
Screen Capture
Google Services
Images
Interface Enhancement
Productivity
Security
Shopping
Social/Sharing
Tabs
Video

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