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Building a Twitter Extension for Google Chrome


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Chrome's extension system is far from finished, however I decided to give what they've got a trial run. This tutorial will provide a step-by-step guide on how to build a simple "Tweet This" extension for Google Chrome.

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Firefox Extensions Every Web Developer Should Know About


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Firefox is a great browser for many reasons, one of the largest reasons is because of its extensibility. Because of its popularity, extensions for everything under the sun have been created. This includes tons of extensions aimed at helping web developers. I have put together a list of some of the most useful extensions out there.

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How Google Chrome Stores Passwords


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Every browser released in the last decade has some sort of password management system, and Google Chrome is no different. I've been sifting through the Chrome source code, released under the open source project Chromium, and I've found out how they do it. In this tutorial, I'll post all of the source code used by Google Chrome to quickly and securely save your passwords.

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10 Things To Like About Google Chrome


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What kind of semi web developer blog would we be without posting a review of Google's new browser, Chrome? I don't know, but we're not writing one. Instead, we've spent the last two days immersing ourselves in Google Chrome to bring you the top 10 things that might just make Chrome worth a glance.

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Internet Explorer 8 - First Look


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When it comes to web-based technologies, we here at Switch On The Code always try to stay on top of things. When Microsoft announced IE8, I took no time at all downloading, installing, and playing with it. I haven't used every new feature yet, but here's a rundown of my first impressions of the new browser.

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