Internet browsing is a messy world where everyone is trying to speed up their projects so that multiple actions can be completed within a short span of time. If you are using Google Chrome as your browser and spend more time blinking at the screen, Google has come up with some add-ons which work your way to yield good production. These productivity apps for Google Chrome can simplify most of your daily activities involved in your work which are dealt over the Internet. Let us take a look at some of the best apps which aim at increasing your productivity at work.
Best Productivity Apps for Google Chrome
StayFocusd
Are you addicted to the Internet? Do you feel that you waste most of your time online in not so important sites? If you wish to put an end to it, StayFocusd is the best app which can assist you. It has the capacity to put a cap to all the sites which you wish to limit. Be it shopping, gaming, blogging, social networking or any other restricted site, this app can put an end to it. If you do not wish to part with it, you can set a specific time to be on the site. Now, isn’t that sufficient to increase your productivity?
Large Document
You can bid goodbye to the email bounce back notifications you receive for documents which exceed 10 megabytes. This app allows you to send and receive large documents unlike the email. It is much simple to use than Dropbox or YouSendIt. Google chrome also assists you along with this app. Yes, chrome extension transfers your file into URLs which can be shared at a faster rate. To everyone’s surprise, you do not need a separate log-in for this.
PDF/PowerPoint Viewer
What does this one do? This app from Docs puts an end to the frustrating act of having to download Docs and then MSPowerpoint files to view them. Once you have this app installed just go to email, and PowerPoint’s, Documents, PDF’s and the like can be opened directly on the Google Chrome browser. I am sure you will accept that this app will reduce a considerable amount of tasks for you.
TabCloud
There is no doubt that tabbed browsing makes your surfing interesting as long as it does not become a mess. TabCloud allows you to save browsing sessions so that they can be retrieved later. Your research work, favorite story or any other news for that matter can be saved. These can be read later at your leisure time. TabCloud stores all these details in the cloud, so that you can retrieve the details from any computer.
Popchrom
Popchrom lets you accelerate your typing by making the commonly used words and phrases into shortcuts. For example: you can add “wfyr” as “shortcut for waiting for your reply”. Save the shortcut and the next time you like to use it, simply place the mouse over the shortcut case which will display all the shortcuts saved. Place the mouse over the “wfyr” and click on “ctrl+space”. Voila, you will have the expanded text appear on your email.
HootSuite
This tool has won the best management social media tool from Mashable. This tool got the award way back in 2010 and still remains as one of the most desired tools. This tool displays all the social network sites on a single dashboard which is user friendly. The HootSuite app can also be used to track the volume of visitors to your site, schedule messages and monitor conversations.
Calendar Checker
Do you keep switching between your work and schedule? Use this app in your browser and you will have the countdown for the next job appearing in the corner of your Google Chrome browser. That makes your job all the more easier. This Calendar Checker app from Google enables you to stay focused on meeting the deadlines and preparing for further engagements.
These are just a few of the thousands of productivity apps for Google Chrome that are available.
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Carolyn says
Great list of efficiency apps! I have a question about Large Document. I just had to send a large document to someone that wouldn’t work with email. I finally used a shared Dropbox folder. Is Large Document useful for documents that need to be kept confidential? Do they work with image, audio and video files as well as text files?
Thanks for this great article!
adeline says
Hi Carolyn,
LargeDocument is a secure file transfering/sharing service and lets you transfer high resolution photos and videos too! Plus you can even publish directly to Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, or LinkedIn. However, the service is temporarily unavailable as the team is working on some new features.