Download the new Switched app for your iPhone

Skip to Content

Free Switched iPhone app - try it now!
AOL Tech

Filed under: Google, Open Source, Browsers

New extension finally brings Google Bookmarks support to Chrome

When we first got a sniff of Chrome from the infamous comic book pages, most of us figured that a Google browser would feature tight integration with Google's web-based services. Though I guess if you count the metrics Google gathers via Chrome, that counts as a kind of integration. It's just not what we were looking for.

What about things like Web History (which I still find just a tad creepy) and Bookmarks?

Thanks to a new extension, you can now easily add Google Bookmarks support to Chrome. Grab GBX from Uninformed Opinion and you'll be enjoying bookmark portability bliss in no time. After compiling my list of 15+ bookmarklets, I was glad to get my hands on GBX to keep my home and work systems running in step (and finally get my pitifully outdated Google Bookmarks current).

After installing GBX, you have the option of replacing your bookmarks bar, adding a Google Bookmarks folder to it, or loading your items into the 'other bookmarks' folder. You can also customize the folder hierarchy and sort order and choose how often you want to refresh the folder.

At last, a simple way to keep at least your bookmarks in sync across multiple machines running Chrome!
jobs & resumes
Mac Support Technician

Kerdan - Cambridge, MA (2 weeks ago)

See More Relevant Jobs ›

Featured Time Waster

Level Up! A platform-hopping RPG Time-Waster

I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before. Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...

View more Time Wasters


Follow us on Twitter!

More Tech Coverage

Joystiq

TUAW

DailyFinance

Autoblog

Urlesque

Engadget

WoW

Switched.com

FanHouse