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Three Goo.gl powered Chrome extensions hit the Gallery
While Google may not have intended their new Goo.gl short URL service to be used anywhere other than the Google Toolbar, I doubt they're too upset about developers figuring out how to tap into it.
Three extensions have already popped up in the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery which offer Goo.gl truncation in your browser. ChromeMUSE, which I've been using for a little over a week, pushed an update last night which added Goo.gl support.
The other two extensions are a standalone goo.gl shortener and a combination shortener/share on Twitter extension. All three provide a similar alert box which displays the newly-created short URL is highlighted and auto-copy the link to your clipboard.
I'm partial to ChromeMUSE because it also supports other services - and because its toolbar button resides inside the Omnibox. I can't explain why, but to me it just feels like the right place for a link-shortening extension to park itself.
Three extensions have already popped up in the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery which offer Goo.gl truncation in your browser. ChromeMUSE, which I've been using for a little over a week, pushed an update last night which added Goo.gl support.
The other two extensions are a standalone goo.gl shortener and a combination shortener/share on Twitter extension. All three provide a similar alert box which displays the newly-created short URL is highlighted and auto-copy the link to your clipboard.
I'm partial to ChromeMUSE because it also supports other services - and because its toolbar button resides inside the Omnibox. I can't explain why, but to me it just feels like the right place for a link-shortening extension to park itself.
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Arpit said 9:59AM on 12-17-2009
could not find any Firefox add-on for this, does it indicate that developers have left Firefox?
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matthew.flaschen said 3:49PM on 12-18-2009
Arpit, I got you covered with my goo.gl lite Firefox extension ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/55308 ).
216 said 10:06AM on 12-17-2009
good to know
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NyaR said 1:36PM on 12-17-2009
How exactly does one go about shortening URLs with goo.gl without a plugin?
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Arpit said 5:36PM on 12-17-2009
Well, I have got solutions for Firefox, Opera, Chrome and other browsers: A Bookmarklet! No need to look for extensions/add-ons.
http://blog.arpitnext.com/2009/12/bookmarklet-for-googl-short-url-firefox-opera-chrome-internet-explorer.html
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Marco said 4:32AM on 12-19-2009
Here, y0u can create a short link of Goo.gl online:
http://geekgen.it/google-url-shortener
is gratis, and have API, for your site ;)
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Junior said 3:46PM on 12-20-2009
Chrowety (twitter client for Chrome) came with goo.gl as default URL Shortener: http://goo.gl/6Oib
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