Chrome extension lets you read YouTube comments while you watch videos

We’re not sure if it’s a good idea or not but there’s now a Google Chrome extension that’ll let you see comments on YouTube videos while you watch the clips. Product designer David Diamond released the extension called Comment Mode. It’ll show you a scrollable list of the comments the video has gotten. It won’t work automatically for each video, though. You’ll need to press on the Comment Mode icon on each video if you want to see what comments people have been leaving there. Of course, we know there are a lot of toxic and nasty comments left on these video. But if this is how you want to interact with the service or you’re actually having intelligent conversation there (or you’re in it for the laughs), then this might be worth a try.

Source: The Next Web

Chrome extension lets you search and save hidden Netflix categories

Been meaning to look for the hidden categories on Netflix? This Google Chrome extension will help you with your search and even save your favorites for you. Aptly-named as Netflix Categories, the extension adds a button to your Chrome menu bar. When you click on the button it’ll show the list of categories you might not see on Netflix’s site. If you want to search for a specific category, the extension offers a search functionality. You can click on the heart icon to save the ones you like so you’ll be able to see those on top the next time you open the extension. Netflix Categories works even when you don’t have a Netflix tab open.

Source: Lifehacker

Chrome on Android to let you pin websites to your app drawer soon

For a while now you’ve been able to pin websites to the home screen of your Android device. In the “next few weeks,” Google plans to let you pin certain sites to your app drawer, like you would with a normal app. However, this won’t work with all apps as they need to qualify as Progressive Web Apps for this. Once this takes into effect, though, these sites will be given access to Android’s notification settings, too. It’s coming first to the beta version of the app so you might have to wait a bit for it to come to your device—if you aren’t on beta.

Source: The Next Web

Chrome on Android takes advantage of multi-window feature for better multi-tasking

A lot of the newer Android smartphones carry with it multi-window options. However, multi-window usually only works with two different apps. Now, if you to have to separate Google Chrome windows, you can actually do so. A quick tip from Android Central says all you need to is open Chrome and then long press the recent apps key to activate multi-window. If your phone supports Chrome to be opened this way, you then tap the overflow menu (the three dots on the top right corner) and then select Move to other window. This then gives you two Chrome tabs open at the same time.

Now, if you want to open a new link in the second window, simply long press on the link and tap on Open in other window. You don’t have to be selecting from the upper window to do this. You can be using the lower one and it’ll still work and just open it in the opposite window.