The Chrome extension gallery has a category for web developer tools: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/featured/web_dev" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/extensions/featured/web_dev</a><p>I don't know how the article missed Speed Tracer. <a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ognampngfcbddbfemdapefohjiobgbdl" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ognampngfcbddbfe...</a>
For anyone using the "color picker" extension, there is a better option (Windows only, sorry). I use ClipX, which is a utility for having clipboard history (i.e., you can ctrl+c 10 things and have them all available.) It's amazingly useful, and works exactly as you'd expect out of the box.<p>It has an extension called Color Picker, which gives you a shortcut for popping up a Color Picker/Eye Dropper tool whenever and wherever you want, anywhere inside you Operating System. It's customizable as to what exactly gets copied to your clipboard. It is a much better option than having an extension, IMO, both because it's part of a utility I use anyway, and because it is available anywhere inside Windows, not just your browser.
As much as I liked that list, I stopped from installing all of them, because they scare me. Call me stupid and paranoid, but I dont understand why a friggin "color-picker"-extension would require full access to my browsing history. If anyboy can explain, I d be glad to be informed on why that is.
The color picker module does not do what is stated in this article, did they even try it? The feedback section for color picker is riddled with comments that it doesn't do what people would naturally think it would do (pick out a color on the page using an 'eye dropper' like functionality.<p>Fortunately, there is both an actual 'eye dropper' extension and the 'color pick' extension. Eye dropper never worked for me on my Linux box, but color pick works like a charm. Here is its extension page: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ohcpnigalekghcmgcdcenkpelffpdolg" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ohcpnigalekghcmg...</a>
A couple more I find useful:<p>- Evernote Web Clipper - for saving code snippets and notes about projects
- Resize Window - to open a page in a resolution of your choice. Very useful.
- Awesome Screenshot - take a screenshot and let people know what you think about a page ... if you're using Safari, Coda Notes is much nicer, though :)<p>And, of course, the developer tools included in Chrome (first in Safari ... and they still are nicer there) are great, too.<p>Any more extensions HN users find useful?
Firebug Lite link seems to be broken in the article. This link works:<p><a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bmagokdooijbeehmkpknfglimnifench" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bmagokdooijbeehm...</a>
I like cqstyle for editing CSS in Chrome. However, I may be partial since I wrote it.<p><a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kgjoohfhbbdcbnecemfodgoofpohgbee" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kgjoohfhbbdcbnec...</a>