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Block Google+ Notifications With Firefox and Chrome Extension

Block Google Plus Ali Mentioned you in a comment on a post, Ted invited you to join him on Google+, Alizee shared a post with you—All these notifications that you get on the right corner of your Google+ Menu Bar can be very distractive at times. You may wish to get rid of the notifier some how.

Here are two extension for both Chrome and Firefox that can block the notifier.

Chrome Extension: Block Extensions on Google sites except Google+

BlockPlus, a simple Google Chrome extension written by Nic Cubrilovic can hide the notifier from all your non Google Plus sites, so that you can focus on all your important work before you visit Google Plus to read the updates from your circles.

BlockPlus removes any links to Google+ in the bar that sits on all Google sites, including the profile link, circles, etc. It also removes the notifier. It blocks the requests, and also hides those elements from view - so you are not only hiding it but saving on 6-7 HTTP requests that normally take place each time you hit the global nav.

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Firefox Extension: Block notifications on All Google Apps except Google+

Google+ Notification Blocker is a Greasemonkey script for Firefox that block notifications on all Google websites other than Google+ so that you can work without getting distracted while you work.

The best thing of this extension is that it works also with Google Chrome by simply hiding the notification button.

Install Google+ Notification Blocker by imwill

Choose Posts From Specific Circles and Mark posts as read in Google+

Plus Minus is an extension for Google Chrome that makes is easy to select which Circles show up in your Google+ Stream by default. If you want to hide all those long posts from the Geeks that you have in one of your circles and just make only the posts from your friends and family appear by default, Google Plus Minus will come in handy.

Apart from choosing a default circle, there are many other useful features of this extension.

Expand or Shrink posts for easy viewing.

Click on the 'Expand' and 'Shrink' links in the top-right section of your stream to expand or collapse all the posts.

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Stretch the screen horizontally to have a wider view and to be able see more content without scrolling.

For Wide-screen view, click the 'Wide' link in the top-right section of your stream. You can switch to normal-view by clicking on the 'Normal' link.

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Automatically load more post.

The post will automatically load once you scroll down to the bottom of your stream.

You can mark posts as read.

Mark a post as read by clicking the triangle next to the person's picture. This will shrink the read post into just two lines.

Personalize Google bar and translate individual posts with GTools+

This is another useful extension for Google Chrome. GTools+ can translate individual Google Plus posts that aren't in your language. It can display notifications for your Gmail and Google Reader account on the Google Menu Bar, change your menu display name, move Google Chat to the menu bar and more.

Chrome Extensions to Search for Public Posts and Profiles

google-plus-search-logo The search bar on your Google profile and Google+ account is limited only to Google public profile search. If you want to search for posts, profiles, Google buzz posts or posts from Google reader, check out these extension for Google Chrome.

GPlus+ Search and Search Extension for Google Plus, both very similar Google Chrome extensions, open up a small search bar that you can use to search for public content and profiles online. Enter the search terms and filter out posts, profiles, Google buzz or Google Reader content as you desire.

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Download GPlus+ Search | Search Extension for Google Plus

Download GClient: A Windows Desktop Client for Google Plus

Its early days for Google+ and we have already seen many developers coming out with really cool extensions—from Facebook and twitter integration to stream update notifiers, interface enhancement extensions and more. All this without the official API been released by GClient-features Google.

GClient is a windows desktop client for Google+ that sits right in the task bar. Simply clicking it will open up a window displaying all the activity on your Google Plus stream.

In order to use the application you need to unlock it with a code that you will receive via email once you register. Once you are done simply click the client and start reading updates from your circles.

GClient also allows you to post comments and updates, check out photos from your circles, change your profile and even add people to your circles.

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Download Google Plus Photo Zoom for Chrome

Already there is a Facebook Photo Zoom extension for chrome and Firefox. This isn’t something new if you’ve already used Photo Zoom extension for Facebook. Now a photo zoom chrome extension is also available for Google+.

+Photo Zoom for Google Plus can save a lot of time while you browse you social stream. Simply hover over a picture or those tiny profile photos to load up a larger version of the photo.

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Download Google Plus Photo Zoom extension

More Google Plus Keyboard Shortcuts with Goo plus manager

Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to save time. Instead of finding a menu or an option, you just press a combination of keys. Google+ already has a few built-in shortcuts which you can use to navigate through the Google+ interface.