Most of you would have been already aware of the fact that Google has launched its Chrome web store recently. If you are using the latest versions of Chrome, you can install apps on your Chrome from the web store. Once the app is installed, you can launch it from the popular “New Tab” page of Chrome. A new section titled “Apps” has been added to the “New Tab” page. This section will show the icons of all the installed apps as Thumbnails. Clicking on the app icon will launch the app. If you have a big list of apps installed on your Chrome, it will become difficult to search for the app and launch it from here. To make it simple, Google has built an extension “App Launcher” which will act as a Windows Start Menu for Chrome.
App Launcher for Chrome
App Launcher for Chrome is an extension built by Google for launching the apps installed on Chrome. Install the extension from here. The extension will add a browser action icon clicking on the same will show a list of installed apps. From there, you can launch an app by either clicking on it in the list, or using arrow keys to select it and then pressing enter. The search box on top of the list is quite handy. (However, you have to use only lower cases while searching. Looks like a bug). With this extension, you can launch an app from any page without having to open the “New Tab” page.
-- Varun
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