TechCrunch is reporting that Google"s Chrome browser may possibly be getting extensions this May. The news comes from a programmer named Nicholas Moline, who happened to notice that Google has posted an event named "Developing extensions for Google Chrome" on their I/O site.
Keep in mind that this isn"t an official word from the company itself, but if Google has seminars prepared on the matter, it mustn"t be far away. Besides, Google has already stated they have planned to bring extension support. The description on the seminar reads "Learn how Google Chrome makes it easy to write extensions using the web technologies you already know. This talk will cover the basics of the extension system (distribution/packaging, installation, updates), as well as the different APIs to enhance with the browser."
This is exciting news for Chrome users, as many have longed for extension support in the browser. This new feature support will bring a lot more competition Mozilla"s Firefox, which already has a well established extension developing community.
Google Chrome was released in December, 2008, and is currently available for Windows, but is in development for Mac OS X and Linux.