Many of you have had a crush once they heard that Google was about to launch a browser , and indeed once it was released , a lot of people were upset by the fact that there was no way to customize their browser , a bit like it’s possible to do with Firefox, but now things are about to change :

After an announcement regarding the addition of a real-time data synchronization feature (including favorites), integrating an O3D and Native Client, Google has added themes (or skins) to Chrome.

A total of 29 themes, which are plug-ins created to customize the look of the browser, and that are now available with version 3 of Chrome .

Such extensions are already widely available on a browser like Firefox, as the synchronization feature with Weave, or using a plugin like Xmark. This is also the case for Opera.

Google is expected to mobilize developers to enrich the list of extensions for Chrome 3, and before that stimulate the adoption of its browser which is far behind Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari in terms of market share .


Installing a theme is not easy: you download a file. CRX, then load the Google Chrome theme and offers you the possibility to return to the default theme.
You can’t preview the themes before installing them and there is no interface for managing themes. The only way to uninstall themes , extensions or change the theme is by typing chrome://extensions/ in your address bar.

For now, the gallery contains only themes created by Google, but in the near future, you can create your own theme and upload it in the gallery.