For those Google Chrome users who need access to one or two Silverlight sites, a Microsoft developer offers a file-tweaking work-around to get access to certain sites.
The Chrome/Silverlight hack requires grabbing a few .js files normally intended for Silverlight developers and tweaking them to have Silverlight sites accept and provide content to Chrome. By downloading the .js files and modifying them a bit, you should be able to access, as the developer rates it, "most" Silverlight apps, but your mileage will certainly vary.
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Google has already indicated that it plans to offer a platform for Chrome browser extensions, but now we finally have what looks like a firm date on when that will arrive. Apparently, a Google developer conference scheduled for May 27th will include a session on developing extensions for Chrome, which leads Google Operating System to conclude that we’ll see the extensions platform go live on or before that date.
The Chrome team has already published documentation outlining general goals and principles for how they believe the extension system should operate. High on the list of reasons that adding extensions to Chrome is important is that it will make the browser more attractive to “users coming from other browsers who are used to certain extensions that they can’t live without.”
While extensions will certainly make the browser more attractive to a certain subset of users, the bigger fish to fry for Google is adding a Mac version. That too is in the works (see documentation here), but if Chrome wants to draw in a lot more users of its browser, Mac support will be key, as these users have so far been completely shutout of experiencing the benefits of Chrome.
