The extension boasts 10,000,000+ users (apparently, there is no higher category, no matter how many users you get to), and invites you, in its own description, to: Screencastify is one example of a browser extension that provides a popular feature that wouldn’t be possible via a website alone, namely capturing some or all of your screen so you can share it with other users.

Access hardware such as webcams and microphones.

Read and write files on your local hard disk.

See and tweak everything you type in or upload before it gets transmitted.

Peek at what is about to be shown in each tab after it’s been decrypted.

Web pages aren’t supposed to be able to override any controls imposed by the browser itself, so they can’t alter the address bar to display a bogus servername, or bypass the Are you sure? dialog that verifies you really did want to download that Word document to your hard disk.īrowser extensions, on the other hand, are supposed to be able, well, to extend and alter the behaviour of the browser itself.Īmongst other things, browser extensions can: …they’d basically just be locally-cached web pages.Īn ad-blocker or a password manager that was locked down so it worked on exactly one website wouldn’t be much use a tab manager that could only manage one tab or site at a time wouldn’t be very helpful and so on. That’s because browser extensions aren’t subject to the same strict controls as the content of web pages you download, otherwise they wouldn’t be extensions… Then you have the option to save it to your device.We’ve often warned about the risks of browser extensions – not just for Chrome, but for any browser out there. Automatically saved to your Google Drive. However, since we are making a Tutorial GIF, select More Options and then Export animated GIF. I usually select “Publish to YouTube.” A link is generated and it is the easiest way to make sure it is viewable. A new menu to the right will appear giving you SHARE options. Once you click on Stop Sharing, the video automatically saves to your Google Drive and opens in a new window for viewing and editing purposes. You can edit the GIF to obtain these times and pixel recommendations after you finish recording. Keep in mind media will appear mostly on small screens, phones or tablets.

Record your video at 480p instead of 720p.Twitter only allows up to 15 second GIFs.It is recommended to have no more than 6 seconds. Some best practices for recording a tutorial GIF include:

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