Compare Chrome extensions: External Application Launcher vs Shelf It Reader

Stats External Application Launcher External Application Launcher Shelf It Reader Shelf It Reader
User count 5,000+ 3,000+
Average rating 4.24 2.00
Rating count 42 4
Last updated 2024-04-08 2018-02-09
Size 163.84K 35.98M
Version 0.5.4.1 1.2.2
Short description
Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more At EdTech we understand that your students all learn in different ways...Which is why Shelfit is the perfect tool to help you turn…
Full summary

The "External Application Launcher" extension enables you to define a toolbar button or several context menu items to execute external executables right from your browser. It extracts arguments from the current web page and passes them as command-line arguments of your choice to the external application.

Use Cases:

  • You can send the current page to another browser
  • You can send selected text to a text editor
  • You can open your external email client and send selected text to it
  • You send download links to an external download manager!
  • You can directly send image URLs to a photo editor of your choice
  • You can browse links with specified patterns with an external application

Notes:

  1. A minimal native client is required for this extension to execute native commands. The native client uses the official NodeJS executable.
  2. The native client is only available for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.

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At EdTech we understand that your students all learn in different ways...Which is why Shelfit is the perfect tool to help you turn ordinary books into interactive texts.

  • To transform students learning with quizzes that the can created themselves.
  • Add video links, Audio files, and more.
  • Built in dictionary and word search.
  • Link to your google classroom or other google docs.
  • Record lectures and attach mp3 audio files.

New in version 1.2.2: • White screen error on browser restart fixed