Compare Chrome extensions: ForceCORS vs Google Hangouts

Stats ForceCORS ForceCORS Google Hangouts Google Hangouts
User count 2,000+ 6,000,000+
Average rating 3.81 3.40
Rating count 16 33,665
Last updated 2014-03-21 2022-04-14
Size 81.24K 721.92K
Version 1.1 2022.407.1237.1
Short description
Allows forcing Cross-Origin Resource Sharing headers on any desired URL; helpful when accessing remote services from a local host. Hangouts brings conversations to life with photos, emoji, and even group video calls for free.
Full summary

ForceCORS is a Google Chrome extension which allows you to selectively apply CORS Headers to any web server responses you choose. This is extremely helpful when developing a web application that makes Ajax/XHR requests.

The extension requires you to specify the domains that you wish to monitor and allows you to explicitly define the headers to be added. This is preferable to completely disabling XHR security in your browser, which is a big security hole.

Regarding Permissions In order to allow you to append headers to ANY arbitrary location, this extension requires access to intercept ANY web request. However, by default the extension does NOT monitor any web traffic. Only URLs you specifically whitelist will be read by the extension, and only headers that YOU specify will be appended.

Note: Headers added by this extension will not appear in the DevTools "Network" panel due to a known Chrome bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=258064

This extension is open source under the MIT License and can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/chrisdeely/ForceCORS

Use Hangouts to keep in touch. Message friends, start free video or voice calls, and hop on a conversation with one person or a group.

  • Include all your friends with group chats for up to 150 people.
  • Say more with photos, videos, maps, emoji, stickers, and animated GIFs.Turn any conversation into a free group video call with up to 10 friends.
  • Keep in touch with friends across Android, iOS, and the web, and sync chats across all your devices.
  • Message friends anytime, even if they’re offline.
  • Snooze your notifications so you can respond later.
  • See what you chatted about in the past, including shared photos and your video call history.
  • Keep a record of any conversation for just a short period of time by turning history off.
  • Connect your Google Voice account to make calls, send and receive SMS, and access your voicemail.

Hangouts Chrome extension:

  • Use Hangouts and get notifications as you move from tab to tab in Chrome, or even without a Chrome window open.
  • Position Hangouts anywhere on your screen, even if you have more than one monitor. Keep conversations in a single window or pop out the important ones.
  • View and continue your conversations across devices.
  • Get notifications just once. After you see an alert, it’ll be removed on other devices.
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