Black Menu for Google Chrome gets a major update


Carlos Jeurissen has updated his Black Menu browser extension for the Google Chrome browser.

The second version comes with some major updates including redesigned section for Google+ that include notifications.

Here is the complete changelog:

* gplus page
- google+ notifications screen
- google+ sharebox
- updated icons.
* maps page
- redesigned maptype buttons
- added links to local, mars, sky and moon
- you can enable instant search in settings
* news page
- you can now define which news sections should be displayed, you can even define your own ones.
* youtube page
- added 14 new shortcuts to the links section
- you can enable instant search in settings
* reader page
- added setting to show “mark as read” buttons
* gmail page
- added almost full featured gmail inbox
- added “new contact” link
- “contacts” is now a searchfilter too
* drive page
- redesigned toolbar
- you can now create a new file via the “new” button
* calendar page
- redesigned toolbar
- you can now view details from an event by clicking on them.
- the calendar icon will now show the current day of the month
* about page
- fully redesigned
* settings page
- added a tutorial to open black menu via a keyboard shortcut.
- you can now show buttons to open gadgets in a panel. the button will show up in the right corner of the pages
- you can now add a vacation responder for gmail
* other
- links section in a lot of pages is now hidden by default, you can open them by hovering the header.
- added scroll shadow to every page when content is hidden.
- made “create” and “new” buttons red, to give them focus.
- fixed some bugs.