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Faster fixes and features thanks to AI

Posted on May 12, 2026

With AI helping fix bugs and coding some requested features I can spend more time exploring new ideas to integrate into my extensions. This also means I’ll be pushing out updates more frequently, follow my changelogs to keep up & keep the feature requests coming on my support site.

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AI for Checker Plus

Posted on Apr 28, 2026

I’m officially bringing AI features to the Checker Plus family—with a strictly opt-in approach.

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Custom recurring events

Posted on Jan 21, 2025

The popular suggestion of custom recurring events is now available in the Checker Plus for Google Calendar.

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Always on your side of the browser

Posted on Aug 5, 2024

Too lazy to click the extension button to see your Gmail, Calendar or Drive files with Checker Plus, then put them in the side panel.

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Realtime syncing for all browsers

Posted on Jul 11, 2024

The Checker Plus extensions were limited to realtime syncing with Chrome for your emails, calendars and Drive files. Now with Firebase it adds realtime support to Edge and other Chromium browsers.

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Your ideas enhance the extensions

Posted on Mar 28, 2024

User feedback is the driving force behind the extension enhancements. I’m all ears when it comes to your suggestions, whether they’re big ideas or small tweaks.

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Making extensions safer with manifest v3

Posted on Feb 12, 2024

It’s taken me 6 months to migrate all my extensions to this new extension standard to improve security and performance of the browser ecosystem.

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Dinosaurs didn’t use AI

Posted on Jan 30, 2024

Using AI in extension development accelerates the process by automating repetitive tasks, such as code generation and testing, leading to faster updates and more time to think of fun ideas.

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Pro tip: Update Gmail’s inbox without reloading the page

Posted on Jan 23, 2024Jan 23, 2024

Waiting for that email to come in and you keep reloading the Gmail page which takes forever. Just click the Gmail logo and it’ll fetch and update your inbox immediately.

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Separate items in the Windows taskbar

Posted on Jan 17, 2024Jan 17, 2024

As a developer I’m always switching between VS Code windows and Chrome using Alt+Tab. Now with a recent update of Windows 11 you can finally see all windows ungrouped in the taskbar.

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