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I'm interested in some Google Chrome extensions, namely Minimalist for Gmail and Minimalist for Google Reader, but I would like to view their source before I install them.
I don't like that those are somehow able to access my bookmarks, browsing history and Google data as it says in the right bar.
I'm not sure about Chrome's internal sync, but you might try XMarks sync. It offers sync between browsers as well as computers across the internet. It supports all 4 major browsers. You can also access your bookmarks from any computer via their web portal, in case you find yourself on another computer and need access to your bookmarks. And if you upgrade to their pay service, you can sync to your iPhone, Blackberry or Android device as well and gain access to their open tab sync, where you can close your browser on one computer, go to another computer, open up the browser and all the tabs you had open will be opened on the new computer.
You should be able to find them by looking through the embed tags and perhaps the newer canvas tags.
Start the Developer tools from the Wrench -> Tools menu.
Search for embed and canvas, enumerate through the found tags.
Repeat the search for both the Elements and Scripts tab.
In my case I have Cooliris installed, and apparently thanks to you I have just discovered that it always loads:
PS: I'm using Firefox 6.0a1 as a main browser, but Google Chrome and IE9 as a back-up for when Firefox 6.0a1 breaks.
However, if enabling the plug-in is allowed, you could simply open Task Manager from the Tools menu and check the latest plug-in(s) that was/were launched. Which indicates what plug-in(s) the site ran.
Best Answer
Yes.
Both Minimalist for Gmail and Minimalist for Google Reader are open source projects with GPLv3 licenses. You can browser their source code trees, download the full source code repositories and more at their respective Google Code home pages:
Minimalist for Gmail
Minimalist for Google Reader
Slightly tongue-in-cheek: yes, the developers know what they're accessing. Which is really to say, you should ask them in their forums. Or read the source code. I'm sure they'll happily discuss their data access routines with you. Open source software also has lots of open forum discussion around it and that's A Good Thing(tm).