If you've been experimenting with Google's Chrome browser, you may have been a little put off by the lack of custom options available for it. Especially if you were coming from using Firefox, with its gigantic library of extensions available, Chrome can seem a little limited. Ever since Google moved Chrome out of beta status, adding in an extension system has been one of the company's development goals. It now looks like that goal is reaching completion, as Google's dropped hints at a completed extension system to be ready sometime around May, if not earlier.

The revelation comes from a list of sessions Google's offering at its developer's conference, Google I/O, which begins on May 27th. The title of one of the Chrome sessions, "Developing extensions for Google Chrome" leaves little to the imagination. This is the first we're hearing about a confirmed Chrome version supporting extensions, so it's still too early to know if Google is launching extension support at the conference, of if we'll be getting a new version even earlier.

While there may be support before May, don't expect a flood of extensions until developers acclimate themselves to the new platform and API. Knowing Google and its fans, though, we don't expect that process will take too long before you start seeing Chrome versions of your favorite Firefox extensions. What are some you've been looking forward to, or are desperate to see their functionality added to Chrome? Let us know in the comments if you've got any favorites.

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