Posted by Andrew.
Josh Moont sent me a Chrome extension developed by him, a simple extension to view XML files in a user friendly format - with opening and closing nodes.
Download and Install XML Tree extension for Google Chrome
The extensions requires Chrome developer version. If you have installed, right click the Chrome icon in your desktop, then click Properties, click Shortcut tab, add --enable-extensions parameter in the Target field, as it is shown in the figure:

Screenshot: Instructions to enable extensions for Chrome
XML Tree extension for Google Chrome is very useful for webmasters and web developers. Example: when I open http://www.chromefans.org/rss/ without XML Tree extension, Chrome shows as below:

After installing XML Tree extension, it shows as below:

Thanks Josh Moont!
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#1 Lois posted on December 02, 2009 11:13 PST
Its doesnt work with 4.0.249.11....???
#2 Rustam posted on December 07, 2009 06:12 PST
I get "extensions not enabled" error even when chrome.exe is run with --enable-extensions
#3 Anton_ds posted on January 25, 2010 02:40 PST
Just install this extension.
Realy good -- enough fast with big files.
But huge problem with russian symbols.
#4 Niraj posted on February 25, 2010 15:03 PST
Should I install this? Is it better than just doing a "View page source" on the xml page?
I could be wrong, but doesn't appear to work over HTTPS. I'm trying to access a password-protected file over HTTPS and it either doesn't show anything, or it just shows the plain text all joined together.
It's gettin' there though. I'm surprised Google didn't build this in.
#6 PREM posted on July 21, 2010 01:29 PDT
its really waste of trying all these options in 5.0.375.99 version of chrome
#7 PREM posted on July 21, 2010 01:30 PDT
its really waste of trying all these options in 5.0.375.99 version of chrome
XML Tree extension for Google Chrome