The Power User's Guide to Google Chrome, 2009 Edition. SExpand Google Chrome has come a long way in the past year, steadily adding subtle but useful features for power users. Let's take a fresh look at Chrome's current offerings—especially for those willing to brave its early developer builds.P Not long after Chrome's release, our 2008 Chrome Power User's Guide covered its best features for savvy surfers, such as keyboard shortcuts and startup switches. We won't rehash those here; instead we're going to round up the new stuff that's come out since in both the stable and developer build of Chrome. Turn Chrome into a Site-Specific Browser with Application ShortcutsP If webapps like Gmail have replaced desktop apps like an old-school email client for you, you'll like Chrome's ability to act as a site-specific browser (SSB) with Application Shortcuts.
Assign Keywords to Your Search EnginesP One of Chrome's most touted features is how you can search the web by just typing into its address bar (a.k.a, the "omnibox"). Customize the "New Tab" PageP. How to drag tabs from Google Chrome to Firefox. How to enable user scripts in Google Chrome.
Chrome Standalone. How to check and download the latest Chrome build. Google Chrome is a new browser, and the developers release around 10 versions per day. So, how are you going to check the current version and download? Dirhael from DonationCoder.com had release an application which can check the latest release and download it using your default browser. Just press the “Check” button and it will show you the latest release version. after that, you may choose to download the Installer or Archive.
The download will start with your default browser. download from DonationCoder | download from MediaFire. How to change icons on the bookmarks bar. I added quite a few bookmarklets to my Bookmarks bar and was unhappy with the same default icon that showed for each one. There are no settings currently available within Chrome to change the icon, but there is a way to fix them that works quite well. First, you’ll need to download and install the free SQLite Database browser. Now, open Google Chrome and visit the site(s) that have the favicon you want displayed in your Bookmarks bar.
After you have completed this, close Google Chrome. We are ready to change icons: 1. 2. 3. In Windows XP:C:\Documents and Settings\ In Windows Vista:C:\Users\ Note: change username to your username. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Now open up Google Chrome and check out your Bookmarks bar. Here are some before and afters of my Bookmarks bar: The power user's guide to Google Chrome. SExpand We've got a newer, always up-to-date version here.P Click to view Now that you've been enjoying Google Chrome's headliner features and speed for almost a week now, it's time to dig into the less obvious functionality and options you don't already know about.
Become a keyboard shortcut master, take a peek under the hood, and customize its behavior and skin with some of the best shortcuts, bookmarklets, themes, add-ons, and subtle functionality in Google Chrome.P What, you don't like Google Chrome? Mousing Around ChromeP Despite its marketing as a minimalistic browser that forgoes all the extras, Chrome's interface actually sports quite a few useful features. Chrome's Keyboard ShortcutsP If you're not much for the mouse, you're in luck: Google Chrome has lots of built-in keyboard shortcuts, many of which mirror Firefox's—so you don't have to retrain your fingers.
Tweak Your OptionsP Set multiple tab as your home page. SExpandPOpen the last session's tabs automatically. ThemesP. How to add a print button to the bookmarks bar in Google Chrome. Google Chrome's full list of special about: pages. @thepcguy: In a world (sorry, I couldn't help it) where all major news outlets report for over 6 months the hype over a completely unknown phone with next to zero development history and no user base (read:iPhone 1), this is nothing special. Google is an esteemed software company with a proven track record in its online applications, so cool it with the skepticism. Plus it is newsworthy if it affects a large portion of BBC's viewer base who accesses the internet with IE and isn't aware of alternatives out there. And it's basically war reporting. IE won the WBW I (world browser war I), Firefox declared WBW II on IE and successfully captured a strong user base of power users who load up on plugins, and now Chrome is joining the war and attacking IE on a separate front: the millions of average daily users who know and trust the Google brandname, and need a clean, simple-to-use alternative to IE that can be used out of the box without hassle of GreaseMonkey and dozens of other plugins.
Portable Chrome 0.2.151.0. For my english speaking audience: This is Portable Chrome (build with Code of Chromium). Just download & extract and start with ChromeLoader.exe. Chromeloader.exe is a simple AutoIt-Script – compiled to an exe-File. So – if you got an error from your AV: it’s just a false poitive, because ChromeLoader.exe was packed with UPX. All settings are stored in “Profil”-folder. Have fun! So, es ist (scheinbar) geschafft, dass ich Googles Browser Chrome dazu gebracht habe direkt vom USB-Stick zu laufen. Habe es eben unter Windows XP SP3 und Windows Vista SP1 getestet – lief alles fehlerfrei. Also, sind knapp 11 Megabyte – auf geht es Download Portable Chrome 0.2.151.0 Latest Version. Update 05.09.2008 10:00 Uhr MEZ: Mittlerweile wurde Portable Chrome bereits fast 10.000 Mal heruntergeladen – und ist mittlerweile durch die weltweite Blogosphäre gegangen.
Update 08.09.2008: Ich werde in unregelmäßigen Abständen das Paket aktualisieren.