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News about Google Chrome in this week: 8 Jan 2010

clzs — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:07:35 +0000

Google Chrome has just hit the world, but then it begins to improve its browser step by step. As a user, it is quite necessary to install some plug-ins for it to improve its application and your internet experience.

The New York Times-In Allowing Ad Blockers, a Test for Google

With the Chrome browser, however, Google’s inclusive principles are being put to the test: a new version of the browser allows, one might even say encourages, users to stop Google ads from appearing.

ghacks.net-Linky Brings Multi Links Like Functionality To Google Chrome

Linky can be very helpful to open links lists, all threads on a forum page, linked photos in a single blogpost or forum at once. It is the first add-on for the Google Chrome browser that brings part of that functionality to the browser.

TechCrunch-Google Starts Pushing Chrome To All Mac Users On Its Homepage

A report a couple days ago from Net Applications suggested that the Mac and Linux builds helped push Chrome into the number three browser spot in terms of usage, past Apple’s own Safari.

A Good Theme For Firefox Mac Version, Make Firefox Looks Like Safari.

Apple — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:49:41 +0000

Firefox may be the 2nd web browser on Mac. But even the Mac Version Firefox looks like a windows software, for example: the “close tab” button is on the right, but all the other softwares’ “cross” button are on the left! I am sure many Mac users like me have the unlucky time clicking the left of a tab in habit with nothing closed. Now let me introduce you a firefox theme called “GrApple Delicious”, which can make your firefox “tasts” like Safari and—-most important—-place the cross button on the left of every tab.

GrApple Delicious Theme

See the firefox with GrApple Delicious theme? It looks like Safari and gives firefox an “apple tast”.

You can download the GrApple Delicious theme from https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/addon/6703

Hacking: Google Chrome

Ailsa — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:21:10 +0000

7 Things Google Chrome Needs

I want to start out by saying, I LOVE Google Chrome. Recently I went away from Flock and made Chrome my primary browswer. Going out and saying it’s the “best browser I’ve ever used” would be a bit much, but it’s definitely in the top teir. This article isn’t about how great Chrome is, though. But mostly, about the features that need to be added to Chrome in the future.

10 really cool Google Chrome hacks

Google’s Chrome browser is fast becoming the geeks’ choice, as users all over the world tinker with it and explore its deeper capabilities. Not lacking essential functionality, Chrome is now proving that it can do everything: from starting in Incognito mode by default for better browsing safety to reverting to using a single process for all its tabs to conserve resources. It can even make the images on a web page swirl and dance around like crazy, if you fancy something different.

15+ great Google Chrome extensions

If you love Google Chrome, and a lot of people do, you can add a boatload of functionality to the app with extensions. Here is a list of fifteen of the most useful and practical extensions for you to delve into.

10 Handy Userscripts for Google Chrome

So it’s finally a year old, and many of you have been playing with Google Chrome as a secondary browser for quite some time now. Heck, quite a few of you are probably using it as your primary browser by now – which may explain your interest in this post.

Google Chrome: Keyboard Shortcuts

Ailsa — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:19:12 +0000

Alt+Home – opens your homepage

Shift+Escape – opens the Chrome Task Manager

Ctrl+B – toggles the Bookmarks bar

Ctrl+H – opens the History page

Ctrl+J – opens the Download page

Ctrl+ K – searches from the address bar

Ctrl+N – opens new window

Ctrl+T – opens a new tab

Ctrl+U – view source of the current page

Ctrl+click a link – opens a link in new tab

Shift+click a link – opens a link in new window

Ctrl + Shift + N – opens an incognito browsing window

Ctrl+Shift+T –reopens the last tab that was closed