Google Chrome Tips

simon | Software, Tech, internet | Monday, September 15th, 2008

Here are some of my favorite Google Chrome tips.

Type the following into the omnibox to see stats about Google Chrome.

about:version
about:memory
about:cache
about:plugins
about:dns
about:stats
about:histograms
about:network
about:crash
about:internets

Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl+1,Ctrl+2,…Ctrl+8 Switch to a specific tab
Ctrl+9 Switch to the right most tab
Ctrl+PgUP, Ctrl+PgDn Switch between tabs
Ctrl+J View Downloads
Shift+Escape Show Chrome’s task manager
F6 Jump to the omnibox
Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen the last tab you closed
Quick math
    To quickly perform math using Google’s calculator, simply type a mathematical operation into the omnibox and you will see the result show up in the search recommendations.  No page loads required.  For a list of mathematical operations Google understands, see Google Guide.

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Google Chrome Beta Released

simon | Review, Software, Tech, internet | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Google has released a revolutionary web browser called Chrome.  It runs laps around the other browsers in terms of usability and speed.  The release is stable I encourage all to try it out.

Chrome's multi-process architecture turns traditional client-server computing upside down. Since each process represents a web application, Google has brought us one step closer to cloud computing.

Google Chrome Comic

 Chrome’s multi-process architecture turns traditional client-server computing upside down. Since each process represents a web application, Google has brought us one step closer to cloud computing.

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Chrome Benchmarks

simon | Software, Tech | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

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