DISQUS

atul · 1 year ago

http://hwrms.com/blog/?p=363 has more information on a few more tools via "about:" including an easter egg.

Phil Glockner · 1 year ago

Nice. I didn't know about that link. Good stuff, thanks!

saint germain · 1 year ago

I like google chrome, its very fast, but i will keep my firefox ;-)

atul · 1 year ago

about:memory also gives you information about other browsers (IE or FF) that are running on the user's computer.

Phil Glockner · 1 year ago

Nice. A subtle way of pointing out comparatively how Chrome is doing, memory-wise, vs. other browsers, perhaps?

stone · 1 year ago

The simple approach is really appealing. i still have to test out to see how much resources are used when loading adobe flash sites on multiple tabs.

Tim · 1 year ago

Here's a feature I don't understand.

You can turn any page into an application shortcut, so you can launch it in a chrome-less window as an "app". That's just fine, but it doesn't fit the "cloud" strategy, because if I go to a different machine, my shortcuts don't come with me. I can add to the bookmarks toolbar for quick navigation, but they don't come with me either.

I would like to see a "navigation" toolbar, which shows shortcuts that are stored "in the cloud" so they come with me. The omni bar and history is fine I guess, but I don't want to have to hit a key to swap between sites I open a lot. I just want to point and click.

I would have thought that if google are following a cloud strategy, it would have made more sense for them to add a google bookmarks option to the bookmarks toolbar. That would even get me off delicious for these sort of bookmarks.

Maybe I miss the whole new navigation paradigm, but having to keystroke to navigate is a pain. I would also like to be able to drop the omnibar down (like in firefox) for click only access to recent history.

Phil Glockner · 1 year ago

Good point, Tim. However, by providing the ability to make web app shortcuts, they have a built-in way to compete with Mozilla's Prism project and Fluid for Mac OS X. One thing I mention in my article is that web-based applications are on the rise. As these products start becoming more competitive with more traditional standalone applications, the need for this sort of 'instancing' will rise as well.

andydavies · 1 year ago

The lack of Google Bookmarks integration is the thing that's stopping me from using Chrome fulltime.

I use Google Bookmarks for sites I use regularly as it allows me to access the same set of bookmarks from any browser on nay computer, I then use delicious as a place to put all the stuff I find interesting and want to access at some point in the future.

Phil Glockner · 1 year ago

Yeah, what's up with that? They really should be supporting their own technologies like bookmarks and tighter integration with notebook.

Wallace · 1 year ago

I noticed that the results from 'Google Advanced News Search - Beta' don't have as many options at the bottom of the results page. When viewed in Chrome, there is just one option. When viewed in Windows there are four.

I use the fourth option often; rss feed in google reader

Matt Shaulis · 1 year ago

lol @ Opera and @ "time will tell if it becomes a strong contender against ... Opera"

I dunno, but i wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that in it's few days of being available for download (on a single operating system no-less) it has already crushed Opera's desktop market-share... lol. Opera has a tiny and, more notably, stagnant market share... it is not a contender and never will be. (I'm not an Opera fan, can you tell? hehehe.)

Phil Glockner · 1 year ago

You may be right about Chrome being already in use on a lot more PCs than Opera. However, Opera is a scrappy browser that is not only multi-platform (even Solaris, OS/2 and Be!), but also has released a decent mobile version. I'd say we can't count Opera out yet.

svartling · 1 year ago

One of the best features with Chrome is that it's so easy to create desktop apps with it. And they start really fast! I have one for ping.fm, friendfeed and Google Calendar. Very useful feature.

Stu · 1 year ago

A lot of things it gets right, apparently. Another field of dominance, another opportunity..

MARK · 1 year ago

IS IT POSSIBLE TO SWITCH ON INCOGNITO MODE PERMANANTLY ON GOOGLE CHROME

Louis Gray · 1 year ago

My assumption is that when you turn it on, you need to turn it off, or
it stays on. It's the same way Safari handles it. You may want to
check the settings each time you start Chrome if Incognito Mode is
important for you.

Phil Glockner · 1 year ago

In fact incognito mode must be enabled when creating a new tab. It then is enabled *for that tab* until the tab (or, if you make it a window, that window) is closed.

film fan · 1 year ago

there are so many advantages and features with Chrome, such as it's speed, for example; now if only they would take care it's flighty cookie management...

Blackjack Probability · 1 year ago

I have never ever changed my web browser i’ve always used IE because i’ve been so use to it even if it was a little slow. but now Chrome in five minutes has changed my mind about browsing the web it’s made it a clean neat and simple process i’ve always wondered why nobody made it this simple and now someone has. THANKS TO THE GOOGLE CHROME TEAM!