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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: Biggles on February 24, 2015, 07:01:31 PM

Title: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: Biggles on February 24, 2015, 07:01:31 PM

This gallery of 19 handy tips will be sure to add to the usefulness of your Chrome browser.

http://au.pcmag.com/browsers-reviews-and/11753/gallery/19-hidden-chrome-features-that-will-make-your-life (http://au.pcmag.com/browsers-reviews-and/11753/gallery/19-hidden-chrome-features-that-will-make-your-life)

Just click on the RH red arrow after you've read each idea.

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: StinkyPete on February 24, 2015, 07:15:56 PM

Thanks for the post Biggles.   :thumb

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: alans1100 on February 24, 2015, 07:29:54 PM

I tried chrome ages ago and went back to IE.....

Still have chrome on Heather's pc but IE 11 is the default one.

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: Marcus on February 24, 2015, 08:03:53 PM

I love chrome.

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: Totgas on February 24, 2015, 09:17:05 PM

I'm using it, not real impressed, however tried all the others and it's no worse, does do a good job of translating however.

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: Gadget on February 25, 2015, 06:31:53 AM

I love chrome, especially when you sign in with your Google Account and use multiple PCs. My bookmarks from my PC are available on my android phone and vice vesa. As are my laptop and media PC.

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: Marcus on February 25, 2015, 07:50:04 AM

Quote from: Gadget (Gary) on February 25, 2015, 06:31:53 AM

I love chrome, especially when you sign in with your Google Account and use multiple PCs. My bookmarks from my PC are available on my android phone and vice vesa. As are my laptop and media PC.

This is the biggest plus

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: ST.George on February 25, 2015, 09:06:19 AM

Good find Biggles. Quite a few useful ones there. I'm a Chrome fan and use it almost exclusively.

On an iPad it does crash a lot tho, even after regular updates (probabubbly coz I have over 50 active tabs at a time).

 :CB-- 
The 'Restore' box does the trick every time, so no harm done.  :thumb

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: cravenhaven on February 25, 2015, 09:13:51 AM

Occasionally I use IE when I suspect there may be an issue with a web sites programming that Chrome is mishandling. All other times I use chrome because its faster, I love the "reopen previous tab" feature and the save current layout or startup with preferred layout features.

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: Diesel on February 25, 2015, 12:36:39 PM

Great stuff thanks mate.      ++

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: Gadget on February 25, 2015, 11:06:41 PM

A couple of tricks the article didn't mention and they are:

Ctrl+H bings up a new tab with your history in it

Ctrl+J opens a new tab with your downloads in it

Ctrl+Shift+N opens an ingognito browsing window

With you bookmarks it will display the websites icon. If the icon is uniquely recogniseable i.e. ABC you can edit the bookmarks on you bookmark toolbar and delete the name. This gets you a lot more bookmarks across the Toolbar.

Have fun.

Title: Re: Calling all Chrome browser users
Post by: Gadget on February 26, 2015, 05:45:23 AM

Here is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts.
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en

Also if you double left click on a word or right click and drag of a couple of words and highlight them on a page, then right click on the highlighted are, one of the options is to search in your default search engine.