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* '''Open last closed tab''' - have you closed your tab by mistake? Ctrl-Shift-T will bring it right back. | * '''Open last closed tab''' - have you closed your tab by mistake? Ctrl-Shift-T will bring it right back. | ||
* '''Javascript Alert Stopper''' - When too many Javascript alerts appear from the same page, Chrome prompts you to stop all alerts. Discovered it when I triggered a lot of alerts while trying to test something; seems like a good preventive measure. | * '''Javascript Alert Stopper''' - When too many Javascript alerts appear from the same page, Chrome prompts you to stop all alerts. Discovered it when I triggered a lot of alerts while trying to test something; seems like a good preventive measure. | ||
| + | * '''Status Bar''' - The Status bar appears only when you are hovering over/loading a new page, and when you mouseover the status bar (when not maximised or when in fullscreen mode) it flips downwards to prevent blocking the screen content. | ||
* Adorable sad face appears to placate you when things crash... (see picture at right, which appeared when flash plugin crashed) | * Adorable sad face appears to placate you when things crash... (see picture at right, which appeared when flash plugin crashed) | ||
Revision as of 16:50, 3 September 2008
Google Chrome was released on 2 September 2008.
Features I like
- Firefox users who love their web tools plugins will be glad to know that Google Chrome has a built-in "Inspect element" feature which works the same way Firebug does - you can do editing on the fly, and track metrics and resources usage.
- Task Manager allows you to view the memory usage of each tab in every single browser that is currently open (that means the other browsers like Firefox, IE, Opera, etc) if you click "Stats for Nerds"; allowing you to target and kill the miscreant memory sucker that's slowing you down.
- Incognito window - fire up the incognito window with Ctrl-Shift-N and cookies will not be stored and url will not appear in your browsing history.
- Open last closed tab - have you closed your tab by mistake? Ctrl-Shift-T will bring it right back.
- Javascript Alert Stopper - When too many Javascript alerts appear from the same page, Chrome prompts you to stop all alerts. Discovered it when I triggered a lot of alerts while trying to test something; seems like a good preventive measure.
- Status Bar - The Status bar appears only when you are hovering over/loading a new page, and when you mouseover the status bar (when not maximised or when in fullscreen mode) it flips downwards to prevent blocking the screen content.
- Adorable sad face appears to placate you when things crash... (see picture at right, which appeared when flash plugin crashed)
Features it doesn't have yet
- Add-ons (but naturally this will take some time)
Shortcut
- Ctrl+Shift+N: Open a new window in incognito mode
- Ctrl+Shift+T: Reopen the last closed tabs (up to 10).
- Ctrl+O: Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome
- Ctrl+B: Toggle bookmarks bar on and off
- Ctrl+H: View the History page
- Ctrl+J: View the Downloads page
- Shift+Escape: View the Task manager
- F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D: Highlight content in the web address area
- Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter: Open your web address in a new tab
