Archive for 'Chrome'
Google releases stable version of Chrome 3.0
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Joseph.
Just over a year after first launching Chrome into the browser scene, Google has announced a new stable build in the 3.0 branch. Besides the usual range of bug fixes, Chrome 3.0 includes the promised support for themes, a more customizable New Tab page, an improved Omnibox (the equivalent to Firefox’s Awesome Bar), better HTML5 [...]
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Download Googlepedia Firefox and Google Chrome Browsers Add-on To Search Google and Wikipedia Simultaneously
Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by Joseph.
If the free web-based encyclopedia has always been your favorite site when you search for information or data, then the free software extension to your Firefox browser, Googlepedia, could be something that can make the searching process more efficient. With Googlepedia add-on installed to your Firefox browser, when users make some searches via the Google [...]
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Google fixes two critical Chrome flaws
Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by Joseph.
Update: We mistakenly reported earlier that one of the flaws in the Chrome browser could have lead to system-wide code execution. As one of its most significant built-in security measures, the Chrome browser adds an extra layer of security for HTML rendering and JavaScript execution called the sandbox. In other words, while the reported vulnerability [...]
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Google Chrome gets smaller updates with ‘Courgette’
Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by Joseph.
If you’re a Google Chrome user on Windows, then you are probably used to receiving silent and continuous updates to the browser as they become available – without your express consent. Controversial issues aside, one problem with this methodology which Google claims produces the best results, is that sometimes updates can be a bit large [...]
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Google launches Chrome for Mac, Linux
Posted on 06. Jun, 2009 by Joseph.
Google has just released developer preview versions of its Chrome browser for the Mac OS X and Linux platforms, nine months after the software made its debut on Windows. However, given their current ‘rough around the edges’ status, the company is naturally warning most users to avoid downloading, “unless of course you are a developer [...]
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Google touts even faster Chrome browser
Posted on 28. May, 2009 by Joseph.
Google’s Chrome has been available for less than a year, nevertheless updates to the web browser have been incessant since last September. You may recall the browser made the official 1.0 stable version in a matter of weeks and now it’s the 2.0 betas that are getting the most attention. The most recent update (2.0.181.1 Beta) [...]
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Early Google Chrome Extensions Put Notifiers in Status Bar
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Joseph.
Windows: An early look at sample extensions for Google Chrome shows the browser implementing notifications and page awareness in status bar icons. They’re not much, but they’re helpful to Gmail and Google Reader users. To try out one or more of the three sample extensions being shown off at the Chromium developer’s documentation, you’ll have to [...]
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Drag Tabs from Google Chrome to Firefox
Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by Joseph.
Reader Scott writes in with a useful tip: you can drag any link directly from Chrome to a new tab in Firefox, or the other way around. Most Lifehacker readers already know this, but you can drag tabs from Firefox directly into Chrome as a new tab, but you can’t do the same from Chrome to [...]
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Disable Google Chrome’s New Tab Page
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Joseph.
Google Chrome displays a special page that includes nine thumbnails for the most frequently visited pages, a list of recent bookmarks and recently closed pages. The feature can’t be disabled from the interface and you can’t remove the thumbnails you don’t like. The recent builds of Google Chrome include support for user scripts and it’s not [...]
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AdSweep Ad Blocker Gets Easier Chrome Installation
Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Joseph.
Previously mentioned ad blocker AdSweep has updated its home page and bundled its user extension to make installation on Google Chrome much more simple. If you’re using the “Developer Channel” version of Google Chrome (enabled by downloading and running the User Channel Switcher), AdSweep has been bundled up as a single .crx file you can install [...]
