Chrome Tricks

There are many features in Google Chrome Browser like adding Application shortcuts for Websites in Desktop, Quicklaunch bar ,Startmenu etc..It has an inbuilt Task manager which can be used in Closing Problematic Tabs. Chrome also allows a Private mode(Incognito).

Themes in Google Chrome :

Adding Themes to Google Chrome Browser is not Straight and not an authorized method.Its indirectly done by replacing original theme file with another!

1. Download Google Chrome Themes available in various websites lieke www.freechromethemes.com
2. Extract the files from the archive
3. Go to the following location: (Replace with your username)
For Windows Vista -
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\0.2.149.27\Themes
For Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\LocalSettings\AppData\Google\Chrome\Application\0.2.149.27\Themes
4. Copy over Default.DLL from your extracted file into your Themes folder ((Don’t forget to backup your existing default.dll file)
5. Open up Google Chrome, You have a new theme installed.


The About:Pages Features:

In Firefox and many other Browsers Users are allowed to open many about:pages that can be useful in detecting, analyzing and changing the Settings of the Browsers.Firefox allows us to edit in the about:config page. Editing in this page really allows users to switch settings, increase speed etc..
But Chrome doesn't allow us to edit though it allows to view many kinds of Statistics.
1. about:version - Google Chrome shows the version number the browser, WebKit and V8(JavaScript engine)
2. about:plugins - the list of plug-ins that are available in Google Chrome like Shockwave Flash player , RealPlayer etc.
3. about:cache - a list of all the web pages cached by Google Chrome. The Chrome doesn't have an option to limit the cache's size, so it's recommended to regularly empty the cache.Deleting the Cache may increase the speed of the Browser.
4. about:memory - this pages compares the memory used by all the active browsers and by Google Chrome's tabs.
5. about:stats - Displays a list of internal counters and timers that has a funny subtitle "Shhh! This page is secret!".
6. about:histograms - a list of histograms for Google Chrome's internal metrics.
7. about:dns - Google Chrome gives the DNS records for 10 frequently visited hosts.
8. about:network - this page could be used for I/O tracking. Click on "Start I/O tracking", open a web page in a new tab and you'll get a list of all the images, scripts and objects loaded from that web page.It can also show current Input/output that is done through the Browser.
9. about:crash - crash the active tab. Google Chrome displays the "sad tab" image, followed by this message: "Something went wrong while displaying this webpage. To continue, press Reload or go to another page".This can be done when the Tab is faulting.
10. about:hang - type this in the address bar of a tab when there's already an active web page to hang the process (this means that the process no longer accepts any signal, but it's still running).The other tabs will continue to work and the active tab can be closed.
11. about:internets - This is an Easter egg that shows the Series of tubes similar to the Screen saver in Windows.

More Tipz n Trikz are waiting to be discovered.