Google’s
Chrome browser is at the present one of the most well-liked ways of exploring
the web for lots of people all around the globe. It doesn’t matter if you’re
talking about mobile, desktop or tablet either; Chrome is popular on all platform,
mediums, and devices – by Apple’s iPhones, iPads and Macs.
Chrome itself is something of a virtual new comer to the browser
space, though, and has had to seriously up its game in new years in order to
dispatch rivals like Mozilla’s Firefox, Safari, Opera and, of course,
Microsoft’s still usually use Internet Explorer.
Chrome has a couple –well, additional than a pair –– tricks up its cover. The first is apps, which
can be download from the browser itself, the second, plug-ins, and the third,
Google services. joint this trio of features form the holy trinity of USPs for
many users and are one of the main reasons why Chrome is so well-liked.
But Chrome is not ideal, far from it in fact. But Google has vowed
to sort out one of its biggest issue – power use up – this year, as noted by
BGR.
“We are actively working on dropping battery usage and we are
looking into when Chrome is in the foreground and in the background,” one team
member explain in a recent Reddit AMA.
Swipe
Between Tabs
Did
you know you could swipe among tabs with just one finger? It’s different for
each platform though, on Android you need to place your finger on the Chrome
toolbar and go either left or right. if you're using an iPhone you require to
place your finger at the edge of the screen and swipe inwards left or right for
different tabs.
Smart
Zoom By Double Tapping
Want
to get in close to see that information clearer? If you double tap on the main
content column on a site and Chrome will identify it and zoom right in. It’ll
try and fit it perfectly to the screen, it doesn’t always accurately work but
it’s more efficient than zoom in via pinch the display.
Create
It Into A Desktop Site
Prefer the technique of
the desktop Chrome? You can even do that on mobile. You need to tap the menu
button and then you can press “Select Request Desktop Site” and Chrome will catch
to it.
Password
Guard Your Chrome Browser
Got
secrets? Don’t want prying eye looking at your Chrome bookmarks, browsing
sessions and history? You’re in luck. Google has just launched a new feature
for Chrome that lets users password protect their browser, thereby restrict
access to your eyes only.
The new quality doesn’t
require an extension and can be easily performed with a few clicks in Chrome’s
settings.
Here’s how it’s
done:
§ Go to chrome://flags
§ Search for "Enable
new profile management system"
§ Click the blue
"Enable" link.
§ Click the "Relaunch
Now" button at the bottom of your browser to apply changes.
Now, when you relaunch
Chrome there must be an option to log into your Chrome next to the minimize
button. Log in with your Google Account and you’re done. Welcome to your new
secure Chrome browser.
Google
Voice Search
No
matter what platform you’re work on, you can use Google Voice Search from in
Chrome itself. To get to it you need to press the address bar, tap the X on the
right to delete the URL and after that press the microphone, which come into
view in its place. Now you can either say the website name, what you want to
search or still ask a question in a straight line from here.
Google
Cloud Print
Chrome
works as part of the Google Cloud Print software as fine, no matter what
platform you’re using. All you have to do is hit the menu button, press print,
then select your Google Cloud Print enabled printer and then you be able to
print web page directly out of Chrome.
For all this to work you’ll need to set up your
device with your Google Cloud Printer enable printer. To study how to do so
read our user guide here. If you're using an Android user, read our guide to find out how you can make it a load
faster on your mobile device.
Google
Chrome On Desktop Tips
There’s
lots of tips and tricks for when you’re using Google Chrome on your desktop as
well.
Save
Web Pages As Pdf
Google
Chrome allow you to turn your web pages into PDF documents without the use of
Chrome extensions. If you press CTRL+P on a Windows PC or CMD+P on a Mac, a box
out will show asking you to print it and what printer you’ll want to use.
Instead press “Save as PDF” and you’ll end up with a file of the web page land
on your desktop.
Make
Your Personal Keyboard Shortcuts
Is
there a exacting Chrome app you use all the time? If so you can create a custom
shortcut that will launch a collection of extension or Chrome apps. If you put
“chrome://extensions” into your address bar, scroll down to the bottom and
press “Keyboard Shortcuts” you’ll be able to set them up there. You can choose
whichever shortcut you find easiest, bare in mind the shortcut you already use although,
you don’t want to stop them performance.
Fit
additional Bookmarks In
There’s
not everything worse than a full bookmark bar. If you need some additional
space just right click on your bookmarks and press Edit. From there remove all
the data in the Name field and hit Save. Chrome will then just leave the
favicon in the toolbar, hopefully all your sites will have recognisable logo.
It works well for websites you know and love but lesser sites don’t always have
the right images.
Create
An Email In Your Address Bar
Have
you not got time to top to the Gmail website ? Then you can write your email up
in the address bar on Chrome and send it all early there. To do so you require
to type “mailto:” followed by the recipients address into your address bar.
It’ll unlock up the Gmail create window automatically and then you can write
your email and hit send.
Fake
Your Current Location
This
one is a tiny extra complicated than the other tips. Some web pages will ask to
find your geographical location and you may choose to share it as it’s easier
to use pages like Google Map.
If you want to place out
of sight that data from Google or even false a different location you need to
head to the menu on the top right corner with the three horizontal line. in
there choose Tools, then Developers Tools and then press Esc. It’ll open up the
console and you can then switch to the Emulation tab. Here you can fraud around
with the latitude and longitude figures themselves.
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