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| About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 3:52am UTC)
Here you can learn about Google Chrome. | | Creators: Google
Source: Google Chrome Features
Download: Google Chrome
Why did they create Google Chrome?
At the Google Headquarters, they spend most of their time working inside of a web browser. They search, chat, email and collaborate inside of it. Like most of us, on our free time, we shop, bank, read news, keep in touch with our friends, etc - all using a browser. Since at Google they are spending so much time inside of a web browser they began thinking about building a web browser. They realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that they needed to completely rethink the browser. What Google really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what they were setting out to build.
Features:
One Box For Everything
New Tab Page
Application Shortcuts
Dynamic Tabs
Crash Control
Incognito Mode
Safe Browsing
Instant Bookmarks
Importing Settings
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 3:56am UTC) | | Explore Google Chrome Features: Address bar
In Google Chrome, you can get anywhere on the Web with one box. The address bar that sits at the top of the normal Google Chrome window simplifies your Internet experience by doubling as a search box. You can also use it to bookmark websites and stay aware about the security of a website.
Search
Type your search query in the address bar, and it automatically suggests related queries and popular websites, based on your input. (Google Suggest is the default service that provides auto-suggestions unless your default search engine uses an alternate service.)
Visit a webpage
If you know the specific web address you're trying to access, type it directly in the address bar. Press Enter on the keyboard or click the arrow icon to load the webpage. As you type, Google Chrome also automatically searches your browsing history and shows you the number of matches at the bottom of its drop-down menu. It may be hard to stop a webpage from loading because of the browser's speediness. When loading a webpage, the arrow icon at the end of the address bar turns into an 'x.' Click the icon to stop the loading process.
Create a bookmark
If you come across an interesting webpage that you'd like to access again in the future, click the star icon on the browser toolbar to create a bookmark. A bubble confirming the addition of the bookmark appears.
To tweak the bookmark's name, edit the text in the 'Name' field.
Use the 'Folder' drop-down menu to choose where you want to store the bookmark. Learn more about organizing bookmarks.
To tweak the bookmark's URL, click the Edit button.
If you accidentally clicked the star icon, you can quickly revert your action by clicking the Remove link. Learn more about deleting bookmarks.
Website security
If Google Chrome detects that the website you're trying to access will securely transmit data using SSL, you'll see the following:
- The background color of the address bar changes to gold.
- The 'https' in the URL appears in green for websites with SSL-secured connections established.
- A lock icon appears at the end of the address bar.
If a SSL-secured connection cannot be established, then you'll see an alert icon at the end of the address bar, among other possible browser warnings. You can click the icon to open the 'Security information' dialog box and see more information.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:00am UTC) | | Explore Google Chrome Features: New Tab page
When you open a new tab, Google Chrome preloads it with useful information. With one click, you can get to the web resources you use most often. To open a New Tab page, click the + icon next to the last tab. You can also press 'ctrl' + 'T'
Links to websites you visit the most
Chances are you visit some websites on a regular basis. The New Tab page provides image thumbnails and links for those websites automatically.
Right-click a website to access options to open it in another new tab, in a new window, or in incognito mode. Click the Show full history link at the bottom of the page to see your entire browsing history in Google Chrome.
Recently closed tabs
Links to tabs that you've just closed are stored in case you accidentally close something. Up to three links are displayed.
Recently saved websites
The most recently created bookmarks appear on the page for easy access.
Search engines that you use often
Google Chrome saves a list of search engines that you've encountered while browsing the Internet. Search boxes for the ones you frequently use automagically appear on the page for easy access. You can search their websites directly from this page.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:05am UTC) | | Web Applications: Application shortcuts
Many websites, such as email services, operate like actual programs, similar to those on your computer desktop.
Open these websites just like any other programs on your computer. Create an application shortcut for the website you're on:
1. Click the Page menu .
2. Select Create application shortcuts.
3. In the 'Google Gears' dialog box, select the checkboxes where you want shortcuts to be placed on your computer.
- Desktop
- Start menu
- Quick launch bar
When you double-click a shortcut icon, the web application opens in a special streamlined window that gives you as much working room as possible. Learn more about application windows.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:10am UTC) | | Browse: Tabbed browsing
Google Chrome tabs gives you the greatest flexibility to manage the websites you're browsing. You can take advantage of many keyboard shortcuts for Google Chrome windows and tabs. Click one of the links below to learn how to browse the Internet with tabs.
Open a new tab
Click the + icon next to the last tab. Or do the following:
1. Click the Tools menu .
2. Select New tab. To open a new window instead, select New window.
The new tab is automatically placed as the last tab to the right. However, if you click a link that opens in a new tab from an existing tab, the new tab is positioned next to the tab you're currently in so that related tabs are grouped together.
Google Chrome puts a brand new tab to use by filling the page with useful information. With one click, you can get to the web resources you use most often.
Find page loading information
When you load a webpage in a tab, a slow-spinning gray circle on the tab lets you know that Google Chrome is connecting to the website servers. The circle turns blue and spins faster once loading is in progress. Once the webpage is completely loaded, the icon changes to the website's graphic. While loading, webpage status information also appears in a shaded box at the bottom left of your browser window.
When you download a file, an arrow appears on the tab to signify a download in progress.
Go back and forth during your browsing session
Like other browsers, Google Chrome lets you jump between different webpages you've visited within the current tab.
Use the forward and backward arrows on the browser toolbar to go to webpages you just visited.
Click and hold either of the arrows to see a drop-down menu of more webpages from your current browsing session. Select Show Full History to access the History page, where you can view all the webpages you've ever visited while using Google Chrome in standard mode.
Reload a webpage by clicking the circular button next to the arrows on the browser toolbar.
Rearrange tabs
To change the order of the tabs displayed, simply click the tab you wish to relocate and drag it to its new location.
Move tabs to a different window
You can move tabs to either a brand new window or another open window.
To move a tab into a new window, simply click and drag the desired tab out of the browser window. If successful, you see a thumbnail of the tab that you are moving.
To move it to a different window, drag the tab from its original window to the top tab bar in its destination window. The tab should pop in automatically.
Duplicate a tab
To open the same website in a new tab in the same window, right-click the tab and select Duplicate. Your original tab remains open.
Close tabs
The easiest way to close a tab is to click the x icon in the tab (or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+W). Alternatively, right-click a tab to see more options:
- Close other tabs: Close all tabs except the tab that you've right-clicked.
- Close tabs to the right.
- Close tabs associated with this tab: If you click a link that opens in a new tab, those two tabs are now associated. Selecting this option close all associated tabs, but leaves the original tab open.
Closing the last tab open also closes the window. Tabs and applications operate independently, so if one tab malfunctions and crashes, it doesn't affect non-related webpages opened in other tabs or the overall responsiveness of Google Chrome. Learn how to force a tab or window to close.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:12am UTC) | | Developers and Webmasters: Task Manager
Use the Task Manager to get details about a specific process running in Google Chrome, or to force a misbehaving tab or application to close. To open the Task Manager, follow these steps:
1. Click the Page menu
2. Select Developer
3. Select Task manager
For each active item in Google Chrome, you can monitor the amount of memory taken up, the amount of CPU used, and the network activity (bytes sent and received).
To force a misbehaving webpage or application to close in Google Chrome, select the webpage, then click the End process button. Try reloading the tab to see if the error persists.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:14am UTC) | | Explore Google Chrome Features: Incognito mode
For times when you want to browse in stealth mode, for example, to plan surprises like gifts or birthdays, Google Chrome offers the incognito browsing mode. Webpages that you open and files downloaded while you are incognito won't be logged in your browsing and download histories; all new cookies are deleted after you close the incognito window. You can browse normally and in incognito mode at the same time by using separate windows.
Changes made to your Google Chrome bookmarks and general settings while in incognito mode are always saved.
To turn on the incognito mode, follow these steps:
1. Click the Tools menu
2. Select New incognito window
A new window now opens with the incognito icon in the top left corner. You can continue browsing as normal in the other window.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:16am UTC) | | Error Messages and Alerts: 'This is probably not the site you are looking for!'
Google Chrome displays this warning if the web address listed in the certificate doesn't match the address of the website Google Chrome is attempting to access.
Background information
When you connect to a website that uses SSL to transmit data, the server which hosts that website presents Google Chrome and other browsers with a certificate to verify its identity. This certificate contains information such as the address of the website, which is confirmed by a third party organization that your computer trusts. By checking that the address in the certificate matches the address of the website, it's possible to verify that you're communicating with the website named on the certificate, and not someone pretending to be that website.
Possible reasons why you're seeing the alert
- Your server communications are being intercepted by someone on the Web who is presenting a certificate for a different website. This would cause a mismatch.
- The server may be set up to return the same certificate for multiple related websites, including the one you're attempting to visit, even though that certificate isn't valid for all of those websites. For example, the certificate may tell us that the web address should be http://www.cucumbers.com, but we can't verify that this is the same website as http://cucumbers.com.
If you're absolutely sure that the two websites are the same, you can choose to open the website by clicking the Proceed anyway button. In general, it's best to take precaution and click the Back to safety button, which returns you to the last webpage you visited.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:30am UTC) | | Bookmarks: Create bookmarks
Chances are you visit some websites on a regular basis. By creating a bookmark, you place a button for the webpage on the bookmarks bar that lets you easily return to the webpage later on. You can create bookmarks in several ways. Click the links below to learn more about each method:
Click the star
This is the easiest way to create a bookmark: click the star icon on the toolbar to create a bookmark. A bubble confirming the addition of the bookmark appears.
- To tweak the bookmark's name, edit the text in the 'Name' field.
- By default, the bookmark is filed in the bookmark folder that was most recently used. Use the 'Folder' drop-down menu to choose where you want to store the bookmark. Learn more about managing bookmarks.
- To tweak the bookmark's exact URL, click the Edit button.
If you accidentally clicked the star icon, you can quickly revert by clicking the Remove link in the bubble. Learn more about deleting bookmarks.
Manually add the web address
1. Right-click th bookmarks bar (Ctrl+B).
2. Select Add page.
3. Provide the following information in the 'Edit Bookmark' dialog box.
Name: Type a label for the webpage you'd like to bookmark.
URL: Type the specific web address for the webpage.
4. Select the appropriate location for the new bookmark from the folder list.
5. Click the OK button when you're done.[
Drag a link to the bookmarks bar
You can quickly create a bookmark for any link on your current webpage by clicking and dragging it to the bookmarks bar.
Import bookmarks
Googly Chrome can copy bookmarks and other browser settings from Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Follow these steps:
1. Export bookmarks from any browser as a HTML file and save the file to your computer.
2. Click the Tools menu in Google Chrome.
3. Select Bookmark manager.
4. Click the Tools menu in the manager.
5. Select Import bookmarks.
6. Select the HTML file saved from the first step, then click Open.
The bookmarks from the other browser will now appear as a subfolder within the 'Other bookmarks' folder that sits at the end of the bookmarks bar (Ctrl+B).
Exporting from Google Chrome
Follow these steps:
1. Click the Tools menu in Google Chrome.
2. Select Bookmark manager.
3. Click the Tools menu in the manager.
4. Select Export bookmarks.
5. Choose a location where you want your exported file to be saved, name your file, then click Save.
Google Chrome will export your bookmarks as a HTML file.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:35am UTC) | | Basic Settings: Import browser settings
During installation, Google Chrome can copy your browsing history, saved websites, and passwords from your default browser. You can also manually import settings from Firefox or Internet Explorer at any time. Follow these steps:
1. Close any other browsers that you're running.
2. Open Google Chrome.
3. Click the Tools menu.
4. Select Import bookmarks & settings.
5. Select the browser from which you'd like to import data from the drop-down menu at the top.
6. Make sure only the checkboxes for items you want to import are selected:
- Favorites/Bookmarks
Webpages you've saved in the selected browser. After importing they'll appear in the 'Other bookmarks' folder at the end of the bookmarks bar (Ctrl+B).
- Search engines
Alternative search options that you've saved in the selected browser.
- Saved passwords
Passwords stored in the browser you've chosen for websites you've visited.
- Browsing history
A list of all the websites you've visited while using the selected browser.
7. Click the Import button.
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| | Re: About Google Chrome (18th Jan 09 at 4:53am UTC) | | Downloads: Downloading a file
When you download a file from a website, the downloads bar appears at the bottom of the tab where you can monitor the progress of your downloading file. The file button indicates the size of the download and the amount of time remaining until the completion of the download. An arrow appears in the tab to signify a download in progress.
Pause or cancel a download in progress
To pause a download without canceling it, go to the Downloads page (Ctrl+J) and click the Pause link next to the download.
To cancel a download completely, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Cancel.
Open a downloaded file
After the file's download is completed, click the file button in the downloads bar. You can also click this button while the download is in progress so the file opens as soon as it's downloaded. The file's now listed as the newest link on your Downloads page.
To make sure that files of its type always open immediately after they're done downloading, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Always open files of this type. o open the folder on your computer containing the downloaded file, click the arrow next to its button in the downloads bar and select Show in folder.
Move a download on your computer
Copy a downloaded file to a different folder on your computer by dragging its button from the downloads bar to the desired folder window that's open on your computer.
Customize your download location settings to download files to the same folder every time or specify a different location for each download.
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