Question

I love Google Chrome, it's fast, it works.

For me life without Incognito Windows (Ctrl+Shift+N) and Task Manager (Shift+Esc) seems pretty glum.

What other Chrome tips have you got?

Answer 1

About pages. Type in address bar:

• about:memory or chrome://about/memory > memory stats in browser
• about:version or chrome://about/ > Browser version, User Agent, WebKit version, V8 version
• about:cache > browser cache
• about:plugins or chrome://about/plugins > installed plugins in browser, mime-type information
• about:histograms > histograms
• about:dns > Google Chrome prefetches the DNS records for 10 frequently visited hostnames. This feature can be disabled in Options > Under the Hood by unchecking "Use DNS pre-fetching to improve page load performance".
• about:crash > crash window page

Source

Answer 2

The WebKit Web Inspector (accessed via right-clicking on an element and choosing Inspect Element) is great. I use it in Safari all the time.

Answer 3

Specify alternate proxy settings in the command line:

chrome.exe --proxy-server=foo:8080

Answer 4

Creating an "app" of a single website using the -app parameter:

chrome.exe -app="https://rememberthemilk.com/"

Answer 5

Extensions!

They're still not really publicised and there is no way to manage them, but they exist and install easily. In particular, AdSweep is nifty. There are also a bunch more here.

Answer 6

If you use it in Windows try run with these parameters:

• for bookmark menu icon:
  --bookmark-menu

• for the icons on bottom, e.g. xmarks:
  --show-extensions-on-top

Here are the shortcuts I use constantly; they work perfectly in Linux:

• ctrl+shift+T (undo close tab)
• ctrl+B (view/hide bookmark bar)

• ctrl++ / ctrl+- (increase/dcrease font size)

• Search behavior can be personalized and different keywords (shortcuts) can be used for different searches. Right click the addressbar (omnibar) and choose "edit search engines". Check this page out for more info if you need.

• chrome://extensions (extension manager)

Two more tips:

• You can pull away a tab then it becomes a new window. You can do it in opposite way too.

• Select a text in a webpage and drag to the addressbar. It's very useful if the URL isn't clickable. Like this, try: superuser.com

Answer 7

You can use Ctrl + Mouse wheel to increase/decrease font size.

Answer 8

The ability to dock tabs around the screen is something very cool. It replace aerosnap. You just have to drag the tabs at some pre-defined locations on the screen (sides, top, and near an other Chrome Window). See here for more information (go to the Resize Tabs section).

Answer 9

Ctrl+W. Closes current tab, and works great for closing all but one tab that the leftmost one (you can move it there). Just hold Ctrl and tap 'W' as many times as needed.

Answer 10

So what if I unintall Internet Explorer? Where will it get the settings from?