Google Chrome is the web browser developed by Google and is built upon the WebKit layout engine and application framework (used also by Safari). As of early 2011, Chrome held about 10% of the browser market share, according to Net Applications. Chrome was first unveiled on September 2, 2008 on ...
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How do I tell Google Chrome to read a different hosts file?
At work in my university, the computers in the office all use Windows XP, latest service pack. They've given each one of us a regular account, with no way of installing programs or making ...
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Chrome windows don't remember size after closing and re-opening
Running GNOME 3 (GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1) on Ubuntu 11.10 , I'm seeing a problem with Google Chrome where sometime in the past a pop-under ad has resized my browser window to something like 640x400 , and ...
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How to disable “Download scanning protection” of new Chrome-17?
In recent update of Google Chrome internet browser (in stable channel), there is a new security/privacy option:
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/02/faster-browsing-safer-downloading.html
In ...
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Cause for bad font rendering in Chrome?
I notice that the text on some web pages look bad when viewed in Chrome (16.0.912.77 m) while OK with Firefox (10.0). FWIW, I'm using the Windows versions of those applications, with default settings.
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How do I get Chrome 17 to prerender pages during autocomplete?
Google announced Chrome 17 today; their top advertised feature was a prerender feature for the omnibox.
When you start typing in the omnibox and the URL autocompletes to a site you’re very likely ...
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google-chrome open url in current tab through ssh/remotely
Basically I need to issue an ssh command to open a url in the current tab
if i try to run chrome with say
google-chrome http://yahoo.com
it adds a new tab to the already existing window.
I looked ...
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How does Safari's Reader work and when does it show up?
Safari's Reader feature is a cool little app that displays a web page as a newspaper article --- without all the distracting sidebars, comments, and ads. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, ...
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What does the “Run PPAPI Flash In The Renderer Proces” flag do?
In Google Chrome's about:flags, I see an opton labeled "Run PPAPI Flash In The Renderer Proces".
The only resource I've found is that PPAPI, "Pepper", is an alternative to Netscape's NPAPI.
My ...
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Chrome Kiosk-mode in OS X Lion allows top menu bar?
Using the information here, I was able to place Chrome into Kiosk mode on OSX Snow Leopard. However, in Lion it appears to work but if you move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen, the menu bar ...
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How to diagnose why Wolfram Alpha page locks up Chrome and IE?
This evening a page at Wolfram Alpha is causing both Chrome and IE to become unresponsive.
i've tried looking at the F12 tools of both browsers, and find nothing unusual that would indicate what the ...
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is there a firefox-like plugin container for chrome?
I just switched to chrome some days ago and I am very happy with it, but there was one thing with Firefox I really liked: The plugin container. From time to time the flash player hangs up and with ...
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Why doesn't Chrome seem to like OS-specific mods?
I was a Firefox guy for a long time. Recently I switched to Chrome for its minimalism and (frankly) because I like Google. Everything has been going great, except for one small (yet annoying) issue.
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Running terminal commands from Chrome's Omnibar
I would like to use Google Chrome's Omnibar to execute terminal commands.
Is there any way to do that?
Edit:
I found that I could add a custom search engine as "terminal://%s". However, there seems ...
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Accessing IPv6 addresses through an SSH tunnel
I have a remote Arch Linux server which has IPv6 enabled (through Tunnelbroker, I am able to do ping6 ipv6.google.com successfully) and I want to know if it's possible to use PuTTY on my Windows 7 ...
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can't add a new search engine in chrome
After I enter a new search engine and its URL, how can I actually add it? There is no button to push, actually there are no control elements whatsoever.
I will appreciate your help in this matter.
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Chrome: uninstalled applications keep coming back
Every time I uninstall an application or extension from Chrome, it keeps coming back.
I use Chrome on several computers, and apparently uninstalling an application from a computer doesn't spread the ...
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How to select Chrome URL address bar by using shortcuts? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
F6 vs Alt-D vs Ctrl-L (getting to the google chrome omnibar)
Is there a shortcut for Chrome to select address bar and start typing URL (key shortcut)?
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Google Chrome Bookmark Synch overwrote my bookmarks--how can I get them back?
This is a strange one.
I have had bookmark synching turned on for two OS X machines for some months now. Today, I noticed that my bookmarks have disappeared. It seems that an older version of the ...
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Zotero in chrome
I have migrated from Firefox to Chrome and i am unable to download the citation entries directly to zotero using chrome. How to make it work, as firefox does.
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refresh webpage on background tab in firefox or google-chrome
I would like to keep logged in to a website that automatically logs me out after 10 minutes of inactivity. Is there any tool to do a "Refresh" on a specific background tab for a webpage in firefox or ...
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Chrome equivalent to JS Print Setup
Is there an addon to Chrome or a setting I can tick where I can print silently?
EDIT: JS Print Setup is a Firefox addon which instantiates a javascript object that lets you print silently. I'd ...
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Using Chome's omnibar to search a specific site - how does it work?
I'm a heavy Chrome user and while typing in yet another url, I noticed a strange behavoir whereby the ombnibar (url bar) changed to say "Search MyCo JIRA:" and allowed me to directly search my jira ...
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facebook keeps freezing Chrome and Windows
Hı, everyone. I am a Windows 7 and Chrome user.
Lately (since past few months) my Chrome has been freezing, taking down whole operating system with it, leaving resetting the computer the only ...
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Tabbing to first Google result
I'm using Chrome 16.0.912.77 on Windows 7, with the Vimium plugin for Chrome.
I prefer to navigate my browser with the keyboard as much as possible. A really useful feature of Chrome was that I could ...
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Google Chrome Developer Tools data transfer size
In Google Chrome when using the Network Panel to monitor files being transfered from a site, the total size of the data transfered is given at the bottom of the list. Does this figure reflect the size ...
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Force Tweetdeck Chrome app to open new tabs in the background
When I click on links in the Tweetdeck Chrome app, they open in the foreground. Normally, you can cmd+click on a link to open it in the background, but Tweetdeck overrides this behavior as well.
How ...
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How to override Access-Control-Allow-Origin restriction in google chrome?
I make ajax calls to URIs which belong to a different website domain. Normally in IE I am able to do this via jQuery cors support. But this fails in google chrome browser irrespective where cors ...
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Security Essentials constantly finding Ransom.P trojan in Google Chrome cache
On my Windows 7 PC, Microsoft Security Essentials constantly finds the Ransom.P trojan in Google Chrome's cache. For example, in the file:
C:\Users\Denis\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User ...
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Scroll wheel not working in Chrome canary [closed]
Scroll wheel not working in Google Chrome Canary. Works fine in regular Chrome and all other browsers. It is a 1 week old Logitech mouse with scroll wheel and I doubt it is the mouse. Anyone else ...
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Tell Chrome that this is local URL
Using ctrl+L shortcut I can tell Chrome browser that this is a query for the default search engine. Is there an similar shortcut for URLs?
But entering mysite.dev which is a domain set up on my ...
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Why can't I make Google Chrome my default PDF viewer any more?
I am trying to make Google Chrome the default program for opening PDF files on a Windows 7 PC. I right click the PDF and choose 'Open With'. Chrome is not listed, so I browse to its location ...
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Disable custom Chrome keyword search
Certain Chrome extensions change my omnibox behavior. For example, if I type "cal", one of my extensions interprets this as a "quick add" for my Google Calendar, rather than a reference to California. ...
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How to set upperleft corner icon to Google profile avatar image for Chrome on Ubuntu Linux?
How to set upperleft corner icon to my Google profile avatar image for Chrome on Ubuntu Linux?
When I use multiple user account in Chrome, there is an icon showing up at the upperleft corner of the ...
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Make Chrome New Tab Totally Blank
I want to open a tab and nothing but a tab. So far, I have used New Tab Redirect! and specified a blank redirect URL, which becomes about:blank. But when I press CMD/CTRL + T it gives focus to the ...
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Shortcut to open new tab with selected text in Chrome
I need this shortcut when some website display link in plain text, or I wanna google some words in the page.
Right-clicking the menu can do this, but I'd like only use the keyboard which is much more ...
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Chrome running as service on XP
Chrome is running as a service at startup on my XP machine. Is there anything suspicious about it?
Thanks
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My system date is set to 2010, how can I get rid of SSL errors? [closed]
My system date is set to 2010. Every time I visit some HTTPS link there is a error page
The server's security certificate is not yet valid!
Is there any way to tell the browser (preferably ...
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Google Chrome gets really slow on 10+ open tabs
For some time already I face a problem with Google Chrome. I really love this browser, but on Windows 7 on a pretty decent machine (i5, 4GB RAM) it gets REALLY slow when I open for instance 10 ...
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Windows 7: Chrome pinned to taskbar not opening under pinned icon
I have both Chrome and Eclipse pinned to my taskbar in Windows 7 64-Bit. However, when I launch these programs, they don't appear to open under the pinned taskbar icon
Eclipse behaves similarly. ...
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What is Chrome web-app? That looks like a simple bookmark in my “App” section [closed]
I have installed few apps in google-store (stackoverflow, asana). And now I can see no difference in using those services. That's the matter?
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Why can I not print from Google Chrome?
When I try to print any page from Chrome on my Windows 7 machine, I get the following message.
By the way, the gray text in the middle reads "Google Chrome cannot show the print preview when the ...
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“Aw, Snap!” why doesn't chrome work?
I'm trying to use Chrome 17 beta, but it doesn't seem to work. I tried to follow the instructions from the Google Chrome Help page but to no avail.
I can't even open my settings screen, I get the ...
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Google Calendar desktop notifications (similar to Outlook) [closed]
Are there any good, reliable apps for Windows that provide Google Calendar notifications, similar to how the Outlook appointment reminders work?
I've tried a couple, the latest of which is called ...
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How can I remove a suggestion from the Chrome address bar?
I've got a couple of URL autocomplete suggestions where Chrome suggests the wrong URL consistently.
How can I delete the incorrect entry from the address bar's suggestion list? The page I want shows ...
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Auto-synch browser tabs on two PCs?
How can I have the same browser open on two different PCs and always have the same tabs open on both, no matter which one I change?
Any browser. I don't care so long as I get the desried ...
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What information is being accessed by a third party that supports “log in with google”? [migrated]
There are some applications that you can add to google chrome.
However, some of them require you to log in to a google account. During that process you get a message along the lines of "xxx is ...
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Join multiple consecutive SQLite database dump files into 1 common database? Purpose: Search through ENTIRE Chrome Browsing History
Google Chrome 's default web browsing history search engine only lets you access the records of the recent 100 days.
Nevertheless in your application data, Chrome keeps your entire browsing history in ...
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How do I check the code of a Chrome extension to make sure it's not stealing my info? [migrated]
I've been reading more and more about just how much access browser extensions can have to your data. This is a little unsettling, so I'm curious if there is a way to Vet these extensions and make sure ...
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Is there a way to hide single bookmarks or bookmark folders in Google Chrome (or Chromium)?
In Opera I can choose to hide bookmarks and bookmark folders from the bookmark bar, is this also possible with Google Chrome or Chromium?
As a workaround I put all the bookmarks I don't want to see ...
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Cannot access FreeBSD 8.2 client in VirtualBox from host browser
So, on my MacBook I have installed VirtualBox because I want to develop a web app that will be running on FreeBSD OS.
I have installed FreeBSD 8.2 inside virtual PC I have created in VirtualBox. I ...
