Google Chrome OS - FAQ About Google Chrome OS

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22503944969870636872010-07-15T18:36:16.212-07:00Google Chrome BlogA Googlernoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-46026938673723746082010-07-07T15:30:00.000-07:002010-07-07T15:38:08.080-07:002010-07-07T15:38:08.080-07:00100 Chrome Experiments and counting!Last year we launched Chrome Experiments, a website showcasing innovative web experiments built with open standards like JavaScript and HTML5. Today we’re pleased to announce that the site now points to 100 experiments -- each one made, hosted, and submitted by programmers from around the world.


Since the site launched just 18 months ago, browsers have been improving at a rapid pace, and the latest experiments have taken advantage of that. A big step forward has been the widespread adoption and support of HTML5, which is becoming standard in all modern browsers. New functionality like the video and canvas tags have made for some inspiring work. It’s hard to pick our favorites, but a few innovative submissions include Destructive Video, SketchPad, and Harmony.Sarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/07/100-chrome-experiments-and-counting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-77833635569326489022010-06-30T10:53:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:13:04.556-07:002010-06-30T11:13:04.556-07:00Making the web more accessible, one step at a timeFrom text that is too small to read, to user interfaces that do not offer keyboard navigation options, users with special needs face a lot of challenges when trying to access websites they are interested in. We believe that extensions can complement the work we are doing to make Google Chrome more accessible and can help users with disabilities turn the web from an often unwelcoming place to an environment they can truly enjoy.

Today we are launching a new category of featured extensions under the name “Accessibility”. On this page you’ll find ChromeVis a brand new extension from Google that allows users with low vision to magnify and change the color of selected text. You will also find extensions like Chrome Daltonize that can help color blind users to see more details in web pages or gleeBox that provides alternatives to actions traditionally performed via the mouse such as clicking, scrolling and selecting text fields.



All users can benefit from these extensions - not just users with disabilities. To encourage more developers to incorporate best practices in accessibility when designing extensions, we’ve open sourced the code behind Chrome Vis and created relevant documentation. You can get more information in the Chromium blog.

One can develop a lot of great extensions to benefit users with special needs. We plan to release a few more in the next months so stay tuned for more updates.

Posted by Jonas Klink, Accessibility Product Managerchristosaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14483373174603808082noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/06/making-web-more-accessible-one-step-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-32589797505879499742010-06-30T08:06:00.000-07:002010-06-30T18:02:49.673-07:002010-06-30T18:02:49.673-07:00Adobe Flash Player support now enabled in Google Chrome’s stable channelIn our most recent stable release of Google Chrome, we talked about beta-testing Adobe Flash Player integration into Chrome. We're now happy to enable this integration by default in the stable channel of Chrome. To read more about this integration, check out the Chromium blog.

In testing Flash Player integration into Chrome, the Chrome team admittedly spent many, many fun hours with a few of our favorite Flash-based indie games. So as a side project, we teamed up with a few creative folks to build Chrome FastBall, a Flash-based game built on top of the YouTube platform.



Try pitting your wits against the clock at youtube.com/chromefastball. If you’re using Chrome, your browser should be automatically updated with Flash Player integration as of this week. And if you haven’t yet tried Chrome, download this newest stable release of the browser at google.com/chrome and take it for a test drive!

Update 9:20 AM PST: Due to the overwhelming response to the game, some things aren't quite working as we hoped due to server-side overloading. Please forgive the maintenance work as we get the game back up again. Thanks!

Update 2 6:00 PM PST: All technical issues have been resolved now, so you can enjoy the game. Thanks for your patience!

Posted by Jeff Chang, Product ManagerGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/06/adobe-flash-player-support-now-enabled.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-15642363209289578692010-06-16T07:10:00.000-07:002010-06-16T07:10:25.980-07:002010-06-16T07:10:25.980-07:00Gooooaaal!Sore throats from yelling after every goal. Red eyes from waking up too early or staying up too late to watch a game. Sick leaves multiplying during important matches. It’s official: Football fever has spread around the globe, as the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ is already underway.

For those of you who are football fans, kick your game-watching up a notch with the FIFA.com Chrome extension that will help you stay up-to-date with the latest news and scores from South Africa. Most importantly, the extension notifies you when a match is about to begin and displays goal alerts within the browser in real-time for the matches you care about.

From the extension, you can also access match schedules and easily share match scores and personal commentary about specific plays and calls on Facebook, Twitter and Google Buzz. To complement the FIFA.com Chrome extension, you can personalise your browser with one of 32 custom themes that shows your team colours.



You can find the FIFA.com Chrome extension and themes in the World Cup section of the Chrome Extensions gallery. While you’re there, you can also try out more than 5,000 extensions -- you may not find one that helps your team perform better on the field, but you’ll likely discover a few that can make your daily browsing more enjoyable. May the best team win!

Posted by Max Madile and Paola Veglio, Product Marketing Managers, Google LondonGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/06/gooooaaal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-90484602986284785722010-05-25T08:59:00.000-07:002010-05-25T08:59:46.046-07:002010-05-25T08:59:46.046-07:00A new Chrome stable release: Welcome, Mac and Linux!In our most recent beta release, we fired up all engines to bring to life our fastest version of Chrome to date.

Today, we’re bringing all this beta goodness to the stable channel so that it’s available to all Chrome users. We’re particularly excited to bring Chrome for Mac and Linux out of beta, and introduce Chrome’s first stable release for Mac and Linux users. You can read more about the Mac and Linux stable releases on the Google Mac and Chromium blogs respectively.

Today’s stable release also comes with a host of new features. You’ll be able to synchronize not only bookmarks across multiple computers, but also browser preferences -- including themes, homepage and startup settings, web content settings, preferred languages, and even page zoom settings. Meanwhile, for avid extensions users, you can enable each extension to work in incognito mode through the extensions manager.

Our stable release also incorporates HTML5 features such as Geolocation APIs, App Cache, web sockets, and file drag-and-drop. For a taste of HTML5’s powerful features, try browsing through websites developed in HTML5 such as scribd.com, dragging and dropping attachments in Gmail, or by enabling the geolocation functionality in Google Maps. We’ve also given Chrome’s bookmark manager a facelift with HTML5:



In recent weeks, we’ve been beta-testing Adobe Flash Player integration into Chrome. While Flash Player integration in the browser is not included by default in today’s stable release, we’re excited to enable this feature with the full release of Flash Player (version 10.1) soon.

If you’re already using Chrome for Windows, Mac or Linux, you’ll be auto-updated to this latest release soon. You can also try out these new features on our speedy browser now, by downloading Chrome from google.com/chrome.


Posted by Brian Rakowski, Product ManagerGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-chrome-stable-release-welcome-mac.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-71791724961442369882010-05-14T17:00:00.000-07:002010-05-17T09:07:39.768-07:002010-05-17T09:07:39.768-07:00Six ways to find the right Chrome Extension for youWith so many Chrome extensions to choose from, exploring the extensions gallery has been like a treasure hunt for me. Over the last few months, I've spent hours checking out new extensions and discovering cool ways to keep up with the latest news or find better deals online. I'd like to share with you some useful extensions that I came across in six easy-to-use pages for web development, blogging, shopping, sports, fun and Google applications.
Posted by Koh Kim, Associate Product Marketing ManagerKoh Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02690982928829026321noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/six-ways-to-find-right-chrome-extension.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-60151131077272891762010-05-05T09:00:00.000-07:002010-05-05T09:03:43.117-07:002010-05-05T09:03:43.117-07:00Potato gun, lightning, and sonic magic: Unconventional speed tests for the browserYesterday, we released a new beta for Chrome, and teamed up with a few creative minds to bring Chrome’s speed to life with an early preview of a series of fun, unconventional speed tests for the browser. As promised in my blogpost, here’s a follow-up video of the full results!



(Watching web pages load at 2700 frames per second reveals unexpected artifacts. If you're interested in the technical details, read on in the video's description drop-down in YouTube).

Posted by Mads Ager, Software EngineerGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/potato-gun-lightning-and-sonic-magic.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-54765678748537889382010-05-04T08:31:00.000-07:002010-05-04T09:05:46.083-07:002010-05-04T09:05:46.083-07:00Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and LinuxHere in Aarhus, Denmark -- home of the V8 project, Chrome’s JavaScript engine -- we’ve been tuning, testing, and polishing the V8 engine to give Chrome a hefty boost in speed.

Today’s new beta release incorporates one of Chrome’s most significant speed and performance increases to date, with 30% and 35% improvement on the V8 and SunSpider benchmarks over the previous beta channel release. In fact, looking back in time, Chrome’s performance has improved by as much as 213% and 305% on these two benchmarks since our very first beta.





Today’s beta release also includes a handful of new features. Not too long ago, we introduced bookmark sync into the browser, which allows you to keep your bookmarks synchronized on multiple computers using your Google Account. Beta users can now synchronize not only bookmarks, but also browser preferences including themes, homepage and startup settings, web content settings, and language. By popular demand especially from avid Chrome extensions users, you can now install and use Chrome extensions while in incognito mode.

Under the hood, today’s release contains the goodness of some new HTML5 features, namely Geolocation APIs, App Cache, web sockets, and file drag-and-drop capabilities. Additionally, this is the first Chrome beta that features initial integration of the Adobe Flash Player plug-in with Chrome, so that you can browse a rich, dynamic web with added security and stability -- you’ll automatically receive security and feature updates for Flash Player with Chrome’s auto-update mechanism.

To try out all these new features, download Chrome on the Windows beta channel, or download the Mac or Linux betas.

Lastly, with this beta’s crazy speed improvements, we designed a series of equally unconventional speed tests for the browser. While the V8 and SunSpider benchmarks have their strengths, we felt that more could be done to measure speed on the browser. Here’s an early preview of how we designed, built, and implemented these speed tests. Stay tuned for the full results; we’ll post them here tomorrow.



Watching web pages load at 2700 frames per second reveals unexpected artifacts. If you're interested in the technical details, read on in the video's description drop-down in YouTube.


Posted by Mads Ager, Software EngineerGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/pedal-to-chrome-metal-our-fastest-beta.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-27157056792158570592010-04-29T17:00:00.000-07:002010-04-29T17:41:30.592-07:002010-04-29T17:41:30.592-07:00Keeping Track of the World with Chrome ExtensionsIn recent weeks, we saw not only breaking news, but erupting, stunning and unveiling news! To keep myself from drowning in the news flood, I found that using a few Chrome extensions can help me keep track of it all.

If you're a media enthusiast like I am, there are many Chrome extensions that can help you stay on top of your favorite media sites. With the Financial Times extension, you can quickly browse the financial and economic headlines. At the same time, you can keep up with the latest in politics and art with the NPR extension. A neat feature is that you can also listen to episodes of "All Songs Considered" and other NPR programs. Fan of cricket, Formula 1, or rugby? ESPN has extensions that give you one-click access to top headlines and live scores while you browse the web.



For those who prefer using Google Reader to manage your news feeds, you can quickly preview subscriptions in a pop-up using the Google Reader Notifier extension. Interested in a particular story? You can open your Google Reader in a new tab or go directly to the article.

Sometimes I want to see all of my content in one, easily accessible page. Feedly organizes your content from your favorite sites and services such as Google Reader, Twitter and Flickr into a stylish, magazine-like start page.

These are just a few extensions to help you stay in the know, and you can find many more in the Chrome extensions gallery. You can also check out this video to see some other features you can add to your browser.



Posted by Koh Kim, Associate Product Marketing ManagerKoh Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02690982928829026321noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/04/keeping-track-of-world-with-chrome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-36969748432627625002010-04-14T11:17:00.000-07:002010-04-14T11:21:42.388-07:002010-04-14T11:21:42.388-07:00Tip: Going UndercoverSometimes you don't want to leave traces on your computer of some site you visit. Google Chrome's incognito windows are made just for this. Visit a website in an incognito window, and when you close the window, the browser has no record of you having been there.


Of course, you probably knew that. What you might not have known is that you don't have to use the Tools menu in the upper corner of the window to get an incognito window. Just hit ctrl-shift-n, and one will pop right up. (And it's command + shift + N on a Mac.)


If there's a particular link you want to open in incognito mode, you can right click the link and select "Open link in incognito window", and you'll navigate to it without leaving any tracks.


Posted by Peter Kasting, Software EngineerSarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/04/tip-going-undercover.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-50805240595594539482010-04-01T07:54:00.000-07:002010-04-01T07:56:32.333-07:002010-04-01T07:56:32.333-07:00Unmuting the web with Google ChromeWe’ve long felt that not enough people know what a browser is. Too many people just use the browser that comes with their computer. The time has come for browsers to speak up and be heard. Even though we’ve experimented with visual improvements in the way of 3D stereoscopy, we think it’s time for browsers to push the boundaries of what’s possible by using sound to create a magical, immersive experience.

Taking an earful of inspiration from the HTML5 audio tag, we’ve spent the past few months deep in psychoacoustic models, the Whittaker-Nyquist-Kotelnikov-Shannon sampling theorem, Franssen effects, Shepard-Risset Tones, and 11.1 surround sound research to build a cutting-edge audio-driven user interface for our users, available through a new Chrome extension. With this extension, Chrome will provide audio feedback as you browse to web pages and interact with the browser.

To experience the web with auditory feedback, download Google Chrome (if you haven’t already), install the extension, turn up the volume, and enjoy the biggest increase in your browsing productivity since the blink tag. Mundane operations like opening and closing tabs, searching, navigating, even debugging the browser and much more will never be the same.

Now that we’ve nailed sight and sound, we’ll look at bringing olfactory magic to the browsing experience. We hope to deliver that by next year at this time.

Posted by Kay, Rakowski, and Chan from the Psychoacoustics Research Division of the Google Chrome TeamGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/04/unmuting-web-with-google-chrome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-90093690657011778202010-03-17T09:39:00.000-07:002010-03-17T10:32:29.112-07:002010-03-17T10:32:29.112-07:00At the end of the rainbow, a new pot of Chrome!Earlier this month, we launched a new beta of Google Chrome that brought automatic translation and fine-grained privacy controls to the browser. Today, those features have been promoted to the stable channel so all Chrome users can try them out.

Google Chrome’s translation feature uses the supercool Google Translate technology -- today, it works across 52 languages and can automatically detect and translate entire websites in less than a second. In Chrome, the language detection takes place in the browser, not on Google servers. If the page isn’t in a language you know, Chrome offers to translate it for you by sending it through Google Translate. If you’re curious about the technical nitty-gritty involved in integrating translation in Chrome, check out our post on the Google Translate Blog.

Today’s stable release also comes with some new privacy features and a tweak to our Google Update technology. Now, there’s a set of “Content Settings” options that let you manage how browser cookies, images, JavaScript, plug-ins, and pop-ups are handled on a site-by-site basis. For example, you can block all cookies except for the ones from sites you trust. We’ve also implemented a new approach to our Google Update technology, which allows us to remove the unique ID from Google Update while still preserving our ability to determine the number of active users and keep everyone up-to-date with the latest security updates and speed improvements. Chrome has many other existing and new features to help you manage your information. You can learn more about all of these features at google.com/chrome/privacy, watch our video series on browser privacy, or check out the video below about how to manage Cookies ‘n Chrome.



We’re excited that these new features are now available to all Chrome users. For those of you who currently use Chrome, you should be updated automatically within the next few days. You can also download the browser directly at google.com/chrome. And if you need a place to try out your new found translation abilities, try searching for the best way to tell your friends “Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig”!

Posted by Darin Fisher, Software Engineer Google Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/03/at-end-of-rainbow-new-pot-of-chrome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-81868343263812717612010-03-11T11:00:00.000-08:002010-03-11T11:03:30.257-08:002010-03-11T11:03:30.257-08:00Tip: Always restoring tabsWhen reading the last tip about restoring closed tabs, you might have wondered if you can just get the browser to always start up where you left off. This would save you the trouble of re-opening your windows and tabs manually.

It turns out you can do this easily. Open the Tools menu and select "Options" (or, if you're using a Mac, open "Preferences") and go to the "Basics" tab. The first section on the first page of options is called "On startup:", and in there you'll see an option to "Reopen the pages that were open last". Once you select this, Google Chrome will start up showing the same pages that were open when you shut down.


There is one caveat here. Normally, only the most recent window you were using is restored when you restart. If you have more than one window you want to restore, make sure you use the "Exit" choice in the Tools menu (on Mac: "Chrome" > "Quit Google Chrome") to shut down all your windows at once, instead of closing them one at a time. (Of course, as covered in the last tip, you can always restore the other window(s) manually if you forget to exit!)


Finally, if the browser ever crashes, the next time you start up you'll have the option at the top of your window to restore your previous windows and tabs, even if you haven't changed what appears on startup.



Posted by Peter Kasting, Software EngineerSarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/03/tip-always-restoring-tabs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-1205965998275504232010-03-01T21:00:00.000-08:002010-03-01T20:55:21.593-08:002010-03-01T20:55:21.593-08:00A polyglot Google Chrome beta, with new privacy featuresWhether you're catching up on your favorite Arabic gameshow, getting up to speed on the latest Korean mobile gadgetry, or researching the local perspective for a dream trip to Machu Picchu, we're all constantly reminded that the internet is an amazingly multilingual place. The Google Chrome team is excited to introduce a new beta feature to help our users navigate the multilingual web: instant machine translation of webpages, without the need for any browser extensions or plug-ins.

How does it work? When the language of the webpage you're viewing is different from your preferred language setting, Chrome will display a prompt asking if you'd like the page to be translated for you using Google Translate.

Here's a demo of the translation feature by Jay Civelli, one of the engineers who developed it:


For more on how automatic translation in Chrome works, read on in our Help Center article. We hope that the development of online translation tools like this one will help make all the world's information universally accessible in an easy, frictionless way – imagine reading a diversity of foreign language news sources in your mother tongue, or easily conducting online commerce across borders and languages.

With today's beta release, we're also excited to introduce new features that will give you even greater choice and control over your privacy as you browse the web. We realize that many users have questions about privacy in browsers, so we've produced a short video to help users better understand privacy in the browser:


In addition to Chrome's existing incognito mode – a handy way to browse the web without leaving traces of website visits on your computer or downloads in your browser history – you can now manage your privacy settings in the new "Privacy" section of Chrome's Options dialog. From these settings, you can control how browser cookies, images, JavaScript, plug-ins, and pop-ups are handled on a site-by-site basis. For example, you can set up cookie rules to allow cookies specifically only for sites that you trust, and block cookies from untrusted sites.

You can read more about these features, or watch videos explaining how your privacy is handled in Chrome's various features including search and suggestions, browser cookies, Safe Browsing technology, and automatic security updates.

Try out all these new features for yourself in today's beta release. For those of you already on the beta channel, you'll soon be updated automatically. And for those of you on the stable channel, we'll be making Chrome's new translation and privacy features available to you in the coming weeks. Till our next update, auf Wiedersehen!


Posted by Wieland Holfelder, Engineering Director, Google MunichGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/03/polyglot-google-chrome-beta-with-new.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-29690232329543183892010-02-23T11:19:00.000-08:002010-02-23T12:57:35.785-08:002010-02-23T12:57:35.785-08:00Tip: Recovering closed tabsIf you've ever accidentally closed a tab with something important in it, or shut down the browser only to realize you needed one more bit of information about the webpage you were reading, despair not. Google Chrome remembers the last ten tabs or windows you've closed, and lets you restore them. You can get at these in several ways:

• On the bottom of New Tab page, the most recent few are listed in the "Recently closed" section. You can even use this after restarting the browser, in case you accidentally quit with something important open.



• If you right-click in the tabstrip, you'll see an option to "Reopen closed tab" or "Reopen closed window", depending on what you last closed. Using this repeatedly goes back through the remembered tabs and windows, from most to least recent.



• If keyboard shortcuts suit you more than context menus, just use ctrl-shift-T to reopen a close tab or window.

Posted by Peter Kasting, Software EngineerGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/02/tip-recovering-closed-tabs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-20871052925274436672010-02-11T08:00:00.000-08:002010-02-11T10:04:10.034-08:002010-02-11T10:04:10.034-08:00A new beta of Google Chrome for Mac - with extensions and moreSince we released Chrome for Mac in beta last December, we've been busy adding new features. Today, after some incubation in the developer channel, we're happy to make some of these features more widely available. The new beta release of Chrome for Mac offers extensions, bookmark sync, and more.

With this new version, you'll be able to install any of over 2,200 extensions (and counting!) currently available in Chrome's extensions gallery. Extensions can add useful, informative, fun, or quirky functionality to the browser. You can manage your extensions by clicking on the Window menu and choosing "Extensions."

For this release, we remained focused on providing a snappy, safe, and simple browsing experience on the Mac. If you haven't tried Chrome on the Mac yet and are curious about its features, this video will take you on a brief tour:



Those of you who use several computers will now be able to keep your bookmarks synchronized between them. If some of your computers aren't Macs, don't worry: bookmark sync works in Chrome for Linux and Windows too. We also added bookmark and cookie managers in a way that feels completely at home on the Mac. For technically-oriented users, our new Task Manager will help you keep tabs on all of your tabs.

If you're not using Chrome yet, you can try all of these new features out by downloading the Google Chrome Beta for Mac. Existing Chrome users should be automatically updated to the new beta within the next day – just check the About window and look for version 5.0.307. We hope you're as excited about this new version as our animated friends are:



Posted by Mark Mentovai, Software Engineer, Google ChromeSarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-beta-of-google-chrome-for-mac-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-53137610846458400502010-01-27T11:26:00.001-08:002010-01-27T11:30:40.090-08:002010-01-27T11:30:40.090-08:00Tip: Managing tabsWhen you're using the same browser window to check your email and calendar, write a report, do some research, and watch a few YouTube videos, the tabstrip can become pretty crowded. With Google Chrome, we tried to make it easy to keep your tabs organized.

You can use the mouse to grab a tab and drag it around in the tabstrip, to keep related tabs close to each other.


If you need even better delineation between tasks, just drag a tab out of the strip entirely and drop it somewhere on your desktop. You'll get a whole new window to keep stuff in, and you can then drag more tabs from your old window to your new one.


Didn't mean to create that window? Just drag the tab you dropped back up to the original tabstrip to put it back.

Of course, sometimes you don't want to move tabs, you just want to get rid of them. If you find that highlighting the little "x" that closes a tab is too tricky, you can just point at any part of the tab in the tabstrip and press your mouse's middle button. This makes it just a little easier to go close a tab.


And after you close one tab, the next tab will slide right under your mouse, so if you want to close a bunch, you can just keep clicking.

Posted by Peter Kasting, Software EngineerSarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/01/tip-managing-tabs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-47178290035375230732010-01-25T07:17:00.000-08:002010-01-25T09:16:37.235-08:002010-01-25T09:16:37.235-08:00Over 1,500 new features for Google ChromeWe're excited to usher in the new year with a bundle of browser goodness for the stable version of Google Chrome. With today's new stable release, all Google Chrome users on PCs can access over 1,500 new features, through our new extension system.

Extensions are little programs, created by developers, which add useful functionality to the browser and to the websites you visit. Some provide you with alerts and notifications, others let you easily access your favorite web services from icons next to your address bar, and there are lots more.

In the video below, I walk through how to install an extension as well as a few that I find useful:



You can find extensions for Google Chrome in our extension gallery, and install the ones that interest you. Extensions on Google Chrome take only seconds to install, and can be uninstalled just as easily. You can view and manage the settings for your extensions by clicking on the Tools menu and selecting "Extensions."



In addition to extensions, another feature that's moving from our beta to the stable channel on the Windows version of Google Chrome is bookmark sync. For those of you who use several computers -- for example, a laptop at work and a desktop at home -- you can now keep your Google Chrome bookmarks synchronized and up-to-date across computers, without needing to manually recreate your bookmarks every time you switch computers. To read more on bookmark sync, check out this handy guide.

For web developers and designers, we're excited to integrate a number of new HTML5 APIs in this stable release, including LocalStorage, Database API, WebSockets, and more. To dive into these features, read on in the Chromium Blog.

Lastly but certainly not the least, we've improved performance (as measured by Mozilla's Dromaeo DOM Core Tests) by 42% over our last stable release and 400% since our first stable release last year.



To those using Google Chrome on Linux, extensions are enabled on the beta channel. And for those using Google Chrome for Mac, hang tight — we're working on bringing extensions, bookmark sync and more to the beta soon. Those currently using the stable version for Windows will be automatically updated within the next week (or you can check for updates manually).

If you're on a PC and haven't tried Google Chrome yet, you can download Google Chrome and give all these new features a whirl.

Posted by Nick Baum, Product ManagerSarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/01/over-1500-new-features-for-google.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-36070848857192370882010-01-11T18:21:00.000-08:002010-01-12T10:25:02.324-08:002010-01-12T10:25:02.324-08:00Tip: More omnibox power toolsWe've already seen a few things you can do with the omnibox, but it turns out there are even more capabilities you might not have known about.

First, you can create a desktop shortcut for the page you're on by simply highlighting the text in the omnibox, and then dragging that text onto your desktop.

If this is too fussy for you, you can drag the Star button next to the omnibox to the desktop to do the same thing (Note: this only applies to Google Chrome for Windows).

Second, if you've gotten a web address in an email or other document, and it isn't actually clickable, you can easily open it in the omnibox. Just select the link (even if it's broken across multiple lines!), copy it to your clipboard, and then right click (or on the Mac, ctrl-click) on the omnibox and select "Paste and go".

This will navigate to the link immediately. It works for things other than links too -- if you have some text on your clipboard, you can "Paste and search" to do the same thing as dragging the text to the omnibox.

Posted by Peter Kasting, Software EngineerSarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/01/tip-more-omnibox-power-tools.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-10884699856305255642009-12-23T08:27:00.000-08:002009-12-23T09:35:44.070-08:002009-12-23T09:35:44.070-08:00Smarter holiday shopping with Google Chrome Extensions (beta!)

Since we launched extensions for Google Chrome on the beta channel for Windows and Linux a few weeks ago, we've seen over 1,000 extensions submitted to the gallery. Several of them have already become browser staples for me. But since I've been spending most all of my free time online doing holiday shopping this December, I found myself relying on a few extensions to find the perfect gifts and great deals.

If you're doing some last-minute holiday shopping in the coming days, one extension to try out is InvisibleHand. This extension discreetly notifies you if a product you are looking at on a particular online store is available for less from another retailer.

Also, the Google Checkout team recently released Promotion Notifier, an extension that alerts you if the online store you're browsing is offering special deals for purchases made through Google Checkout. If so, a notification banner pops up with details such as the discount amount and the minimum purchase required.

Another extension you might find useful is the one created by Woot.com. With just one click to the extension's icon, you can find some really memorable items that are on sale on a particular day at Woot.com (like night vision goggles!).

If you're on the beta channel for Windows or Linux versions of Google Chrome, visit the gallery to browse many more extensions (including extensions from eBay and Kaboodle) that might make last-minute online shopping faster, easier, and maybe a little less stressful. Happy Holidays!

Posted by Christos Apartoglou, Product Marketing ManagerGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/12/smarter-holiday-shopping-with-google.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-62125685597773691062009-12-08T06:36:00.000-08:002009-12-08T09:05:16.358-08:002009-12-08T09:05:16.358-08:00Google Chrome for the holidays: Mac, Linux and extensions in betaThere was nothing more excruciating for me as a kid than seeing the presents pile up under the Christmas tree but knowing that I couldn't open them until Christmas morning. On the Google Chrome team, we've had the same feeling as we've been working to get betas ready for Mac, Linux and extensions. It's been a long time coming, but today we can check the top three items off our users' wish lists.

Google Chrome for Mac (Beta)
We've been working hard to deliver a first-class browser for the Mac — it took longer than we expected, but we hope the wait was worth it! We wanted Google Chrome to feel at home on the Mac, so we've focused on uniting our clean, simple design with subtle animations and effects to create a snappy and satisfying browsing experience on OS X. As you might expect, the speed of Google Chrome for Mac is something we're very proud of. If you have a Mac, try installing the beta and see how fast it launches — there's hardly even time for the icon in the dock to bounce!

For more details on this beta release of Google Chrome for Mac, read on in the Google Mac blog or watch this video from one of our engineers, Mike Pinkerton:



Google Chrome for Linux (Beta)
At Google, most engineers use Linux machines, so we certainly heard loud and clear how much they wanted Google Chrome for Linux. Just like Google Chrome for Windows and Mac, we focused on speed, stability and security, but we also wanted a high-performance browser that integrated well with the Linux ecosystem. This includes tight integration with native GTK themes, updates that are managed by the standard system package manager, and many other features that fit in natively with the operating system where possible.

Google Chrome for Linux in various GTK themes

Just as important, we've had quite a bit of help from the open source community. More than 50 open source contributors have worked on Chromium and they've been especially helpful on delivering our Linux version of Google Chrome. For more details on the beta release of Google Chrome for Linux, check out the Chromium blog.

Extensions in Google Chrome for Windows and Linux (Beta)
When we first launched Google Chrome in September 2008, we knew that we wanted to make it easy for you to customize the browser with extensions. We also wanted to make extensions easy to create and maintain, while preserving Google Chrome's speed and stability. Extensions on Google Chrome accomplishes all these goals: they are as easy to create as web pages, easy to install, and each extension runs in its own process to avoid crashing or significantly slowing down the browser.

Extensions installed on Google Chrome (for PC or Linux)

If you're on a PC or a Linux machine, you can check out more than 300 extensions in the gallery, including a few cool, useful and cute extensions . Extensions aren't quite beta-quality on Mac yet, but you will be able to preview them on a developer channel soon. And if you're a web developer, you can learn more about writing extensions for Google Chrome on the Chromium blog.


We hope the betas for Mac, Linux and extensions were some of the things on your wish list this year. We'd like to say thanks to Mac and Linux users who gave our early developer versions of Google Chrome a test drive on these platforms, as well as developers who wrote great extensions for Google Chrome. And in case you're wondering what we'd like for the holidays, we're always eager for feedback — and I wouldn't mind a brand new extension that makes it snow on demand!


Posted by Brian Rakowski, Product ManagerGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-for-holidays-mac-linux.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-5920774134682927232009-12-03T11:49:00.000-08:002009-12-06T08:29:42.309-08:002009-12-06T08:29:42.309-08:00Technically speaking, what makes Google Chrome fast?

We're always happy to hear that you're enjoying Google Chrome's speed, and we've often been asked what makes Google Chrome so fast -- from its snappy start-up time, and fast page-loading, to the ability to run complex web applications quickly.

For those of you who'd like to dive into the full technical intricacies on what makes Google Chrome a fast and responsive browser, we've put together video interviews to walk through some of the engineering involved. In particular, we take a look at the inner workings of DNS pre-resolution, the V8 JavaScript engine, and DOM bindings. In a future post, we'll also cover other important aspects of Google Chrome's speed, such as WebKit and UI responsiveness.

You can watch these interviews below - or for more details, check out the Chromium blog and the Google Chrome YouTube channel.

Posted by Min Li Chan, Product Marketing ManagerGoogle Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/12/technically-speaking-what-makes-google.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-12910819550934811112009-11-26T09:35:00.000-08:002009-11-26T09:38:58.026-08:002009-11-26T09:38:58.026-08:00Tip: New tab from the omnibox

If you've ever wanted to search or navigate without disrupting the page you're currently reading, you've probably opened a new tab to do so. This means either clicking the "new tab" button at the end of the tabstrip, or using the "new tab" menu item or keyboard shortcut (ctrl-t).

A little-known shortcut can help you do this even faster.

If you type something in to the omnibox and hold down the Alt key while you press enter, the resulting page will open as a new tab at the end of your tabstrip, leaving your previous page untouched.

This way you can skip creating a new tab, and go straight to typing in what you want.

Posted by Peter Kasting, Software EngineerSarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/11/tip-new-tab-from-omnibox.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-61223075570137822862009-11-19T17:49:00.000-08:002009-11-19T18:13:55.838-08:002009-11-19T18:13:55.838-08:00Announcing the Chromium OS Open Source ProjectSarah Nahmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330559152835083421noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/11/announcing-chromium-os-open-source.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250394496987063687.post-40872124733588684352009-11-02T15:00:00.000-08:002009-11-02T15:02:24.735-08:002009-11-02T15:02:24.735-08:00Bookmark sync and more speed in the latest beta release

Fresh from a Halloween weekend, we're excited to introduce a brand new beta for Google Chrome, which includes a few new treats and cool tricks for our users.

For those of you who use several computers -- for example, a laptop at work and a desktop at home -- you've asked for a way to keep your Google Chrome bookmarks in sync across multiple computers. Today's new beta release allows you to do just that! You can keep your Google Chrome bookmarks synchronized and up-to-date across the multiple computers you use, without needing to manually recreate your bookmarks every time you use a different computer.

For more on how to use bookmark sync, check out the video below from one of our team members, Anthony LaForge:

Once you've activated Google Chrome bookmark sync on each of your computers, any changes you make to your bookmarks will appear on all synced computers in just a few seconds. (For those of you who are curious, this bit of magic is made possible by the same XMPP-based servers that power Google Talk).

As with every release, this new beta comes with many speed improvements. In particular, as web applications we use every day become increasingly dynamic, browsers like Google Chrome need to be able to construct and change elements on web pages as fast as possible. We've improved performance scores on Google Chrome by 30% since our current stable release, as measured by Mozilla's Dromeao DOM Core Tests, and by 400% since our first stable release.

The beta channel provides a sneak preview of things to come with occasional rough edges and before most users see them, but it's a great way for us to quickly churn out new features and get your feedback. To try out bookmark sync and other beta features, download the beta version of Google Chrome.

Posted by Idan Avraham and Anton Muhin, Software Engineers Google Chrome Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781870002790872375noreply@blogger.comhttp://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/11/bookmark-sync-and-more-speed-in-latest.html

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