Chrome Features

Now that Google Chrome is out and happening , here is a look at some features unique to it.




Task Manager for websites

Shift + Escape inside Chrome, opens up a ‘task manager’ with a list of all websites currently open inside Chrome.

Browser history : In Visual Mode

Borrowed from Google Desktop , Ctrl + H gives you "visual" browser history.

You can search it taking advantage of the small thumbnail image of the web pages alongside.

Simple Contextual Menus

Uncluttered menus with three-four options appear when you click on a hyperlink.Simple and sweet.

Intelligent Start Page

Although not a completely original idea, Chrome’s start page is a pleasant surprise. Besides the ubiquitous search bar, it gives you a list of most commonly visited Web pages to fire up quickly.

Omnibox - Chrome's awesome bar

Google’s version of awesome bar includes Web search, Web history, Address bar and Suggestions all in one unified box that will serve all your browsing needs.

Incognito Mode

Google Chrome also features a privacy mode called Incognito which is similar to InPrivate in IE8. Pages you view in that window won’t appear in your browser history or search history, and they won’t leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. You can also access this quickly with a shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + N.

Drag and drop tabs

You can drag a tab out of Chrome into a separate window, and you can drag a separate window back into tab bar, where it’ll be happily received by Chrome.

Download bar

Chrome does not have any download manager windows, but just a simple, clean download bar at the bottom that will show your current running downloads.

Undo closed tabs

Firefox 3 has this "Undo Closed Tab" option in the menu while you can open closed tabs in Opera via the Ctrl+Z shortcut.

To re-open a closed tab in Google Chrome, just hit Ctrl+T and you’ll see an option that says "Recently closed tabs" - click the one you closed by accident.

Quick Launch websites

Desktop shortcuts for web pages are possible with other browsers as well but Google Chrome make the whole flow very easy. Open any site and choose "Create application shortcut" from the File menu.

There’s still a lot to Google Chrome, and I’m sure it is going to be the hot topic of discussion in the e-world.

Google Chrome is available in about 100 languages and currently supports only Windows XP and Vista. According to Google, the Mac and Linux versions are in development and will be released soon in the further updates.

For now, just give it a try!

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