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Showing posts with label Google Chrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Chrome. Show all posts

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Password Protection for Google Chrome

Password Protect Google Chrome
 
Simple Startup Password is an addon for Google Chrome browser that blocks unauthorized people from using your browser. Just go to the extensions gallery of Google Chrome and install the Simple Startup Password add-on for your browser.



After installing the add-on go to Settings -> Tools ->Extensions. There look for Simple Startup Password and click on Options. Set a password for your browser and done. Now every time you start your Google Chrome browser it will ask you for the password and if you fail to give the correct password your browser will be closed.

You can get this add on from Google Chrome’s extensions gallery.
Link : Simple Startup Password for Google Chrome

In case you forget your password there is no option to recover it. You will have to reinstall the browser.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Speed Up Google Chrome


Speed Up Google Chrome
Well Google lunched new version of Google chrome which is much faster and stable, You also loving it and it’s becoming your favorite browser as you simply loves it’s clean interface and speed of browsing. Here are some good tips which can improve your experience further and you will love this fantastic browser more than ever.
Just follow these tips and see how Chrome improves in performance -
Disables usage statistics of Google Chrome
This option is used to help in Development of Google chrome, It send your usage data to Google so that based on that they can further improve Chrome. But if you are worried about system performance you should disable it . To disable this go to tools menu > Options > Advanced and uncheck the check box which says Send usage data to Google….
Disable DNS Preload in Google Chrome
This will prevent Google chrome to keep DNS info in their cache. Most of time it is unnecessary if you have a good connection of  at least 256kbps or more. It is recommended only for slow dial up connection or Mobile users who actually spend a lot f time in DNS query during browsing.  to disable this select tools menu of Google Chrome and select “Options.” In the next window,  go to the “Advanced” tab and uncheck the “Use DNS preload ….”
Disable anti-phishing filter
If you are advanced web user and you know how a phishing site look like or you know how to prevent from them you can disable this option. But if you are not at all comfortable working without phishing filters or don;t want to take risk you should keep it as it is . Disabling this not only saves your CPU time but also save your Internet bandwidth.  This option can also be disabled from Tools Menu > Options > Advanced.
Removes navigational data regularly
All of the browsers cache the Navigation data and other info for faster access to web pages you frequently visit. But if your cache size is big or it contains very old pages which you hardly visit once or twice in a month it will start performing negative for you, as web pages will load faster but they Browsers perform worse when navigation data is saved. So it is important to remove navigational data  frequently. To delete this in Chrome, go to Tools menu and choose the option “Remove navigation data” and choose “Delete data for this period” and not the option “All”. So it will remove old data and will keep recent data do this once in a week at least.
Disable Useless function which we don’t use normally –
To options that are mentioned below you need to edit the properties of Chrome shortcut which you are using to start the browser. To Change it, right click on the Chrome icon and choose “Properties.” this will open a windows with the  “Shortcut” tab, in this tab there is a box called “Destination”. You have to change things in this box itself.
E.g. To disable Java box,
  • if  you are using Windows Vista it should go like this — : “C:Users\AppDataLocalGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe -disable-java”
  • and if you are using Windows XP: “C:Documents and Settings%username% Local SettingsApplication DataGoogleChrome.exe”
The options which we are adding after the full path of chrome can be used one after the other leaving a space between.   You don’t need to write the entire path every time you are using a new options. Here are the option which can be used -
Disable-dev-tools – This will disable Developers tool which is not used by a normal user for sure.
Disable-logging – This will disable looging of browser activity, This log files are useful only in case of Crash or Other error which prevent you from using browsers. if you are experiencing any such problem and need to know the reason you can enable this option. but in general you don’t need these log files. By disabling this you will certainly save CPU RAM and Hard disk space.
Disable-metrics-system – This option will disable gathering of Usage Statistics data. This is used by Google and we don’t need it any how so you can safely disable this option.
Disable-metrics-reporting – If you disabled Metrics system there is no point in keeping Metrics reporting On, as there won’t be any data to send across. Disable it for sure.
Disable-java – Java on the web is rarely used these days and it greatly slow downs your browsers performance. If you not running any online application which uses Java or Java Applets you can safely disable this feature. This will prevent you from playing number of Online Java Games though. (like Yahoo Games)
Disable-java script – This will disable all kinds of JavaScript from being run on the web pages you visit. This is not recommended at  all as most of the sites these days are using some kind of JavaScript, to display pages. By Disabling JavaScript you will not be able to  see these site properly and they will behave improprly. This is why disabling JavaScript is not recommended.
Disable-plugins – This will disable all plugins including Flash player and other media player. After applying this modification you won’t be able to see a lot of media sites properly including YouTube. If you understand impact of disabling this go ahead and do it otherwise don;t use this option.
Disable-images – This will disable all images on all Webpages you browse, if you are using low bandwidth conection like GPRS or Dial Up it will be very useful for you as it will save a lot of bandwidth for you. This will make your browser an text only browser. So be sure you need it that way before making these changes.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Features of Google Chrome inside Internet Explorer


Experience features of Google Chrome inside Internet Explorer

Google has released Chrome frame, an open source plugin that allows Internet Explorer to use the HTML 5 technology for more advanced websites. It adds the features like HTML 5 support, better Java script support, webkit and v8 engines for rendering pages in Internet Explorer.

If you don’t want to move to Google Chrome from IE then you can add this plugin to your Internet Explorer and enjoy the features of Google Chrome on your Internet Explorer. The addition of this plugin makes the Microsoft browser fast and compatible with the sites using advanced technology.

The developers can use this plugin by invoking it using meta tag. All you have to do is add some html code in the header of your file.

http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1">
For more information check out the Google Chrome Frame Developer’s Guide

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Smart Buffering for Google Chrome


Smart Buffering for Google Chrome


MyTube provides better control over YouTube buffering and playing options. 
Features: 
1. Works with all embeded YouTube videos. Be it a Facebook news feed video or a video directly from YouTube site.

2. With global preferences, all YouTube videos can be set to start on your wish. - As soon as the page loads - When the video is buffered completely, or whatever buffer percentage you choose. - Let MyTube decide when it's good to start playing. MyTube's 'smart buffer' decides the buffer percentage based on your current download speed. - Or just make the YouTube videos to start buffering when the page loads. You can play the video whenever you wish. 

3. The buffer strategy can be set for individual YouTube player or as the Global preferences. Just hover your mouse over any YouTube video. 

4. Caculates time left before the video starts playing. (Hover the mouse over the YouTube video) 

5. 'Loop' option on all YouTube videos.

Orkut Chrome Extension

Orkut Chrome Extension


The orkut chrome extension allows you to receive orkut updates and scrap notifications. The popup menu allows you to quickly jump to a friends' page, search on orkut, visit your home/scrap/photos pages and share sites on orkut. More features, coming soon!
Click here to Install the Extension 

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Firebug for Google Chrome

Firebug for Google Chrome
As every one knows Google Chrome 4 is the first stable version of it which has support for extensions. And lately most of the popular Firefox addons are made available for Google chrome. If you are a Web Designer or developer then you must be knowing the popular Firefox add-on ”FireBug” .

Firebug is an extension for Firefox, but what happens when you need to test your pages in Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari?
The solution is Firebug Lite, a JavaScript file you can insert into your pages to simulate some Firebug features in browsers that are not named “Firefox”.
Firebug Lite creates the variable “firebug” and doesn't affect or interfere with HTML elements that aren’t created by itself.

Get FireBug Lite for Google Chrome