17 Jun 08 Chrome About Hack – How to retrieve DNS Prefetching Times!

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16 Jun 08 Chrome Hack – How to change User Agent String in Chrome!

Changing User Agent String with any browser is a useful hack that can be used to get free WiFi at Starbucks hotspots .

Here’s a real ghetto hack that involves changing the hex values of chrome.dll using a free hex editor.

Simply open the file and look for something like this:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.X.Y.Z Safari/525.13.

Then change to something like this or any other user agent string:

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/1A543 Safari/419.3

The result is shown below where the browser will act like an iPhone Browser.

This might actually be useful for testing applications for the iPhone browser.  Of course, you can do it in Firefox too but Google Chrome browser is probably closer to the iPhone’s Safari browser since it’s based on the WebKit.

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14 Jun 08 Chrome Hack – HOWTO create your own Google Chrome Themes using Chromium Theme Creator!

Here’s how you can create your own Google Chrome Themes using the Chromium Theme Creator:

Download Chromium Theme Creator Here

With this tool, to build the themes\default.dll file is far from a click.
A rewrite from scratch has been done, because I’ve lost (or almost) my previous source code, now I’m working on another computer. Since my notebook has its LCD display’s backlight damaged I couldn’t reach the previous source code. However this new one is written for Lazarus compiler.

First and foremost -> Requirements:
GoRC.exe
- Authorship details inside the same theme file, now.
- Preview themes: This tool will show some images from the Theme file itself by dragging theme files and dropping over it in order to preview it and if you want you can replace default.dll in Chrome’s path and after that Launch it by clicking Apply button.

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14 Jun 08 Weekly Re-cap of Google Chrome Tips and Hacks!

Well, it’s been a great run for the Google Chrome Tips and Hacks blog as there were so many interesting tips,hacks, and news on the Google Chrome browser.

Here’s a re-cap of what went on over the last couple days, we’ve had the re-caps posted on Zedomax.com first:

Google Chrome Tips Hacks Re-cap #1 at Zedomax.com

Google Chrome Tips Hacks Re-cap #2 at Zedomax.com

Google Chrome Tips Hacks Re-cap #3 at Zedomax.com

And here’s the long list of Chrome Tips and Hacks:

Resize your textbox – Google Chrome lets you resize any textbox of any website

Video of Story behind Chrome by development team – Listen to what Google Developers have to say on the Chrome browser.

Getting started with Chrome development - If you are thinking about making a new application for the Google Chrome, this is where to start.

Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts – Of course, you need to know keyboard shortcuts to browser fast on the Chrome.

How to run Chrome on Linux or Ubuntu – Here’s a simply DIY on how to run your Chrome browser in Linux/Ubuntu using Wine.

Over 50% of visitors on Chrome-hacks.net consist of Chrome users! – Wow, it’s really funny that Chrome fanatics are the main readers of this new blog.

How to use Chrome on USB Flash Drive – Here’s a simple download for having Chrome on your USB Flash drive for on-the-go.

Chrome might be ported to Android – Well, when Android cellphones hit the streets, there might be mobile Chrome on it.

For more tips, hacks, and news about the Google Chrome, please check out our new blog, Google Chrome Hacks Blog.

List of Google Chrome Forums – Yes, there’s ton of Google Chrome Forums, don’t ask me why.

Google Chrome does DNS-prefetching – Google Chrome is FAST as far as fetching from DNS servers.

Chrome Hack – How to download Youtube videos in Chrome! – Here’s a simply bookmarklet for downloading YouTube videos in Chrome browser in FLV format.

XChrome Version 5 Chrome Theme Switcher – Here’s the latest and best of custom-hacked Chrome Theme Switchers.

More Google Chrome Security Flaws – The Google Chrome by itself is already pretty secure so long as you don’t wonder off into porn XXX sites but here’s a security flaw that might affect those perverted users.

Google Chrome Logo gone crazy – Yes, can we stop talking about the logo now?

Essential Chrome CSS Hacks – Here’s some info on Chrome and CSS.

How to open Chrome from Firefox – Here’s a Firefox plugin to open webpages in Chrome from Firefox.

Google Chrome Anonymizer – Here’s how to get by Google’s Client ID for ultimate anonymity

Google Chrome Proxy – Of course, here’s a great way to surf the web anonymously using a simple proxy.

More FREE Google Chrome Theme Downloads – Yey, more themes the better!

Chrome Tips – How to install Greasemonkey scripts in Google Chrome – This is a simple howto for enabling your Greasemonkey scripts from Firefox.

Firefox Hack – Chromi Fox Theme for Firefox – You can install the Chromi theme for Firefox to make your Firefox look like Google Chrome browser.

Google Chrome Wordpress Blog Theme – Someone has created a Google Chrome theme for your Wordpress blog.  Go knock yourself out.

Google Chrome still leads by over 50% on Google Chrome Hacks Tips blog

Google Chrome Comic sold for $372! – Can you believe it?  Someone bought the Chrome Comic book for $372!

Firefox and IE copies Chrome’s “Incognito” mode – Wow, this was a simple but surprising feature recognized by all major browser makers.

Chrome Hack – How to update your Google Chrome browser to the latest version! - Yes, this one is actually a hidden feature on the Google Chrome’s about page.

Chrome Tips – Learn how to add GMail Bookmark to your Chrome! – Yes, this bookmark allows you to jump straight to “Compose Mail” section of GMail on Chrome.

Did you know Google Chrome’s Address Bar is also a Google Search Bar? - Yes, Google did monopolize the search section and I am glad since I don’t use Wikipedia, Amazon, and the other stuff that much on Firefox.

Chrome Hacks – How to run Java and Java applets on your Google Chrome browser – You need to download a beta-version of the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) in order to run Java on Chrome.

Microsoft Office Live doesn’t support Chrome browser at all, go figure.

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14 Jun 08 Chrome Hack – How to Run Java and Java Applets in Chrome!

A lot of game sites such as Yahoo Games and others may use Java and Java applets to run their games/applications.

Although the Google Chrome comes with a super-fast Javascript engine, Javascript is an entirely different platform than Java .  Therefore, you need to install a beta version of Java Runtime Engine (JRE).

FYI, this is also great new for Java developers like myself, knowing that there IS support for Java on the Chrome.

Now, you can play your Texas Hold’em in Yahoo Games all day long with Chrome.

Download beta JRE for Windows

Download beta JRE Page

By default the Java runtime only supports Internet Explorer and Firefox, in order to support Google Chrome (Google Chrome is based on Webkit which powers the Safari Browser) you will need to download the beta version of Java Runtime, which is compatible with Webkit and should support Java applets in Google Chrome.

via internetbrowserchrome, techie-buzz Tags:beta version, buzz, firefox, game sites, google, Google Chrome Hacks, internet explorer, java applets, java runtime engine, javascript engine, safari browser, webkit, yahoo, yahoo games

14 Jun 08 Chrome Hack – How to make Email Bookmark for Gmail in Google Chrome!

Here’s a great way to make a Email Link bookmark in Gmail in Google Chrome so it takes you straight to “Compose Mail”.

Someone has posted a bookmarklet to email links with your default mail program, but for those who use Gmail as webmail, this will work.

Make a new bookmark and make the name Email with Gmail or whatever you want, and the URL

Code:

javascript:document.location='https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&view=cm&fs=1&su='+document.title+'&body='+document.location;

If you want a pop-up bookmarklet, use the following URL

Code:

That currently opens a new tab. I’m working on getting the pop-out effect that Gmail has.
Unfortunately, middle-clicking the first one does not work, because when it opens it in a new tab, it is reading the URL and title from that new tab instead of the original one you wanted to to link to. I may work on a solution to this in the future.

Oddly this makes the text box in Gmail not the width of the screen. I’m not sure why that is, but it works just fine- just looks a little funny. If anyone can offer any wisdom to this, I would appreciate it.

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14 Jun 08 How to Update Google Chrome to the latest version!

Well, I guess upgrading the Google Chrome isn’t actually common sense so here’s how to do it:

1) Open the “About Google Chrome” page.

2) Wait as Google Chrome checks for any updates.

3) Press the “Update Now” button please.

4) Wait for the installation of Google Chrome’s new version.

5) You should see this message that new version of Google Chrome has been installed.

6) Yey, enjoy the new version.

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13 Jun 08 Quick Tip – How to Open Hotmail in Chrome!

Here’s a quick hack although many of you probably know this:

1. Visit Hotmail.com

2. Login

3. The resulting page says that Hotmail cannot identify your browser (Typical MS style, if you think it’s better than your own, pretend it doesn’t exist! Try ignoring Firefox now!). Near the bottom of this page is a link which says “continue anyway” or something on that mood. Click on that and you are good to go. And use the new 0.4beta of Chrome for better performance.

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10 Jun 08 Firefox Chrome Tips – Chromifox is a Chrome Theme for Firefox!

Apparently, Google Chrome browser has picked up in popularity very quickly, there’s even a Firefox extension called Chromifox, which lets you make Firefox “look” like Chrome browser.

Get the Chromifox firefox extension, called a  “coat of Chrome for Firefox”. Its is a bright and soft blue theme for Firefox 3 on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, and is inspired by the appearance of the Google Chrome web browser.

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10 Jun 08 Chrome Tips – How to Install Greasemonkey scripts for Google Chrome!

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