03 Jun 08 Enable Chrome's Features in Firefox!

Although it is kinda pointless to enable Chrome’s features in Firefox, (since the greatest part about Chrome is that it comes with the features as default) there’s a way to make almost every feature of the Google Chrome browser available in your good ol’ Firefox.

Of course, adding all these plugins will slow down your Firefox greatly.  Better yet, simply use 2 different browsers for now until the Chrome gets better and better.

The only thing I miss about Firefox IS all the plugins though.  (I couldn’t live without them)

I will have to wait too until they can make Firefox plugins compatible with Chrome.  (which I doubt would happen)

For tips on how to hack your Firefox browser to look like Chrome, go to Lifehacker here. Tags:firefox browser, google, Google Chrome Hacks

03 Jun 08 Cool Drag and Drop Tabbing Feature on the Chrome Browser!

Tags:Chrome Features, drag and drop, drop style, firefox, google, new feature, tabs, www youtube

03 Jun 08 Google Chrome About:Stats Hack!

For the most recent stats on the Google Chrome, you can type about:stats on your browser window.  You will get a nice stats page like above.

You can even figure out how long it took Chrome to process itself by filtering the stats page with keyword, “Chrome”.

Here’s a cool example of using the stats page to display how long it took to load Chrome browser.(exactly that is)

name	count time (ms)
Chrome:Init	764
History:InitTime	874
Gears:LoadTime	7
Chrome:ProcMsgL IO	99521

via unlockforus Tags:browser window, count time, gears, google, Google Chrome Hacks, hack, time ms

03 Jun 08 Google Chrome has its own "Task Manager"!

The biggest difference between Google Chrome and Firefox/IE is the fact that Chrome has its own Task Manager.

To access the Task Manager in Google Chrome, goto Developer->Task Manager menu as shown below:

As you will see, the Task Manager is very accurate with stats of memory, CPU, and network of each tab, plugin, and the Browser itself.  (Now these are actually all different processes in the actual Windows system’s Task Manager too, you can look here for some more info on that.)

Of course, the point of having a Task Manager is that every Tab is managed more efficiently plus you have one window for ending any processes that are causing frozen-windows or simply taking too long to load.

If you click on “Stats for nerds” under the Task Manager, you will also get to see even more detailed stats on the processes running.  This sorta reminds me of a Linux system where every detail is accessible by the user unlike Windows.

Our verdict is that the Task Manager on Google Chrome is even better than Windows operating system Task Manager as you get what you see.

This Task Manager might be a great way for developers to add more functions, especially since the Google Chrome is completely open-source.  (Yes, you can build your own browser on top of it if you want) Tags:Chrome Features, developers, google, linux, linux system, manager menu, memory, nerds, open source, sorta, task manager, windows operating system, windows system

03 Jun 08 Speed Test – Google Chrome versus Firefox and IE!

The guys over at Lifehacker did a nice little test on the 3 different browsers, Google Chrome, Firefox, and IE 8b2.

Above shows that Chrome did load faster when loading 8 tabs.

For CSS, Google Chrome comes out on top due to the fast CSS processing system.  I can agree with this one as I have personally noticed a lot of my sites with heavy CSS files loaded up very fast on the Google Chrome.

In their test, Lifehacker team states that Firefox still beats Chrome in memory consumption but I think it’s hard to compare the memory as Chrome uses multiple processes with smaller memory blocks.  (For example of this, you can refer to this post here.)

In all, Google Chrome is still in its beta stages so time will tell which browser wins the “speed war”.

Do note, however, that Chrome handles tabs differently than others—each tab loads as its own process, so that if it crashes or stalls, the rest of your reading doesn’t go down with it. So if you’ve got solid-state chips to spare, it’s not that much more of a hit to run Chrome in a busy session.

via Lifehacker Tags:beta stages, Chrome Speed Tests, firefox, google, memory blocks, memory consumption, processing system, speed test, tabs

03 Jun 08 Google Chrome Launched with Multi-Threading Technology!

Google Chrome has just been launched (and of course our new Chrome Hacks blog along with it) with multi-threading technology that makes use of multiple processes (in Windows system) instead of traditional 1-process approach. (which is taken by IE and Firefox)

It’s still unclear how beneficial Google Chrome’s multi-threading technology is but in my experience, it does help.

You can read more about Google Chrome’s multi-threading technology over here.

Here’s an excerpt from Google Chrome Page:

Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today’s complex web applications much better . By keeping each tab in an isolated “sandbox”, we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built V8, a more powerful JavaScript engine, to power the next generation of web applications that aren’t even possible in today’s browsers.

This is just the beginning – Google Chrome is far from done. We’ve released this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We’re hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and we’ll continue to make it even faster and more robust.

Tags:beta, excerpt from, google, Google Chrome Hacks, hacks, linux, next generation, responsiveness, sandbox, web applications, windows system