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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11 Jun 08 Google Chrome Still Leads over 50% at Google Chrome Hacks Blog!

Well, it seems like after a week or so, Chrome is still leading Firefox by a whopping 30% at this blog.

Here’s some interesting blog posts about Chrome:

Google Browser gets 7% share at Ars

Google Chrome Comic gets bastardized like PerezHilton

Chrome getting more attractive than ever

Google says they will “anonymize” users’ surfing

Happy Chrome-ing! Tags:blog, chrome hacks, Chrome Stats, chrome tips, comic, firefox, google, google chrome tips, hacks, ing

09 Jun 08 Google Chrome Forums!

Wow, it looks like people are really trying to jump on the Google Chrome wagon lately as I have noticed 4-5 different Google Chrome Forums popping up in the last couple days.

So, here’s a list of all the Google Chrome Forums that have been created so far and some interesting posts there

GoogleChromeBoard.com – Cool Chrome Theme Downloads

Chrome-Forum.net – 6 NEW Chrome Theme Downloads

ChromeBoard.com – More Google Chrome Tips and Hacks

ChromeSpot.com – More tips and tricks

I might have missed a couple but there’s enough information on this page to keep you busy for next couple hours.

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06 Jun 08 More Chrome Security Flaws

Since Google Chrome is still officially, “beta”, there will be a lot of security flaws and bugs that need to be fixed.

I heard about a security flaw where users are not promoted before downloading last week and Google has fixed it but here’s another one found by a company:

Vietnamese security company Bach Khoa Internet Security (BKIS) has found a flaw in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 and posted details on its Web site. The company says the problem is a critical buffer-overflow vulnerability that could allow a hacker to perform a remote attack and take complete control of the affected system.

Here’s the proof of concept code:

An issue exists in how chrome behaves with undefined-handlers in chrome.dll version 0.2.149.27. A crash can result without user interaction. When a user is made to visit a malicious link, which has an undefined handler followed by a ’special’ character, the chrome crashes with a Google Chrome message window “Whoa! Google Chrome has crashed. Restart now?”. It crashes on “int 3″ at 0×01002FF3 as an exception/trap, followed by “POP EBP” instruction when pointed out by the EIP register at 0×01002FF4.

I am sure Google will get this little bug fixed real soon but in the meanwhile, you can send any bugs you find to: tips [at] chrome-hacks.net.

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05 Jun 08 Chrome beats Firefox Hands-down on the Google Chrome Hacks Blog!

After Techcrunch posted their stats of only 6-7% of online users using Chrome, we decided to find out how many readers of this blog were using the Chrome browser.

Above is a screenshot from our Statcounter stats and as you can see, Chrome beats Firefox hands-down by a whopping 28%!

Chrome – 57.40% of visitors

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03 Jun 08 Google Chrome Hack – 3D Pipe Screensaver and more!

For starters, goto your Chrome Browser and type, “about:internets“.  Now, that’s a cool 3D Pipe app.  I don’t know why it’s there but it’s always cool to find new things about the Google Chrome Browser.

I am sure there’s more hacks, if you find them, please send them to tips [at] chrome-hacks.net.

Here’s a couple more:

about:version – version info on Google Chrome
about:stats
about:memory
about:plugins
about:histograms
about:cache
about:dns
about:crash - will show the pitiful crash icon

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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.

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