08 Jun 08 Google Chrome Tips – Open Links in Google Chrome from Firefox!

If you are like me, you will need to keep using Firefox for most applications and websites but here’s a great Firefox plugin for opening up websites in Chrome from Firefox.

This way, you keep using Firefox as main process while you open extra windows in Chrome and save yourself some time and memory.

If are using Firefox along side Google’s browser, this “Open in Google Chrome” extension might come handy – it lets you send web sites and links directly to Google Chrome from Firefox.

It can also be configured to always open certain web pages in Chrome – e.g. *google*, gmail, etc.

Install “Open in Google Chrome” for Firefox 3

Download open-in-google-chrome.xpi on to your desktop and then drag it inside Firefox 3 much like what you did for Send to Google Docs.

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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 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.

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