Google Chrome Tips

How to update google chrome

2008-10-05T16:40:00.005+01:00

Surprisingly updating google chrome isn't as straight forward as you would assume. So below i have made a guide for how to do this!

Step 1) First launch google chrome, and in the top left hand corner you will see a spanner icon. Click it and a drop down menu will appear, select the about google chrome option.

Step 2) Now a box about google chrome will pop-up. You will notice at the bottom it will be scanning for updates. Wait for it to finish (normally under 5 seconds) and if an update if found it will tell you. If not it will say google chrome is up to date.

Step 3) This is what you should see if your google chrome is up to date, if it is then you don't need to update google chrome and you can get back to what ever you was doing! If you did get an update message then follow onto step 4.

Step 4) The Update now button should be clickable if you need to update, so click the update now button, to proceed with the update.

Step 5) Now google chrome will update, just wait for the update to complete and click OK.

Step 6) Now the update has completed click the OK button and close down you google chrome browser for the update to take its affect.

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How to Add Wikipedia Search Engine To Google Chrome

2008-09-27T23:09:00.003+01:00

Adding a wikipedia search bar to your google chrome search engine can be a very nice and handy feature to have. So read below for how to add it!

Step 1) First you will need to launch your google chrome browser, then in the top left hand corner click the tools button and then selection options.

Step 2) Now your in the google chrome options this is where you can change around the basic settings of your browser. Make sure you select the basics tab, and scroll down to the default search section and select manage.

Step 3) Now you can see all the search engines installed on your google chrome browser, look over to the left and click the add button.

Step 4) A New box will appear this is where you will need to enter the search details. First of you will need to enter the search engine name so for this I wrote 'Wikipedia Search' next you will need to select the keyword i.e a Nickname for the search engine I wrote 'Wiki Search' finally you will need to enter the search engine URL for wikipedia it is: 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s ' Once you have correctly entered in this information click OK!

Step 5) Now the search engine will be added under other search engines, if you want to make wikipedia search your default search engine then highlight it by clicking it and then select the make default button on the right.

Now Your Done! You have now got a wikipedia search for your brilliant google chrome browser. Don't forget to subscribe to the blog so you don't miss anymore google chrome tips & tricks! Please feel free to comment below.

Google Chrome Portable App

2008-09-23T17:32:00.015+01:00

For some of us having google chrome on our personal computers isn't enough and we want to be able to use it on every computer we go on. Well now you can! All that is required is a usb memory device and this very handy google chrome portable app.

Step 1) First You Will Need to download the portable application you can do this by visiting this website here and clicking the download portable chrome text at the bottom of the articles. When the pop up box appears click on 'save' not 'run'!

Step 2) Now you have downloaded the portable app you will need to insert your usb memory device into your computer and copy the application onto your usb memory device. I copied the application into the root folder of my memory card because its easier to use!

Step 3) Once the Portable Application has been copied over to your usb memory device you now will need to extract the application you can do this right clicking it and clicking on open.

Step 4) You will get a pop up called security warning, click the run button.

Step 5) Now the extraction Box will appear, make sure you tell it to extract onto your pen drive! Now Click on Extract Now The Application Will Start To Extract Its self onto your pen drive.

Step 6) Now You Just Have to wait for it to extract it shouldn't be more than a few minutes.

Step 7) Locate the extracted file and open it you should now be launching google chrome browser from your pen drive!

Now Your finished! You can plug your pen drive into any computer and use this portable application providing they let you. I hope you found this guide helpful and don't forget to subscribe to our blog so you don't miss anymore Google Chrome Guides. Please Feel Free To Comment below.

Google Chrome Hot Keys

2008-09-23T16:21:00.007+01:00

As many of us know the use of hot keys can speed up the use of our web browser and make it easy to operate so I have collected together a list of fast keys for Google Chrome Browser.

1. Blank Screen

This gives you a 3 second diversion, it turns your screen temporarily blank before initiating a screen saver, To do this type in 'about:internets' into the address bar.

Note: This Will Only Work In Windows XP

2. Downloads

Press Ctrl + J To bring up a new tab will all your downloads in it.

3. Refresh
Pressing F5, will refresh your current tab, So If your looking at the latest results or something just hit F5 and the page will reload.

4. Google Chrome Task Manager
Pressing Shift + Escape will bring up a google chrome task manager, this can be used to quickly close down tabs or just to monitor how much memory the browser is using etc..

5. Installed Plugins

If you type in 'about:plugins' into your address bar then you will get a new tab opening up with all of your installed plugins for google chrome.

6. Incognito Mode
If you press Ctrl+Shift+N then a new window will pop up, this is know as Incognito Mode. Any websites you browse in this tab wont be record by your Internet history.

7. Crashed Tab

If your desperate enough to see what a crashed tab looks like then you can type in 'about:crash' and a new tab will appear that looks crashed!

8. Home Page

Pressing Alt + Home will bring up your Google Chrome homepage will thumbnails of the most visited sites from that computer.

9. New Tab
Pressing Ctrl+T will launch a new tab on your Google Chrome Browser. This can be useful if you want to go to another web page but don't want to leave the current one. It saves your launching a new Internet browser.

10. Bookmarks
Pressing Ctrl+B Will bring a little bar underneath your search bar with all your bookmarked sites.

11. History

Pressing Ctrl+H Will bring up a new tab with all your Internet history in it.

I Hope you found all of these hot keys useful and I will be adding more daily. Please feel free to subscribe to the blog so you don't miss out on any new Google Chrome Guide and feel free to post some comments below!

How To Change The Google Chrome Theme

2008-09-23T13:47:00.015+01:00

Changing Your Google Chrome Theme is now a very easy process due to the brilliant Chrome Automatic Theme Switcher Application. Below I have wrote a guide on how to change your theme using this new application:

Step 1) First you will need to download the google chrome theme switcher application which can be downloaded from this website here. Once you are on the website in the middle of the page you will be met by a download box. Enter the security code then click download file now.

Step 2) Once you have downloaded the theme switcher, you will need to extract it using winrar. You can download winrar from here, Once you have downloaded winrar you will need to install it. Just follow the installation process. Now move on the step 3.

Step 3) Once you have installed winrar you will need to extract the theme switcher files, first you will need to locate the theme switcher folder then right click on the folder and click extract files.

Step 4) Once you click on extract files another window will pop-up and you will need to set the extraction path. I just extract the files to my desktop but you have a choice. Once you have selected where you want the extracted files to go to click on OK. Now the extraction program will extract the files.

Step 5) Now you have extracted the files we can now use the application, First of you will need to open the theme switcher folder which should be named 'ReleaseV2.1' Once you open that folder you should have a 'Google Theme Switcher.exe' Application. Right click and open that.

Step 6) Now the Theme switcher application is open you can select your new theme. First make sure that google chrome isn't running then chose your theme from the selection of themes on the left hand side then click 'set theme'.

Step 7) Now your new google chrome theme has been enabled! Launch google chrome and your new theme should be there. If you found this guide useful or helpful then feel free to subscribe to my blog so you don't miss any more of our google chrome guides. If you need any help then please feel free to comment below.