Category Archive for 'Features'

GMail Alerts in Google Chrome

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Google has recently rolled out a new feature in GMail and Google Chrome which took me by surprise. If you use Chome and GMail (or Google Apps Mail) you may have seen a notification similar to this in your e-mail. Enabling the notifications brings a feature to online GMail that regular e-mail and chat programs [...]

The Bookmarks Bar

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

I love to have quick links available to sites I visit often. That’s why I love the Google Chrome “New Tab Page”, with links to my 8 most visited sites, and also links to recently closed tabs. I also love auto-complete in the Chrome address bar – I can start typing in the address of [...]

The Beta Channel – Chrome 3.0

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Release Early. Release Often. That is a philosophy that can work well in some software development circles, but in others it can fail miserably. Most people, especially those who are less technically minded, expect their software to ‘Just Work’, and will complain, give up, or stop using a program if it doesn’t. And that’s where [...]

Application Shortcuts in Google Chrome

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Many have theorised that Google Chrome is the first part of a ‘Google Internet Operating System’. The idea is that the only application you really need to run on your computer is your web browser – everything else is web based.  One feature in Google Chrome that demonstrates this paradigm is the ‘Application Shortcuts’. I [...]

The Pop-Up Blocker

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Pop-Up blockers are a standard feature of the modern web browser. It almost makes you wonder why pop-up advertisements even still exist. But they do, so someone must still be making money from them. The only problem is, that sometimes technology makes mistakes, and sites with legitimate pop-up windows get blocked. The hassle is then, [...]