May 21, 2012
Chrome is the most used browser in 2012
Internet Explorer holds 32% and Mozilla Firefox has around 25% market share. This makes Firefox third most popular browser in the market.
April 23, 2012
Best youtube video downloader solutions for Chrome
Extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hgcmdnnbdbajadichgiilfhfnenoleno
Userscript:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62634
Userscript:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57201
Application:
https://spoi.com/software/yto/
Out of all those, I highly recommend this:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hgcmdnnbdbajadichgiilfhfnenoleno
It's an amazing extension for Chrome that lets you download YouTube videos directly to your PC in various formats like SD, HD and even MP3.
Gmelius - a better Gmail for Chrome, Firefox and Opera
Gmelius is a poly-browser extension that proposes a better and cleaner Gmail™ inbox.Gmelius is a browser extension developed by Florian Bersier.and his team of willing contributors.
Features
- Lets you enjoy an ads free Gmail.
- Provides a very intuitive and modern UI.
- Offers many customizable options.
- Has easy navigation, auto scroll, back-to-top and several other small but useful features.
- More
Link: http://gmelius.com
January 08, 2012
Disable Facebook timeline on Firefox, Chrome and Safari
Here I'll show you how to quickly disable this new feature on one of your favorite browsers i.e. Firefox, Chrome or Safari. We are basically going to tweak the browsers to represent itself as Internet explorer to Facebook
On Firefox
- Install Useragent Switcher Extension from here
- Go to Tools > UA switcher > Choose the Internet Explorer 7
- Done !
On Chrome
- Right click on Chrome's shortcut icon and click on properties.
- Add this string after properties –user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)”
- Example: "C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" –user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)
On Safari
- Go to preference menu > select “Advanced” > tick the “enable developers menu” > Save and exit
- Again go to preferences menu. > click the page icon menu (next to the cog wheel icon) > select the “develop/user agent” menu > choose the useragent you wish to use for the current website you are viewing > select Internet Explorer 7
December 13, 2011
How to change useragent in Google Chrome
1. Open the Developer Tools. (Ctrl+Shift+I on Windows/Linux, Command - Option - I on Mac OS X)
2. Click the "settings" icon at the bottom of the window.
3. Check "override user agent" and select one of the options (Internet Explorer 7/8/9, Firefox 4/7 for Windows/Mac, iPhone, iPad and Nexus S running Android 2.3). You can also select "other" and enter a custom user agent.
April 11, 2011
YouVid - chrome extension to download videos from directly from youtube
Recently, I wrote a post about the 10 best Chrome Extension for YouTube. These extensions were basically useful for people who spend a lot of their time on YouTube. I had not found a good and decent extension to download YouTube videos while watching them.
Thanks to a tip by Marco on my post, I came across YouVid a nice extension which helps users download videos from YouTube.
YouVid Chrome Extension Features
- Install the YouVid extension on your Chrome browser.
- Start looking up videos and play it. When the video starts playing you will see a download icon on the right hand corner on the address bar.
- Download the video in .flv format.
Now that you have the video in FLV file format, read this post which shows you how to convert FLV format to other file formats like AVI, 3GP, MOV, MP4.
If you liked such tools then looking up 5 websites to convert YouTube videos in mp3 might also interest you.
Do use YouVid Chrome extension and drop in your comments.
Link: YouVid
March 30, 2011
Get the best of your Google Chrome
Even though Google Chrome is not the most used browser (Firefox snatches the 1st place), it will defeat Firefox in the near future.
To be frank, Firefox 4 almost copied the interface of Google chrome! The only feature Chrome lacks (when compared to Firefox 4) is Panorama and toolbar support.
First to get most out of Chrome you need to switch to Developer channel or at least to the beta channel (I’m using Developer channel, so some of the tips I mention here may not available in your channel).
There are many interesting things to do in Chrome.
Here are 9 tips to get the most out of your Chrome browser.
#1. Make Your Own Custom Themes
You can find many good looking themes at Chrome Webstore but if you are thinking of something crazy like creating own Google chrome themes, then head on to Chrometheme.net or Chrome Theme Maker or Chromizer.
Read More about Chrome Theme Maker.
#2. Chrome Instant
Chrome Instant fastens searching and browsing. For this, the Omnibox (Chrome Address bar) will be logged. With Instant enabled, most pages begin loading as soon as you type a URL in the Omnibox, before you press Enter.
Just look up the wrench icon at top left and then click on Options. Under Options you will can select “Enable Instant for faster searching and browsing” as you can see in the image below.
#3. AutoFill
With AutoFill you can enter your credentials like name, address, age etc in web forms with a single click. You can also save Credit card details so the next time you shop online, you don’t need to re-enter them.
For security purpose you can only see the last four digits of the credit card number. You can enter your AutoFill information on the Options page. 
#4. Google Cloud Print
Google cloud print allows you access and share printers online. Using Google Cloud print you can make your printers available to your from any Google Cloud Print enabled web or mobile app.
To enable Google Cloud Print, sign in to your Google account on the options page and you’re done! Now you can send print jobs from your mobile to your windows computer.
Read More about Google Cloud Print.
#5. Manually Importing and Exporting Bookmarks
Xmarks has made exporting and importing bookmarks easy but you can also do it manually. Just head on to Bookmarks Manager (in your chrome browser), Open “Organize” menu and hit “Import bookmarks”. If you want to export bookmarks, then hit “Export bookmarks” in the same menu.
Remember that Chrome supports only HTML files (which contains bookmarks) to import bookmarks.
#6. Purge Memory
Chrome consumes lots of memory (than other browsers) which eventually slows down a PC, but if you’re on the developer channel then you can make use of purge memory button to decrease the memory usage of Chrome. By default “Purge memory” doesn’t appear in chrome but you can make it appear by adding the ”–purge-memory-button”
(Check this YouTube tutorial on how to add command line switches to Chrome) command line switch, and you’ll be able to free up unused memory via button on the chrome task manager. Check out the image below, I freed up about 22,000K memory in less than a second!
Proof
#7. Create Application shortcuts
You can create application shortcuts to websites that you regularly visit, as well as apps that you have installed from the Chrome Web Store.
These shortcuts can be placed on your computer desktop, quick launch toolbar and start menu for quick and easy access. Application shortcuts don’t have any other attachments like new tab page, address bar, wrench icon etc.
To create an application shortcut for a webpage, go to the webpage and click wrench icon > Tools > Create application shortcut.
#8. Useful Shortcuts
Another great way to use Chrome efficiently is to use all the useful shortcuts.
- Ctrl + Esc ® Task Manager
- Ctrl + Shift + B ® Hides Bookmarks bar
- Ctrl + Shift + N ® Incognito window (Private browsing)
- Ctrl + N ® New Window
- Ctrl + T ® New Tab
- Ctrl + U ® View source of current webpage
- Ctrl + F ® Opens the find bar
- Ctrl + J ® Downloads
- Ctrl + Shift + D ® Saves all open pages as bookmarks
Those are some of my favorites; you can check Mac and Linux shortcuts here
#9. Chrome Channel changer
Chrome Channel changer makes it easy to switch between Google chrome channels (Stable, Beta and Dev). These channels only differ in frequency of updates. Personally, I prefer to go with Beta channel. You can download the app here.
So are these tips useful for you? Do share your tips and experiences with Chrome!