Google Chrome’s Ten Really Cool Hacks
Written by admin on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 in Google Chrome, Internet.
Google’s Chrome browser is fast becoming the geeks’ choice, as users all over the world tinker with it and explore its deeper capabilities.
Not lacking essential functionality, Chrome is now proving that it can do everything: from starting in Incognito mode by default for better browsing safety to reverting to using a single process for all its tabs to conserve resources. It can even make the images on a web page swirl and dance around like crazy, if you fancy something different.
The range of useful modifications that you can make to get Chrome just how you want it is extremely diverse – made all the more expressive by its blindingly fast V8 JavaScript engine. From simple parameter changes to complex applets, here are 10 handy hacks to whip Chrome into shape.
1. Get more Omnibox suggestions
When you enter a search term into Chrome’s Omnibox URL bar, it creates a pull-down list of suggestions for matching sites. However, this is limited to a maximum of five sitesby default, which is a bit restrictive. This hack lets you increase that number.
Right-click on the Chrome icon (even the one on the Windows Start menu) and select ‘Properties’. In the resulting window, find the Target text box, add a space at the end of the line and the following text:
-omnibox-popup-count=30
This will extend the dropdown menu to 30 items, but you can change this to suit your needs.
