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Google Chrome Safari Theme

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 8, 2008

Google Chrome Firefox Theme

Download Google Chrome Safari Theme

To install these themes, download your desired theme then uncompressed it and copy the default.dll file(found in zip) and replace the once found in

For Windows XP Users:
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application.2.149.27\Themes\

For Windows Vista Users:
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application.2.149.27\Themes\

Make Java Work on Google Chrome

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 8, 2008

Please see this video tutorial on making Java work on your Google Chrome Web Browser. It contains concise step by step instructions right from downloading Java from sun.com to having it running on Chrome.

Open in Chrome Firefox Extension

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 8, 2008

Open in Chrome Firefox Extension

One Firefox extension many people use is IE View which enables you to open or view pages in IE, then later an IE View Lite version was released by Grayson Mixon.

Well this handy ‘Open in Chrome’ addon for Firefox is a tweak of IE View Lite which essentially allows you to do the same as the original but for Google Chrome instead. It also allows you to configure sites to always open in Google Chrome, right click links and open in Chrome as well as adds a toolbar button.

This is very useful if you are browsing with FireFox and want to open a URL in Google Chrome to utilize the Incognito mode, or just want to see how a particual page renders.

Installation:

#1 Download

#2 Drag the .xpi to your FireFox window and restart Firefox for the addon to take effect

#3 Hit the Browse button and navigate to Tools >> Addons >> Open in Google Chrome then select Options and the following window will appear:

options

options

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Google Chrome Shortcuts

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 8, 2008

About Commands

about: ->show version info
about:version -> same to about:
about:cache -> show cache content
about:plugins -> show info of plugins installed
about:memory ->show memory usage
about:crash -> crash the tab
about:dns -> show dns info, like time
about:network -> network tools
about:stats -> shh! this page is secret!
about:internets -> the tubes are clogged!
about:histograms ->histograms resume

Window and tab shortcuts

Ctrl+N Open a new window

Ctrl+Shift+N Open a new window in incognito mode

Press Ctrl, and click a link Open link in a new tab

Press Shift, and click a link Open link in a new window

Alt+F4 Close current window

Ctrl+T Open a new tab

Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen last tab closed (remembers 10)

Drag link to tab Open link in specified tab

Drag link to space between tabs Open link in a new tab

Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a position on the tab strip.

Ctrl+9 Switch to the last tab

Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown Switch to the next tab

Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp Switch to the previous tab

Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 Close current tab or pop-up

Alt+Home Open your homepage

Ctrl+O, then select file Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome

Address bar shortcuts

Do one of the following actions in the address bar:

Type a search term Perform a search using your default search engine

Type the part of the web address that’s between ‘www.’ and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl+Enter

Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search term Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chrome prompts you to press Tab if it recognizes the search engine you’re trying to use.

F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D Highlight content in the web address area

Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter Open your web address in a new tab

Shortcuts to open Google Chrome features

Ctrl+B Toggle bookmarks bar on and off
Ctrl+H View the History page
Ctrl+J View the Downloads page
Shift+Escape View the Task manager

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+P Print your current page
F5 Reload current page
Esc Stop page loading
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 Reload current page, ignoring cached content
Press Alt, and click a link Download link
Ctrl+F Open find-in-page box
Ctrl+G or F3 Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box
Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+F3 Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box
Ctrl+U View source
Drag link to bookmarks bar Bookmark the link
Ctrl+D Bookmark your current webpage
Ctrl++ Make text larger
Ctrl+- Make text smaller
Ctrl+0 Return to normal text size

Other

Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow together Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab

Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow together Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab

Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ to perform a search using your default search engine.

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the left arrow together Jump to the previous word in the address bar

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the right arrow together Jump to the next word in the address bar

Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl+Backspace Delete the previous word in the address bar

Space bar Scroll down the web page
Home Go to the top of the page
End Go to the bottom of the page

Google Chrome Tips & Tricks

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 8, 2008

Google Chrome Tips & Tricks

Google Chrome Hacks

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 7, 2008

On the URL, type in: about:internets
This will show the old Windows 3.11 screensaver of pipes. The tab name will read “Dont clog the tubes”. I used to remember this when I was a kid. After school, I’ll go to his office and poke around. I always see this screensaver on his computer.

chrome-screensaver

chrome-screensaver

2. Other hacks:

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

3. To clear those *ahem* logs, as well as those annoying Most Visited on the front page of Chrome, go to Toolbar (located at the upper right) -> Clear browsing data…

10 Features of Google Chrome Video

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 7, 2008

Google Chrome announcement Video

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 7, 2008

XChrome – Beta Release 3

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 6, 2008

XChrome - Beta Release 3

XChrome - Beta Release 3

Features:

Theme Management allows users to manage and install new themes at the click of a button.
Theme Distribution allows theme makers to pack their themes into a “Self-installing” EXE(users do not require Xchrome to install the theme)
XChrome Theme Wizard – Allows skin makers to take their existing skins and easily turn them into self extracting exe’s.

Changes :
Since the last release I have added some error handling, added an icon to the EXE’s (although if your using vista you may not be able to see them untill the icon cache refresh’s/clears. changed the theme builder into a much easier to use Theme Wizard.
the Xchrome theme installer no longer requires the user to have Xchrome installed.
so check it out and let me know if you find any breaks in it!

Download Link:
http://chromespot.com/downloads/XChromeP3.zip

Chromium Theme Creator v0.0.2.9807 beta

Posted by: chrome2 on: September 6, 2008

Chromium Theme Creator 2nd

Chromium Theme Creator 2nd

Chromium Theme Creator v0.0.2.9807 beta

With this tool, to build the themes\default.dll file is far from a click.
Since the previous GChromeRES is slow and image names not well described, I made an alternative way, so this is it.

First and foremost -> Requirements:
GoRC.exe by Jeremy Gordon
http://www.jorgon.freeserve.co.uk/
and
ResHacker.exe by Angus Johnson
http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/
These files must be in the same directory where you’re going to extract this tool.


How to use:
- The zip file has PNG files in separate directories, you just edit them, and build with this tool.
- Test button to automatically replace the default.dll with the built one, so theme’s path must be correct.
- With Build+Test, is a shortcut for those actions, without the need to answer any questions.
Added Drag&Drop feature for dragging “default.dll” and dropping it in order to replace default.dll in Chrome’s path and after that Launch it.

Note: images or icons must not be moved from their directories, so once completed a theme design, backup those files to start another one…
However, if you want to modify the folder tree, just arrange them and modifiy default.rc file according to that.

I tested in WinXP and Vista, with Chromium and Google Chrome respectively, since this is a beta release, some bugs might be found.

A demonstrative video:

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