Using Chrome’s Built-in Task Manager to Find Out What’s Slowing Down Chrome Each open Chrome tab runs it its own sandbox to enhance Chrome’s stability. But it is hard to see how much RAM and CPU resources each open tab and installed extension is using. If you open Windows Task Manager, you will see multiple instances… Read More »
Google Chrome’s Address Bar is Also Called the Omnibox… The address bar of the browser is where the URL or Web site address shows in your browser. Google’s address bar is also called the Omnibox. But it’s just not for URLs. Here are some of the things you can do with Google Chrome’s Omnibox. Track a package You… Read More »
Managing Extensions in Chrome Recently, Emsisoft released a new anti-phishing extension for Chrome and Firefox. We have been receiving email from some Chrome users who say that the Emsisoft plugin is slowing down the Chrome browser on their computers. So far, we have not noticed any slowdowns after we added the Emsisoft extension, everyone’s computer is different. You… Read More »
Three Easy Tips for Google Chrome [and other browsers] Google Chrome long ago passed Internet Explorer as the world’s most popular browser. If you use Chrome, we think you’ll find these three tips very useful. But even if you don’t use Chrome, one or more of these tricks will probably work with your favorite browser. 1. Show recently… Read More »
Quick and Easy Chrome Tricks You Might Have Missed Whether you call these tips or tricks, they’re good one. And mo one likes quick and simple tips and tricks more than we do. It came to my attention just recently that clicking on the Settings (3 vertical dots) icon in Google Chrome’s omnibar (toolbar) then “More tools” reveals… Read More »
10 Really Useful Chrome Tips and Tricks Did you know you can scroll down a page in Chrome? If you hold down the SHIFT key and press the Space bar, you’ll scroll up the page. Use Ctrl + Shift + D to save your current browsing session and all open tabs into a folder. You can name it… Read More »