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Taxi Theme for Google Chrome #yellow #black

chrome story — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:51:17 +0000

Taxi theme has a good mix of yellow and black. The taxi of the image is from Barcelona. Enjoy !

Taxi Theme for Google Chrome #yellow #black is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

Get Fortune Cookie Message on Google Chrome

chrome story — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:12:11 +0000

fortune cookie on chrome

Here is a simple extension that gives you a small icon on your toolbar, your fortune cookie ! Click the icon once and you will get a Fortune Cookie Message.

Do you take them seriously ? Or, may do you love them, just for their funny and insightful one-liners , or some jokes ..

Whatever reason may it be … here is your Fortune Cookie Extension for Google Chrome

Get Fortune Cookie Message on Google Chrome is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

Windows Google Chrome theme for Mac

chrome story — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:03:41 +0000

I have never used a Mac. So, I am not sure if Mac users like to have OSX looks for everything. Any Mac users on board to answer that ?

I saw screenshots of Chrome on Mac and honestly, I dint like the looks. If I had a Mac, I would definitely change Chrome theme to something I love .. hmm, yes, I love the default Chrome theme !

So, here is Google Chrome’s default theme on windows, for those who wants to get the elegant blue looks of Chrome on Macs.

The default Windows theme for your Mac

Windows Google Chrome theme for Mac is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

Google I/O 2010 Theme for Chrome (by Google)

chrome story — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:01:12 +0000

The official Chrome theme for Google I/O 2010.

Google I/O 2010 Theme for Chrome (by Google) is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

Firefox 4 Will Have Apps Tab Like Chrome ( may be )

chrome story — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:58:44 +0000

Firefox team is planning to implement App Tabs feature in the next stable release, Version 4.0. This feature has been added to the second beta version of Firefox 4.

As far as I know, App Tabs were first announced and implemented by Google Chrome …. any other opinions or information guys ?

I downloaded and tested firefox beta 2 with the app tab, and they work like pinned tabs on chrome. I couldn’t find it doing something different to call it “App Tab”. Correct me if I am wrong.

On Google Chrome, App tabs are supposed to be something different than pinned tabs. I am pretty sure that there are loads of features being planned and being implemented these days.

Is Firefox going to catch up ? or, will they let Chrome Web Apps work on Firefox too like Extensions do ? What do you think ?

Firefox 4 Will Have Apps Tab Like Chrome ( may be ) is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions for News from India

chrome story — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:52:44 +0000

Hi there, if you are in India, or an Indian living abroad, this post is for you. Anyone else interested in news from India is also welcome

I’ve collected top 10 extensions for Google Chrome to view news updates from India, easily on your browser. Hope you find this useful ! Do not forget to share them if you do !

Business Standard

NDTV

IBN Live

The Hindu Newspaper

Times of India Quick-view

Hindustan Times – Latest News from India

The Times of India Newspaper

Livemint – Latest Business News from India

Mathrubhumi Malayalam News

Google News

Any other extension that you would like to add ?

Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions for News from India is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

Easy Shortcut to History, Downloads and Help Menu

chrome story — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:52:07 +0000

A Short Post about a nice feature coming soon to Google Chrome. We will soon have an option to access History, Downloads and the Help Page on the bottom right corner of new tab page.

Have a look !

Good one uh ?

Easy Shortcut to History, Downloads and Help Menu is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

The Best Google Chrome Extension for Non-English-Speaking Social Media User

chrome story — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:46:34 +0000

Social Translate is a new open source extension for Google’s Chrome browser that translates updates on social networking sites into your native language using Google Translate.

This will be the best Google Chrome extension for those who consume loads of social media content every day, English not being their first Language.

Install the extension, select your native Language, and let the extension translate twitter and facebook updates in to your language.

You can choose between “reliable,” which appears to attempt fewer translations, or “aggressive,” which is less accurate but attempts to guess at more words.

Event streams or comments in the primary language should not be translated. A user can also set multiple secondary languages in the Options settings. Event streams or comments in these languages will also not be translated. This is useful for users that read multiple languages and who would like to be able to see non-translated content that is posted in other languages.

Developers are working hard to get this extension working on other social media networks too. So, this extension looks like something to look forward to. Get your copy here today.

The Best Google Chrome Extension for Non-English-Speaking Social Media User is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

Add History, Downloads and Extensions Button to Chrome Toolbar

chrome story — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:12:04 +0000

Three simple extensions which will give you toolbar icons for accessing History, Downloads, or Extensions with a single mouse click.

History Icon Extension ( Keyboard Shortcut works even without the pluginCTRL + H )

Downloads Button ( Keyboard shortcut, works even without the plugin CTRL + J )

Extensions Icon

Bookmarks Manager : ( Thanks kurtextrem !! )

Hope this is useful to at least some of you !

Add History, Downloads and Extensions Button to Chrome Toolbar is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog

Panel, Tab and Window Styles Coming Soon To Google Chrome Web Apps

chrome story — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:18:23 +0000

Nothing much is known about how Google Chrome Web Apps will work. Thanks to Giovani H Ceotto, a Google Chrome Apps and Extensions developer, we have some cool info for you on how apps will be working.

Please note things are still being developed and things you see on this post, may not make it to the final build. But its always to have a taste of things to come, right ?

Hot Stuff First

Chrome Web Apps will have option of opening in three forms. As a Tab, As a Window, and as “Panel”. How this options will be managed, this I am not sure. It could be a setting on each app, letting you have different apps open in different styles, or one setting for apps in general. We will have to wait for more details on this.

Here is the option to manage this on the new tab page, to the extreme bottom.

Default is how it looks like for you now, if you have enabled apps. Tab option also looks similar as of now. We will have to experiment more to figure out how different it is.

If you select “window“, apps will open as a new window. Simple ? May be, or may be something more to it. Stay tuned for detailed analysis.

Panel option gives apps a light weight look. With no UI clutter of the browser, it opens up as a separate window. It is also easy to resize them. Here is how it looks like.

Now, some random facts about Apps behavior

Now, some random facts about Apps behavior since I have used couple of them for few weeks now. If you have an app installed for a website, whenever you type the website address and open it in the normal way, chrome will open the website in the app form.

For example, since I have twitter web app installed, whenever I type twitter.com to the address bar, it will open the twitter app, and not the normal tab.

Apps, by default will not show the browser toolbar. If you want to see them, right click on the tab, and select “Show Toolbar”

If you have a app opened, for a website, Chrome will not let you ( at least now ) open a second tab with the same website. It will always take you to the app that is already open.

If you have noticed any interesting fact about how Chrome Web Apps work, please share it in comments !

How I Enabled This

Okay, I know, many of you want to know how I enabled this, here you go guys ! You guys should say thanks to Giovani H Ceotto. He taught me how to do this

Update : Instead of the custom.css edit, using the commandline switch. –apps-debug (thanks PhistucK )

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Open C:\Users\%%the user name%%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User StyleSheets
( Do not forget to replace %%the user name%% with your actual username )

Open custom.css using notepad.

Add the following line of code and save it.

.sections #debug{display:block !important}

Open chrome again, go to new tab page and look at bottom !

ps: If you guys found this useful, please share with your friends, tweet about it, or digg it ! thanks !!!

Panel, Tab and Window Styles Coming Soon To Google Chrome Web Apps is a post from: Chrome Story - Google Chrome OS Tips Blog