Google Chrome Gets Themes, Officially

by Haris on July 31, 2009
in Browsers, Google

google-chrome-logoJust three days after Google Chrome was launched, some developers came out with different style and themes of the browser interface, but those were just the unofficial releases.

Google Chrome, in its latest developer release (3.0.195.4), introduced themes and provides a better option to manage them.

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Manage Chrome Addons with Extension Manager

by Haris on July 23, 2009
in Freewares, Tips and Tricks

google-chrome-logo1Even though no official announcement has been made about the availability of Google Chrome extensions, developers are working fast on coming out with new extensions almost every day.

We can try out those Chrome extensions, but still the browser lacks a proper menu and extension manager similar to Firefox’s Addon Manager.

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Chrome hits Mac OS X and Linux

by Haris on June 7, 2009
in Browsers, Linux

google-chrome-logoGoogle announced yesterday, about the availability of it’s web browser, Chrome, for Mac OS X and Linux. It is the first official developer release of Chrome and is just for testing purposes for now.

Chrome was initially released for Windows back in September last year, and at that time Google promised a Mac and Linux version later.

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Google Chrome Will Have Extensions by May?

by Haris on February 6, 2009
in Browsers, Google, Softwares

google-chrome-logoChrome is the popular web browser by Google. It started off with the most basic and common features that everyone asked for. But now, we see Google slowly adding more and more features to Chrome.

One of the reasons why I don’t use Chrome as my primary browser is because of lack of extensions (plugins, addons) in it. On the other hand, Firefox has a vast collection of addons available.

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How To Update to Chrome 2.0

by Haris on January 10, 2009
in Google, Softwares, Tips and Tricks

google-chrome-logoChrome 2.0 (pre-beta) has been released with some new features and several bug fixes. In order to update Chrome to the latest version (currently 2.0.156.1), you need to subscribe to Developer channel of Chrome.

Some new features in Chrome 2.0 are profile support, latest WebKit, full page auto-complete and support for Greases monkey scripts.

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Google Help Forums – Revamped!

by Hammad Memon on November 8, 2008
in General, Google

I knew Google Help Forums only because of my AdSense-related queries, as I’m not much of a forums users. But today when I opened it to check replies to one of my queries, I was surprised to see it all changed.

I checked the link, even clicked on the main logo of AdSense Forums, but in the end found the newly revamped forum on every try.

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Google Chrome Released for Mac and Linux

by Haris on September 17, 2008
in Freewares, Linux, Softwares

Google Chrome was released with an amazing hype, which Google created in just two days with an online comic. Unfortunately, Mac and Linux weren’t lucky enough to try out Chrome as it was a Windows-only release.

When asked by Google, it said that Mac and Linux versions are in development and will be released soon.

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Chromifox: Chrome Styled Theme for Firefox 3

by Haris on September 8, 2008
in Design, Firefox, Google

Earlier today I wrote about a Firefox 3 styled theme for Google Chrome, for users who like Firefox 3 and also use Chrome.

I was quite bored with the default Firefox 3 theme now and was looking for a new one to give it a refreshing look when I came across Chromifox.

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Download Firefox 3 Theme for Chrome

by Haris on September 8, 2008
in Design, Firefox, Google

Many people have already moved on to Google Chrome from Firefox 3 for it’s amazing features and simplicity. But some like me are are using both to get the best out of them.

Just two days ago I wrote about the first five themes that are available for download for Google Chrome and a new set of themes have been released now. In the latest themes, a developer has made a Firefox 3-styled theme for Chrome.

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