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more chrome updates

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chrome address bar

So I just upgraded to the newest dev channel version of chrome and they’ve gone and made some changes.  First off, the address bar hides “http://”.  It shows the protocol for everything else, but just hides “http://” for simple web browsing.  The other significant change is that you can now enable plugins for your anonymous browsing sessions.  I won’t go into detail on why that is uber awesome.  If you’re tech savvy, you should already know.  I really don’t think I’ll ever go back to firefox at this point.  Chrome just has everything I need and does its job very very fast.  The only browser I haven’t really experimented with is Opera, but now that the opera iphone app is out I should probably give it a shot.

 

happy new year with a chrome tip

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Happy new years everyone!  Hopefully 2010 will be much better than 2009 and so far, it’s starting to look that way.  I also want to share a small google chrome tip that I just discovered.

pin tabs

See those small tabs at the top left?  Google Chrome lets you “pin” tabs to the navigation bar.  This is great for people who have a small subset of tabs that are constantly open.  More screen real estate is always good as well :)

 

update: To pin a tab, all you do is right-click it and click “Pin Tab”.  Before the latest update, you used to be able to push the tab over to the left and have it pin automatically but this seems to have been taken out.  Now the pin icons get bigger when you hover over them too.

Why some tech bloggers are absolute idiots about Chrome OS

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Ok, so you’re a tech blogger. That doesn’t necessarily mean you actually have a technical degree from an accredited university. It just means that you’re some person who likes to write about techie things. So when you write an article about Google’s Chrome OS in which you completely have no idea what you’re talking about, someone like me has to respond and let you know you’re an idiot.

The article I’m talking about is here.  Mr. Bradley mentions that he knows that Chrome OS isn’t for mainstream PC’s, but does he actually understand that?  His attitude in the article suggests that Chrome OS will fail because “an operating system that is essentially just a web browser on steroids designed to run on low-end netbook hardware will not be able to fill that need.”  The need he’s referring to is to open up an application that benefits from running locally (like Photoshop).  I don’t quite think he understands what a netbook is used for.  Mr. Bradley, I don’t do video/photo editing on my netbook.  I use my netbook for its intended purpose — a lightweight system to use internet apps.  Chrome OS sounds perfect for that.