Many of us (72.5%) use Chrome on a daily basis as our choice of browser, while others prefer to stick with the likes of Firefox (16.3%), IE (5.3%), or Safari (3.5%). It’s clear to see that Chrome is by far a much more popular option, but what a lot of people don’t know is all the wonderful features that it has. We often take Chrome for granted that it’s just another browser, but it’s so much more than that. Keep reading to find out some neat little features you probably never knew existed and start using Chrome to its full potential.
- By using Omnibox, you can automatically search through multiple websites without actually visiting them. With this feature enabled, the user can simply start typing the site you want to search and Omnibox will prompt them just to press tab to search within site.
- Move multiple tabs at the same time. If you hold down CTRL and click on all tabs you want to move you can drag them all at once (if using a Mac, use the Command key).
- Chrome has a simpler way of searching for words or phrases. Simply highlight what you need and right click; at which point you will have the option to conduct a Google search.
- By just pressing CTRL-Shift-T (or Command for Mac) you will reopen any recently closed tabs. The more times you type it, the further back in your history it goes.
- Add bookmarks quickly by highlighting the URL and simply dragging it to the Bookmarks Bar.
- Quickly flick through tabs by using the CTRL (Command on Mac) and numbers 1 through 9, each representing a different tab.
- Set Chrome to automatically open up your favorite or most used sites every time you start the computer. Just go to “On Startup” in the Settings menu and click the option to “Open a specific page or set of pages.” Next, fill in the Set Pages details in the link next to it.
- Open a search in a separate tab by searching Omnibox for the word “taco.” This opens a separate tab for the results of everything “taco” related on your current tab. Or simply hold down the Alt button (Command for Mac) and hit return on your search instead.
- Monitor your children’s Internet use effectively. On Chrome, you can set up a profile for your children that you monitor and control. Go to settings-People-Add Person. Just ensure that you click the “Control and view the websites this person visits from (your account)” and click Add. You will then receive an email link taking you to the supervisor’s page where you can monitor and control your child’s internet usage.
- Check out Chromes secret pages (just for something to do). A whole list of them can be found by typing chrome://chrome-urls into the Omnibox.
- Chrome can act as a simple multimedia browser by just dragging the file onto the browser window.
- Download files automatically to your desktop. This can be very useful if you want quick access to a file. Go to Settings-Advanced Settings-Downloads. There you can change where files are automatically downloaded to.
- Add events to Google Calendar directly from the Omnibox with its quick add function.
- Zoom in and out with ease by holding CTRL (Command for Mac) and moving the mouse wheel up or down or pressing the plus or minus keys.
- Use spacebar to scroll down and Shift-spacebar to go back up.
- Delete browsing history quickly by pressing CTRL-Shift-Delete, and a “Clear browsing data” window appears (Command-Shift-Delete for Mac users).
- By manually disconnecting from the internet then opening a new tab, you will see that familiar “Unable to connect to the Internet” screen. However, what will also appear is an 8-bit T-Rex, and if you hit the spacebar, you will start to play this retro-like game.
- Create a link icon on your desktop for easy access by simply highlighting the URL that you want from the Omnibox then drag it onto the desktop where it’s stored as a workable link.
- Play around with Chrome user-submitted experiments and what they have managed to do using it at chromeexperiments.com.
- If you are using Chrome on Android, go to tab view and swipe up five times. You will see your tab do a neat little barrel roll! Pointless, we know, but fun nonetheless.
- Chrome has a built in task manager that allows you to monitor processes and how much of your resources each is using. In it, you can highlight the process that is using too much and just click “End process” to stop it.
- In just two clicks you can translate words, phrases or short passages. Just highlight the data you want to translate and click the Google Translate icon that’s at the top of the browser.
- You can open 100 tabs on Chrome’s mobile browser. After 100 tabs, You’ll notice at the top right-hand corner becomes a little grinning emotion ” :D “.
- Right, click anywhere in Google Chrome to prompt a pop-up cast window (or choose cast from the hamburger menu in the top right corner). You can then choose you to cast single tabs or the entire desktop to whatever device you need to.
- You can also cast to a Google Hangout if you want to even if the other person doesn’t use Chrome.
- Download, extra themes from the Chrome store, to give your browser some extra funk.
- Allows easy access for cloud printing.
- Update auto-fill with credit card details, phone numbers, etc. for easier, faster-shopping experiences.
- Simple one tap search for Android by just highlighting the word or phrase with a long tap and Chrome will start searching for you.
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