Whenever I get some free time online, I resort to 2 of my favorite pastimes: scouring through Wikipedia or devouring videos on YouTube. I have already talked about two extensions I use in Chrome to enhance my Wikipedia browsing, and today I will reveal the extensions that help me manage YouTube videos in Chrome. If [...]
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You probably don’t know that when Google chrome automatically updates itself (or you do that manually), it does not overwrite itself over the older version. Instead it makes a fresh installation. Now that’s all fine. The problem is that even after the new version is installed on the system, the older versions are never deleted [...]
Sometimes little things make a big difference. Let’s take the example of the warning dialog which pops up in Firefox when we try to close multiple tabs. The warning tab is actually a safeguard against losing work when you accidently close the browser. I have often made the mistake when I absentmindedly closed a tab [...]
Suppose you are browsing through some restricted websites in your workplace or let’s say you’re in your college dorm and someone to whom you are answerable for your behavior comes looking for you. Of course, you can close your browser with a simple click to save yourself from embarrassment, but it will leave that person [...]
Back in college days, I used to work on various projects and all of them needed heavy documentation. Though we had a personal computer in our hostel rooms, a decent internet connection was always a problem, and thus the college cybercafé was the only savior. While searching for reference material in the cafe, I usually [...]
If you intend to introduce your kids to the world of computer/online gaming then it is best that you start with some simple, interactive games that help them learn while playing. Chrome users could start by trying out some apps as they are quick to install and get started with compared to a third-party software [...]
A browser remembers every move you make on the web. The idea is benign – to improve your browsing by way of faster loading times or easily retrievable URLs. But the footprints left behind also open up a gaping hole in our privacy. On one front, someone else using the same computer can easily track [...]
For the beginners among you, we’ve already covered the basics of browser extensions and how to install them. Extensions add spice to your browser. They help you do things which otherwise would require unnecessary software thereby bloating your system. Chrome has a great web store and thousands of cool extensions to choose from. Most of [...]
If you tend to lose control over your browser tabs while having a wild session of browsing, you need a course in tab management. With TooManyTabs, the course is a short and efficient one. TooManyTabs is a Chrome extension that helps you manage your workflow when you have too many tabs open (the Firefox extension [...]
Gmail without doubt was responsible for pulling lots of users back to the cloud. The nearly ‘unlimited’ storage comes with a powerful set of features that makes email management a breeze. But it still had an Achilles Heel. Gmail needs the umbilical cord of an internet connection to work. There was of course Google Gears [...]
Bookmarking all the open tabs in your browser can come in handy at times. Like, if you are researching on a topic, and have got a number of related tabs open. The next thing you want to do is collate the URLs at one place. Bookmarking them individually would be a pain. We have in [...]
Not only Chrome Web Store is a home of amazing extensions and applications, its gallery contains many awesome themes for Chrome browser as well. These splendid themes from creative minds can make our browser look stunning and groovy in seconds. Indeed downloading and installing a theme is an easy process but didn’t you ever wonder [...]
With the changing times we sometimes fail to notice small changes around us. If you remember the good old versions of our favorite browsers, be it Chrome, Firefox or IE, opening a new tab in them either opened a blank page or a specific website automatically. Today these browsers have emerged with a full-fledged new [...]
When I work on my browser I usually get stuck with an overwhelmed tab strip that has a huge number of tabs open concurrently. With so many tabs open at the same time it doesn’t take much time for my laptop to become sluggish, and thus out of frustration I sometimes close all my tabs [...]
