All the talking about sidebar tabs today in Firefox reminded me that I wanted to write about a similar feature in Google Chrome, to be more precise in the Google Chrome dev releases and Chromium. The developers of the browser have added a startup switch to enable side tabs. Users who are running a dev [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Google Chrome Tabs Manager Tabs Plus
Recent Firefox versions have an option to display thumbnails for all open tabs when the user clicks on a button in the Firefox tabbar. A comparable option is not available in the Google Chrome web browser by default but the Chrome extension Tabs Plus changes that. Tabs Plus adds a variety of features to the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Automatically Cycle Tabs In Google Chrome Regularly
A web browser can sometimes be used passively instead of actively. Think of opening a website or page that displays automatically updating status information. The user does not need to interact with that page at all to retrieve the information. Revolver is a Google Chrome extension that aids users who need to open multiple websites [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Phantom Tabs In Google Chrome
Phantom tabs have been designed to help Internet users reduce the amount of computer memory the Google Chrome browser uses at any given time. Many Internet users keep some websites and services open all the time in their web browser even though they might be accessed only sporadically by them. These tabs occupy the same [...]