I'm always running two windows side by side on my system thanks to my 1920x1200 HP monitor that provides me with enough space to do that. That's handy for instance when I […]
Unless you are using a touch-enabled device, you are likely using a mouse to work on your computer. When it comes to web browsing, the mouse is used for a number of […]
Google launched Chrome Remote Desktop about a year ago for the Chrome web browser and Chrome OS to add remote desktop features to both systems. It enables Chrome users to remote access […]
Adblock Plus has been the most popular advertisement blocking extension for the Firefox web browser ever since its first version got released for the browser. With the rise of Google Chrome can […]
When you make a browser the default system web browser in Windows 8 you may notice one of two things. If the developer of the browser has made available a special version […]
Google Chrome users who want to protect their web browser from unauthorized external extension installation did not have a lot of options in this regard until recently. An update to the Extensions […]
Unauthorized installation of extensions is not something that only Google Chrome users face but the Google browser, unlike Firefox, is currently haunted by the mysterious Settings Protector extension that auto-installs itself in […]
If you are using Google Chrome as your web browser you have probably installed a couple of extensions as well to improve your web browsing experience. If you do, you may have […]
A set of screenshots is displayed on Google's Play store for apps and games offered there. These screenshots give you an impression of how the game or app looks like when it […]
Making sure that you are connected via https to important websites such as your bank's website, PayPal, your Google account or Facebook, is one of the essential things that Internet users need […]
You can save web pages in any web browser as HTML documents. That's usually all there is to do to archive certain pages that you are interested in. Extensions and scripts are […]
One common theme among malicious users is to hop on the bandwagon of a popular item on the Internet to capitalize from the public's desire for information or action. Angry Birds is […]
When you download files in Google's Chrome web browser you will see them listed in a toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Here they are listed until you close the toolbar […]
If you don't trust companies such as Google, Microsoft or Facebook when it comes to communication, for instance because of the recording of your chat conversations on said networks and possibility that […]
Which web browser with its default configuration is best at blocking malware? According to a recent NSS Labs study it is Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 as it performed better than other web […]
If you are following this blog regularly you know that Google is constantly working on the design of its products. The majority of these changes are usually tested using a-b tests, so […]
The majority of web browser benchmarks are created by companies and organizations that develop browsers. Mozilla has its Kraken benchmark, Google its Octane benchmark, which many web developers believe are not as […]
Before I start looking at recent advances that Google implemented into the Windows 8 version of its Chrome web browser, I'd like to take a moment to point out that I'm still […]
Chrome, the popular web browser from Google, is known for being fast and reliable, but there are countless other reasons why users, especially techie-types (geeks) love this web browser. Â The software has […]
Update: It is 2018 now and things have changed dramatically. HTML5 replaced Flash on most sites already so that it is no longer necessary to use extensions that enforce the use of […]
For the past two days I have been noticing a issue with Google's Chrome browser. Whenever I would start the browser, it would hang for a couple of seconds before the tabs […]
Chrome Sync is a feature of the Google Chrome browser that enables you to synchronize data with other Chrome installations. The feature requires a Google account and needs to be configured in […]
Where do you go when you run into issues in Google Chrome that you can't fix on your own? Say you get Shockwave Flash has crashed messages all the time, or can't […]
Google about two weeks ago added a new feature to the Chrome web browser that improves the extension updating process of the browser. Extension updates may require more rights or permissions than […]
Many people use Google's Chrome web browser for surfing the Internet because it's fast, stable and generally reliable.  However, quite  a few users have a problem with Adobe's Shockwave Flash plugin for […]
An option to enable Do Not Track headers landed in today's Chromium release which web users can make use of to notify servers, websites and scripts that they do not want to […]
Most users make use of the browser's on-page find search tool to find words or phrases on a page. That works well if you need to find something on a single page, […]
There are numerous reasons to make sure that your web browser does not leak information to the Internet or the browser maker if that is not required for functionality that you use. […]
If you hang out on a site where image links get posted all the time, say on Reddit or 4chan or any of the other sites where that is happening, you are […]
If you are running Chrome Canary, and maybe other versions of the web browser as well, you may have noticed the + icon that Google has added to the browser's address bar. […]
Whenever you install an extension in the Chrome browser, you see a prompt that you have to confirm before the extension gets installed. This prompt highlights the rights of the extension and […]
I have not really noticed any crashes or hangs in Google Chrome, or other web browsers for that matter, in recent time. That said, I do know of a few users who […]
Users of the Google+ social networking site can add hashtags to their posts to categorize and describe posts. The search on the site supports hashtags so that searches can include one or […]
Google's black bar that is displayed on nearly every Google property is highly inflexible as there is no option to remove or exchange products listed in the bar. What good is a […]
If you are using Google Chrome 23 or higher you may have noticed a change to how website permissions are controlled in the browser. To do that in previous versions, you had […]
Chrome URLs are internal pages of the Google Chrome browser designed mostly to provide developers and advanced users with detailed information about the browser's internals. Just like Mozilla Firefox or Opera, Google […]
Update: Most web browsers don't support Java anymore. Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge don't support Java anymore and that means that you don't have to disable Java in the browser even […]
If you are using Google Chrome and have a number of extensions installed, you have probably asked yourself if there is a way to activate the extensions more easily. While some place […]
All modern web browsers are considerably fast when it comes to rendering web pages and executing JavaScript code. You usually find Google Chrome at the very top of results and the other […]
Extensions in the Google Chrome web browser can either be enabled or disabled once they have been installed. When they are enabled they are automatically active and may display an icon in […]
