November 2009

Two Clicks, and you have Chrome OS ( almost )

by Dinu

google chrome os Two Clicks, and you have Chrome OS ( almost )

Chrome OS Menu

Okay, here it is, two clicks, and you have the Chrome OS application menu on Google Chrome browser.

1. Open http://welcome-cros.appspot.com/menu on Google Chrome

2. Right click on the tab, and selsect “Pin Tab”

If you remember the Chrome OS demo video, the application menu was the most important part of Chrome OS. You will get this functionality on your normal Chrome browser with just two mouse clicks. So, you have most of what Chrome OS does,  provided Google has no hidden surprises for Google Chrome when it is out in the market.

But for now, Click Click ! and enjoy !!

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You can try Chrome OS, if you have Dell Mini

by Dinu

google chrome os You can try Chrome OS, if you have Dell Mini

Dell Mini Netbook with Chrome OS

Dell has customized Chrome OS source which was released last week,  and made available for download on their website. The Mini 10v is one of Dell’s netbooks and is very close to the type of hardware that Google wants to use when Chrome OS is released to consumers.

Reviews say that apart from some Wifi issues, Chrome OS works really well on Dell Mini. So, if you have a Dell Mini with you, you can try Chrome OS right now !

[Direct Download, Dell via Liliputing viaDownload Squad]

Do you think Dell will sell more Mini netbooks because of this news ?

via: gizmodo.com

Cool Chrome Trick : Open New Tab from Addressbar

by Dinu

Yes, I would call this trick “CooL” .. It really is.

It works like this, suppose you have google.com open on a tab, and you want to open yahoo.com on another tab, what you usually do is, open a new tab by clicking the ‘+’ icon,  and type in the address, and hit enter.  Right ?

howto Cool Chrome Trick : Open New Tab from Addressbar

Instead of this, what if you could type in yahoo.com on the current tab ( where you have google.com open ) hit ALT and Enter key together, and open it on a different tab ? In other words, you are on a tab, you enter a different address or a search keyword on the addressbar, and you get it open in a new tab.

Like it ? I did !  Try it, you will definitely like it !!

via: chrome.blogspot.com

Google Chrome Adds RSS feed support, as an extension

The first thing I complained about Google Chrome was the lack of RSS feed icon on the address bar.  When I am on a page, or a blog, an RSS feed icon next to the site URL is the easiest way to subscribe to the RSS feed. While using Chrome, I had to copy paste [...]

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How to Install Chrome OS on a Virtual Machine VMWare

For those who really really want to try Chrome OS on their computers, here is a little about installing it on a Virtual Machine. This is done using the source code released by Google Chrome OS team. However, the version that is currently available for download ‘seems eons behind what Google showed off at its event yesterday’. [...]

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Chrome OS is here !

I really wanted to be the first person to blog about the release of the Chrome OS. But, it turns out that I am 100th or 200th person to blog about it being Demo’d.  I was away, so, sorry for being late ! But don’t worry, I will be posting more often from next week. [...]

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Download Portable Google Chrome for Windows

A small but very useful post ahead. PortableApps.com started to offer a portable version of Google Chrome for Windows. Due to the licensing terms of Google Chrome, the site offers a small application that downloads Google Chrome’s installer, extract its files and installs a portable launcher. Copy the resulting folder to a USB drive and you [...]

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