Favicons are those tiny icons that you see on your browser tab while visiting any website. For example. I have added Chrome Story’s logo as favicon. The latest new tab page design puts favicons in the spotlight. Chrome at the moment does not support SVG files as favicons instead of it being a very popular […]
Google Chrome Adds 20 New Built-in Themes
Google recently added a new way to customize Chrome using themes. In the Canary channel where this is still a work-in-progress, you can now change themes while customizing the new tab page. Google started this off with just a handful of options. However, today’s update increased the available color options to 20. This new way […]
[Bug] Chrome Bookmarks Disappearing
Many Google Chrome users are reporting that Chrome bookmarks are going missing without any warning. Users started reporting this issue back in April. I can see more users reporting this issue even in July 2019. Some users report that they lost all of their bookmarks. For some, however, it is just a folder or multiple […]
How to Rename Bookmarks Folder in Google Chrome
Chrome allows users to organize their bookmarks into folders and sub-folders. This article explains how you can rename an existing bookmarks folder in Chrome. Rename Folders from Bookmarks Bar The bookmarks bar is that small bar with bookmarks and folders right below Chrome’s address bar, aka Omnibox. If you have a folder here that you […]
This is Why You Cannot Delete Images From the “Images” Section of the Files App
Browsing through Google’s official Chromebook forum where I have started contributing more these days, I noticed a people saying “unable to delete images”. I was quite surprised in the beginning, but then I understand what was happening. All those questions on the forum have been answered by the amazing community members, but I am taking […]
Chrome OS to Get Chromecast-like Ambient Mode (Screensaver?)
I am looking at a code commit which touches quiet a few files around Ash, Chrome OS desktop environment and it talks about a new “Ambient Mode’. On a Chromecast, Ambient Mode is what appears when your Chromecast connected display is idle. You could call it a screensaver too. It is important to note that […]
Enterprise Features to Get a Dedicated Chrome Flags Page
chrome://flags page, as you know, hosts various experimental features that users can enable to test out upcoming features. Google uses this page to launch features without enabling them by default for everyone. A recent code commit on the Chromium repository and the bug associated with the change suggest that we might get another page similar […]
Chrome OS File Manager to Add Support for Symlinks
A code commit that I spotted today on the Chromium repository suggests that the team is working on symlinks support for Files, the built-in file manager app for Chrome OS. What is Symlinks I had to do a bit of Googling and Wikiying to learn the basics. Here is the gist of it. Symlink is […]
How to Use WhatsApp on a Chromebook
If you have a Chromebook that supports Android apps, in my case, the Pixel Slate that I am writing this on, you can install the app. Open up Play Store, search for WhatsApp and install it. If You Cannot Install WhatsApp App Now, what happens if you cannot install the WhatsApp app on your Chromebook? […]
Amazon Prime Video Now Supports Chromecast
Finally, it is here. Amazon Prime now supports Chromecast. If you are a Chromecast + Amazon Prime user, download the latest version of the Prime app and you should see the cast option there. Casting works the same way as any other Chromecast supported app. Open up the app, hit the cast icon. Select your […]