Google Chrome will soon add built-in lazy load features. The plan is to bring native lazy loading for images and cross-origin frames to Chrome. There are two flags for this feature available in the latest Canary channel version of Chrome and Chrome OS. According to Wikipedia,”Lazy loading is a design pattern commonly used in computer […]
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Google Chrome’s Toolbar has a “Trusted Area”
If you have played around with Google Chrome’s upcoming Material Design interface, you might have noticed a vertical line dividing the space where all the extension icons are displayed. Looks like this line has a purpose. The area on the right hand side of this line is called “Trusted Area”. As the name suggests, this […]
Picture-in-Picture Extended to Extensions and Chrome Apps
Google Chrome’s Picture-in-Picture is being extended to extensions and Chrome Apps. I am trying really hard to imagine how those windows will look like, especially extensions. We will have to wait and see how that’s going to look like. This showed up as two different code commits this week. The Code The first to reach […]
Chrome’s Incognito Mode on Android to be Called “Private Mode” for Some Users
In a rather unexpected move, Google is renaming the famous “Incognito” mode to “Private Mode” on Chrome for Android, at least for users in “select countries” Which are those “select countries”, I do not know yet. The Code Here is the code that talks about this change. We should soon see this flag in chrome […]
Google (Slightly) Updates the Color of Chrome Incognito Tab
Here is a quick post to share two screenshots with you. The first one is a screenshot of the Incognito tab from the Beta version of Chrome OS, thanks to my friend Dymphe: Now, here is a screenshot from my Pixelbook which is running the Canary version of Chrome OS: See the slight color change? […]
Google Experiments with Related Article Suggestions on Chrome for Android
Just like Google has multiple operating systems and messaging apps, they have a bunch of ways to show your article suggestions. There is Google Launcher feed, article suggestions on the Chrome New Tab Page (NTP) and Google News. Now, there is one more. Google has added a couple of flags to Chrome’s Android version to […]
Google Chrome Settings Getting “All Sites” to Manage Permissions and Data Across Sites
I wouldn’t call this the best title for this article. Anyways, let’s get started. Google Chrome allows you to control permissions for individual sites. This could be access to location camera or microphone etc. At present, you can access a website’s settings by opening the site in a tab and clicking the lock icon (for […]
Chrome Makes it Easy to Switch to Open Tabs, Avoiding Duplicate Tabs
This could be Déjà vu, but I have a vague memory of such a feature in the past. That’s why I ignored this tab when this showed up first. Now that our beloved François Beaufort has confirmed that this indeed a new feature, let’s get to it. This may not sound interesting to you if you are […]
Google Chrome Windows with a Single Tab to Get a “Special, Minimal Visual Treatment”
There is a new experimental flag in the latest version of Chrome Canary which looks promising but does not do much at the moment. It is called “Single-tab Mode”. It is in the very early stages of development, but you know that I have this habit of sharing news about things when they are work-in-progress. […]
Chrome’s “Heavy Page Capping” To Alert Users About Bandwidth Heavy Pages
Is your phone on a bandwidth diet? This upcoming Chrome feature will tell you when you are on a page that uses a lot of data. This is currently available as a flag in the latest Canary channel of Chrome. The Flag Name: Heavy Page Capping Description: Enable showing an InfoBar on data-heavy pages that allow […]