Showing posts with label Google Chrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Chrome. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
What does Google Chrome offer developers?
What does Google Chrome offer developers?
Tony Patton, TechRepublic
My first reaction to Google's introduction of a beta version of its Chrome browser was: do we really need another browser? So I decided to take Chrome for a test drive.
First impressions of Chrome
Google touts Chrome as an open source browser project, which means its main competitor seems to be Firefox and not Internet Explorer. The browser rendering engine was developed with the help of WebKit (http://webkit.org/). Chrome is up and running after a painless download (http://www.google.com/chrome) and install.
The first thing I noticed is the minimalist interface and its quick loading. The interface uses tabs (which most every browser does these days), but the tabs are located at the top of the window above the address bar. There is no bulky menu bar at the top and no status bar at the bottom, so it took a while to get accustomed to it. This video offers a first look at Chrome (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=572). This new browser maintains phishing and malware lists and warns users when they attempt to visit known harmful sites.
1. Google created a separate team to optimise the JavaScript engine used in Chrome. The result is the V8 JavaScript engine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_JavaScript_engine), which does show some improvements over its counterparts. (The various caveats of JavaScript performance are beyond this article, but there is a good discussion available online (http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-performance-rundown/).
2. Each tab within the browser runs in its own process -- a sort of sandbox within the browser. However, browser plug-ins are not covered in this security model. One interesting aspect of Chrome is its ActiveX support. I read many articles touting its lack of support for ActiveX, but there is an ActiveX plug-in available (http://google-chrome.com/chrome-plugins/activex-plug-in/).
3. An interesting feature is the ability to browse in so-called incognito mode, which means the browser maintains no history or cookies of sites visited in this mode.
4.Gears (http://gears.google.com/) is a standard component. This is more a feature for developers, as it provides a platform for creating Web applications that can run offline.
Given the beta status of Chrome, it is no surprise to find a few bugs. The browser crashed quite a few times while browsing various sites. Maybe Google is taking a page from Microsoft in releasing software to the general public before it is ready.
What Chrome offers to developers
With Internet Explorer and Firefox capturing most users these days, why should a Web developer concern themselves with a new offering? First, given Google's footprint on the Web, it is hard to ignore anything new from the company. Of course, Google Apps (http://cgi.cnet.com.au/link/?id=23183) is supposed to take market share from Microsoft Office but that remains to be seen. Other offerings like Google Talk have failed to dominate its space, so the Google name doesn't guarantee anything.
I like to use Firefox since it offers so many development tool plug-ins, but I still have to make sure my applications perform properly in Internet Explorer. From a developer viewpoint, Chrome provides a few tools for working with Web pages. The list includes Gears, as well as the following:
Web Inspector: This allows you to take a closer look at any element on the currently open page. It is available by right-clicking on an element. It allows you to browse page elements and view object properties and style. This is a feature from the WebKit base. |> JavaScript console: This allows you to enter command-line JavaScript code that can access page elements. It opens within the Web Inspector window -- located in the bottom portion.
JavaScript debugger: A rudimentary command line JavaScript debugger ( http://cgi.cnet.com.au/link/?id=23184). There is nothing intuitive about using this feature. (I did find a good tutorial (http://www.pascarello.com/lessons/browsers/ChromeDebugHelp.html) online.)
Task Manager: This allows you to view the current processes running within Chrome; it is analogous to the Task Manager available in Windows. It shows the system resources by a process. This includes memory, network, and CPU usage. A button is provided to end a process along with link to a report that breaks down memory usage for individual processes.
All in all, this is a less than impressive list of tools for the Web developer. It remains to be seen whether more tools will become available to rival what is available with Firefox or Internet Explorer 8 (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=588). At this time, I will stick with Firefox while keeping an eye on Chrome.
Don't ditch your current browser just yet
For developers, the current beta version of Chrome provides no reason to switch from Firefox or even the latest Internet Explorer version. As for everyday end users, they will stick with whatever comes with their machine (Internet Explorer) with no reason to switch. Maybe Chrome can carve out a small slice of the browser market.
But what if Google makes it necessary? The company has an overwhelming Web presence, so it would be easy to serve up pages that provide Chrome-specific features. This sounds far-fetched, but it is something to consider. Have you used the current version of Chrome? If so, what are your impressions of Chrome? Share your thoughts.
Tony Patton, TechRepublic
My first reaction to Google's introduction of a beta version of its Chrome browser was: do we really need another browser? So I decided to take Chrome for a test drive.
First impressions of Chrome
Google touts Chrome as an open source browser project, which means its main competitor seems to be Firefox and not Internet Explorer. The browser rendering engine was developed with the help of WebKit (http://webkit.org/). Chrome is up and running after a painless download (http://www.google.com/chrome) and install.
The first thing I noticed is the minimalist interface and its quick loading. The interface uses tabs (which most every browser does these days), but the tabs are located at the top of the window above the address bar. There is no bulky menu bar at the top and no status bar at the bottom, so it took a while to get accustomed to it. This video offers a first look at Chrome (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=572). This new browser maintains phishing and malware lists and warns users when they attempt to visit known harmful sites.
1. Google created a separate team to optimise the JavaScript engine used in Chrome. The result is the V8 JavaScript engine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_JavaScript_engine), which does show some improvements over its counterparts. (The various caveats of JavaScript performance are beyond this article, but there is a good discussion available online (http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-performance-rundown/).
2. Each tab within the browser runs in its own process -- a sort of sandbox within the browser. However, browser plug-ins are not covered in this security model. One interesting aspect of Chrome is its ActiveX support. I read many articles touting its lack of support for ActiveX, but there is an ActiveX plug-in available (http://google-chrome.com/chrome-plugins/activex-plug-in/).
3. An interesting feature is the ability to browse in so-called incognito mode, which means the browser maintains no history or cookies of sites visited in this mode.
4.Gears (http://gears.google.com/) is a standard component. This is more a feature for developers, as it provides a platform for creating Web applications that can run offline.
Given the beta status of Chrome, it is no surprise to find a few bugs. The browser crashed quite a few times while browsing various sites. Maybe Google is taking a page from Microsoft in releasing software to the general public before it is ready.
What Chrome offers to developers
With Internet Explorer and Firefox capturing most users these days, why should a Web developer concern themselves with a new offering? First, given Google's footprint on the Web, it is hard to ignore anything new from the company. Of course, Google Apps (http://cgi.cnet.com.au/link/?id=23183) is supposed to take market share from Microsoft Office but that remains to be seen. Other offerings like Google Talk have failed to dominate its space, so the Google name doesn't guarantee anything.
I like to use Firefox since it offers so many development tool plug-ins, but I still have to make sure my applications perform properly in Internet Explorer. From a developer viewpoint, Chrome provides a few tools for working with Web pages. The list includes Gears, as well as the following:
Web Inspector: This allows you to take a closer look at any element on the currently open page. It is available by right-clicking on an element. It allows you to browse page elements and view object properties and style. This is a feature from the WebKit base. |> JavaScript console: This allows you to enter command-line JavaScript code that can access page elements. It opens within the Web Inspector window -- located in the bottom portion.
JavaScript debugger: A rudimentary command line JavaScript debugger ( http://cgi.cnet.com.au/link/?id=23184). There is nothing intuitive about using this feature. (I did find a good tutorial (http://www.pascarello.com/lessons/browsers/ChromeDebugHelp.html) online.)
Task Manager: This allows you to view the current processes running within Chrome; it is analogous to the Task Manager available in Windows. It shows the system resources by a process. This includes memory, network, and CPU usage. A button is provided to end a process along with link to a report that breaks down memory usage for individual processes.
All in all, this is a less than impressive list of tools for the Web developer. It remains to be seen whether more tools will become available to rival what is available with Firefox or Internet Explorer 8 (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=588). At this time, I will stick with Firefox while keeping an eye on Chrome.
Don't ditch your current browser just yet
For developers, the current beta version of Chrome provides no reason to switch from Firefox or even the latest Internet Explorer version. As for everyday end users, they will stick with whatever comes with their machine (Internet Explorer) with no reason to switch. Maybe Chrome can carve out a small slice of the browser market.
But what if Google makes it necessary? The company has an overwhelming Web presence, so it would be easy to serve up pages that provide Chrome-specific features. This sounds far-fetched, but it is something to consider. Have you used the current version of Chrome? If so, what are your impressions of Chrome? Share your thoughts.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Install a Java plugin for Google Chrome
How to install a Java plugin for Google Chrome
Google released a new browser dubbed Chrome recently – you might have noticed if you haven’t been hiding under a rock this past week. Probably due to its Beta status, Google Chrome requires a few helping hints to get Java working as a plugin.
Here’s how to get the Sun Java plugin working in Google Chrome:
- Install Google Chrome (you probably did this already).
- Start Google Chrome.
- Download the “Kernel Installation JRE file
jre-6u10-rc-windows-i586-p-iftw-k.exe” from here - Run jre-6u10-rc-windows-i586-p-iftw-k.exe from your download location.
- Terminate and restart Google Chrome.
- Verify your install.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Google Chrome Features Short Cut Keys
Window and tab shortcuts
Address bar shortcuts
Do one of the following actions in the address bar:
Shortcuts to open Google Chrome features
Webpage shortcuts
Text shortcuts
| Ctrl+N | Open a new window |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Open a new window in incognito mode |
| Press Ctrl, and click a link | Open link in a new tab |
| Press Shift, and click a link | Open link in a new window |
| Alt+F4 | Close current window |
| Ctrl+T | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed. |
| Drag link to tab | Open link in specified tab |
| Drag link to space between tabs | Open link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip |
| Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 | Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a position on the tab strip. |
| Ctrl+9 | Switch to the last tab |
| Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown | Switch to the next tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp | Switch to the previous tab |
| Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 | Close current tab or pop-up |
| Alt+Home | Open your homepage |
| Ctrl+O, then select file | Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome |
Address bar shortcuts
Do one of the following actions in the address bar:
| Type a search term | Perform a search using your default search engine |
| Type the part of the web address that's between 'www.' and '.com', then press Ctrl+Enter | Add www.and .com to your input in the address bar and open the web address |
| Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search term | Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chrome prompts you to press Tab if it recognizes the search engine you're trying to use. |
| F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D | Highlight content in the web address area |
| Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter | Open your web address in a new tab |
Shortcuts to open Google Chrome features
| Ctrl+B | Toggle bookmarks bar on and off |
| Ctrl+H | View the History page |
| Ctrl+J | View the Downloads page |
| Shift+Escape | View the Task manager |
Webpage shortcuts
| Ctrl+P | Print your current page |
| F5 | Reload current page |
| Esc | Stop page loading |
| Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 | Reload current page, ignoring cached content |
| Press Alt, and click a link | Download link |
| Ctrl+F | Open find-in-page box |
| Ctrl+G or F3 | Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box |
| Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+F3 | Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box |
| Ctrl+U | View source |
| Drag link to bookmarks bar | Bookmark the link |
| Ctrl+D | Bookmark your current webpage |
| Ctrl++ | Make text larger |
| Ctrl+- | Make text smaller |
| Ctrl+0 | Return to normal text size |
Text shortcuts
| Highlight content, then press Ctrl+C | Copy content to the clipboard |
| Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert | Paste current content from the clipboard |
| Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste current content from the clipboard without formatting |
| Highlight content in a text field, then press Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete | Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard |
| Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow together | Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab |
| Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow together | Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab |
| Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E | Places a '?' in the address bar. Type a search term after the '?' to perform a search using your default search engine. |
| Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the left arrow together | Jump to the previous word in the address bar |
| Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the right arrow together | Jump to the next word in the address bar |
| Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl+Backspace | Delete the previous word in the address bar |
| Space bar | Scroll down the web page |
| Home | Go to the top of the page |
| End | Go to the bottom of the page |
Thursday, September 4, 2008
GOOGLE Chrome - Brilient Browser
கூகுள் 'குரோம்'- அசத்தலான ப்ரெளசர்!
பெங்களூர்: பெரும் எதிர்பார்ப்பை ஏற்படுத்திய கூகுள் குரோம் ப்ரெளசர், விநாயகர் சதுர்த்தி தினமான நேற்று ரிலீஸானது. மற்ற ப்ரெளசர்களில் இல்லாத பல சிறப்பு அம்சங்கள் இதில் இருப்பதால், விரைவில் குரோம், ப்ரெளசர் உலகில் புரட்சி படைக்கும் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.
உலகம் முழுவதும் பெரும் எதிர்பார்ப்பை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ள ப்ரெளசர் குரோம். மைக்ரோசாப்ட் நிறுவனத்தின் இன்டர்நெட் எக்ஸ்ப்ளோரர், பயர்பாக்ஸ் ஆகியவற்றுக்கு கடும் போட்டியைக் கொடுக்கும் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.
இன்டர்நெட் எக்ஸ்ப்ளோரர், பயர்பாக்ஸ், ஆப்பிள் சஃபாரி, ஓபேரா ஆகிய ப்ரெளசர்களில் இல்லாத பல அருமையான அம்சங்கள் குரோமில் உள்ளன.
1. இணையதளங்களுக்கான 'டாஸ்க் மேனேஜர்':
கூகுள் குரோமுக்குள் போன பின்னர், 'Shift+esc' கீயை அழுத்தினால், 'டாஸ்க் மேனேஜர்' திறக்கும். அதில், குரோம் ப்ரெளசரில் திறந்திருக்கும் அனைத்து இணையதளங்களின் பட்டியலும் காணப்படும்.
இதன் மூலம் பல்வேறு வகையான இணையதளங்கள் எடுத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் 'மெமரி'யின் அளவை நாம் அறிந்திட முடியும். ஏதாவது ஒரு இணையதள பக்கத்தில் சிக்கல் ஏற்பட்டால், டாஸ்க் மேனேஜரிலிருந்தபடியே அதை மூடவும் வசதி உண்டு.
2. விஷூவல் ப்ரெளசர் ஹிஸ்டரி (Visual Browser History):
'Ctrl+H' கீயை அழுத்தி 'ப்ரெளசர் ஹிஸ்டரி'யை திறந்து அதில் தேவைப்படும் பக்கங்களைத் தேடலாம்.
பொருத்தமான பக்கங்களைத் தேடுவதோடு, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட இணைய தள பக்கங்களின் 'தம்ப்நெய்ல்'களையும் இந்த ஆப்ஷன் நமக்குக் காட்டும்.
3. சூப்பர் க்ளீன் கன்டெக்ஸ்சுவல் மெனு (Super Clean Contextual Menu):
ஏதாவது ஒரு இணையதளத்தின் 'ஹைப்பர்லிங்கில்' ரைட் கிளிக் செய்தால், ஐந்து 'ஆப்ஷன்கள்' மட்டுமே அதில் இருக்கும். 'இமேஜ்' மீது 'ரைட் கிளிக்' செய்தால், நான்கு ஆப்ஷன்கள் இருக்கும். இது பயர்பாக்ஸில் குழப்பமானதாக இருக்கும்.
4. அட்ரஸ் பாரிலிருந்து 'சைட்' தேடலாம்:
இது பிரில்லியன்ட் ஆன ஆப்ஷன். இணையதளத்தை தேடக் கூடிய வசதியுடன் கூடிய இணையதளத்திற்குப் போகும்போது - குரோம் அதை தானாகவே உணர்ந்து கொண்டு, அந்த தளத்தை 'அட்ரஸ் பாரில்' பதிவு செய்து விடும். அடுத்த முறை அந்த சைட்டுக்குப் போக விரும்பினால் 'அட்ரஸ் பாருக்குப்' போனால் போதும்.
5. பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட 'மெமரி'யை அறிய..
இந்த ஆப்ஷன் மூலம் ப்ரெளசர்களில் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட மெமரியை அறிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.
குரோம் ப்ரெளசருக்குள் போய், ஒரு புதிய 'டேப்' (Tab) பை திறந்து, அதில் about:memory என்று டைப் செய்யவும். அப்போது ப்ரெளசருக்கு மேல், உங்களது கம்ப்யூட்டரில் எந்தெந்த ப்ரெளசர் பயன்பாட்டில் உள்ளது என்பது தெரிய வரும். அதில் எவ்வளவு மெமரி பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டிருக்கிறது என்ற தகவலும் கூடவே இருக்கும்.
6. தவறாக மூடிய 'வெப்சைட் டேப்'களை திறக்க..
பயர்பாக்ஸ்-3 ப்ரெளசரில் "Undo Closed Tab" ஆப்ஷன் உள்ளது. அதேபோல ஓபேராவில், Ctrl+Z கீயை அழுத்தினால் மூடிய டேப்களை திறக்கலாம்.
குரோமில், Ctrl+T கீயை அழுத்த வேண்டும். அப்போது, Recently closed tabs என்ற ஆப்ஷன் வரும். அதில் போய் எந்த டேப் தவறுதலாக மூடப்பட்டதாக நினைக்கிறீர்களோ அதை திறக்கலாம்.
7. Start Menu / Quick Launch பாரிலிருந்து 'சைட்' திறக்கலாம்:
இணையதளங்களுக்கான 'டெஸ்க்டாப் ஷார்ட் கட்'கள் அனைத்து ப்ரெளசர்களிலும் உள்ளன. இது கூகுள் குரோமில் எளிமையாக உள்ளது.
ஏதாவது ஒரு தளத்தை திறந்து, அதில் 'பைல்' மெனுவிலிருந்து "Create application shortcut" என்ற ஆப்ஷனை தேர்வு செய்யலாம். அந்த தளத்தின் ஷார்ட் கட் டெஸ்க் டாப்பில் உட்கார்ந்து கொள்ளும்.
இப்படி பல வசதிகள் குரோமில் கொட்டிக் கிடக்கின்றன. குரோம் நிகழ்த்தப் போகும் புரட்சி, ப்ரெளசர் உலகில் நிச்சயம் பெரிதாக இருக்கும் என்பதில் சந்தேகம் இல்லை.
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In English with Google Chrome ShortCuts and features :
பெங்களூர்: பெரும் எதிர்பார்ப்பை ஏற்படுத்திய கூகுள் குரோம் ப்ரெளசர், விநாயகர் சதுர்த்தி தினமான நேற்று ரிலீஸானது. மற்ற ப்ரெளசர்களில் இல்லாத பல சிறப்பு அம்சங்கள் இதில் இருப்பதால், விரைவில் குரோம், ப்ரெளசர் உலகில் புரட்சி படைக்கும் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.
உலகம் முழுவதும் பெரும் எதிர்பார்ப்பை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ள ப்ரெளசர் குரோம். மைக்ரோசாப்ட் நிறுவனத்தின் இன்டர்நெட் எக்ஸ்ப்ளோரர், பயர்பாக்ஸ் ஆகியவற்றுக்கு கடும் போட்டியைக் கொடுக்கும் என எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது.
இன்டர்நெட் எக்ஸ்ப்ளோரர், பயர்பாக்ஸ், ஆப்பிள் சஃபாரி, ஓபேரா ஆகிய ப்ரெளசர்களில் இல்லாத பல அருமையான அம்சங்கள் குரோமில் உள்ளன.
1. இணையதளங்களுக்கான 'டாஸ்க் மேனேஜர்':
கூகுள் குரோமுக்குள் போன பின்னர், 'Shift+esc' கீயை அழுத்தினால், 'டாஸ்க் மேனேஜர்' திறக்கும். அதில், குரோம் ப்ரெளசரில் திறந்திருக்கும் அனைத்து இணையதளங்களின் பட்டியலும் காணப்படும்.
இதன் மூலம் பல்வேறு வகையான இணையதளங்கள் எடுத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் 'மெமரி'யின் அளவை நாம் அறிந்திட முடியும். ஏதாவது ஒரு இணையதள பக்கத்தில் சிக்கல் ஏற்பட்டால், டாஸ்க் மேனேஜரிலிருந்தபடியே அதை மூடவும் வசதி உண்டு.
2. விஷூவல் ப்ரெளசர் ஹிஸ்டரி (Visual Browser History):
'Ctrl+H' கீயை அழுத்தி 'ப்ரெளசர் ஹிஸ்டரி'யை திறந்து அதில் தேவைப்படும் பக்கங்களைத் தேடலாம்.
பொருத்தமான பக்கங்களைத் தேடுவதோடு, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட இணைய தள பக்கங்களின் 'தம்ப்நெய்ல்'களையும் இந்த ஆப்ஷன் நமக்குக் காட்டும்.
3. சூப்பர் க்ளீன் கன்டெக்ஸ்சுவல் மெனு (Super Clean Contextual Menu):
ஏதாவது ஒரு இணையதளத்தின் 'ஹைப்பர்லிங்கில்' ரைட் கிளிக் செய்தால், ஐந்து 'ஆப்ஷன்கள்' மட்டுமே அதில் இருக்கும். 'இமேஜ்' மீது 'ரைட் கிளிக்' செய்தால், நான்கு ஆப்ஷன்கள் இருக்கும். இது பயர்பாக்ஸில் குழப்பமானதாக இருக்கும்.
4. அட்ரஸ் பாரிலிருந்து 'சைட்' தேடலாம்:
இது பிரில்லியன்ட் ஆன ஆப்ஷன். இணையதளத்தை தேடக் கூடிய வசதியுடன் கூடிய இணையதளத்திற்குப் போகும்போது - குரோம் அதை தானாகவே உணர்ந்து கொண்டு, அந்த தளத்தை 'அட்ரஸ் பாரில்' பதிவு செய்து விடும். அடுத்த முறை அந்த சைட்டுக்குப் போக விரும்பினால் 'அட்ரஸ் பாருக்குப்' போனால் போதும்.
5. பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட 'மெமரி'யை அறிய..
இந்த ஆப்ஷன் மூலம் ப்ரெளசர்களில் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட மெமரியை அறிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.
குரோம் ப்ரெளசருக்குள் போய், ஒரு புதிய 'டேப்' (Tab) பை திறந்து, அதில் about:memory என்று டைப் செய்யவும். அப்போது ப்ரெளசருக்கு மேல், உங்களது கம்ப்யூட்டரில் எந்தெந்த ப்ரெளசர் பயன்பாட்டில் உள்ளது என்பது தெரிய வரும். அதில் எவ்வளவு மெமரி பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டிருக்கிறது என்ற தகவலும் கூடவே இருக்கும்.
6. தவறாக மூடிய 'வெப்சைட் டேப்'களை திறக்க..
பயர்பாக்ஸ்-3 ப்ரெளசரில் "Undo Closed Tab" ஆப்ஷன் உள்ளது. அதேபோல ஓபேராவில், Ctrl+Z கீயை அழுத்தினால் மூடிய டேப்களை திறக்கலாம்.
குரோமில், Ctrl+T கீயை அழுத்த வேண்டும். அப்போது, Recently closed tabs என்ற ஆப்ஷன் வரும். அதில் போய் எந்த டேப் தவறுதலாக மூடப்பட்டதாக நினைக்கிறீர்களோ அதை திறக்கலாம்.
7. Start Menu / Quick Launch பாரிலிருந்து 'சைட்' திறக்கலாம்:
இணையதளங்களுக்கான 'டெஸ்க்டாப் ஷார்ட் கட்'கள் அனைத்து ப்ரெளசர்களிலும் உள்ளன. இது கூகுள் குரோமில் எளிமையாக உள்ளது.
ஏதாவது ஒரு தளத்தை திறந்து, அதில் 'பைல்' மெனுவிலிருந்து "Create application shortcut" என்ற ஆப்ஷனை தேர்வு செய்யலாம். அந்த தளத்தின் ஷார்ட் கட் டெஸ்க் டாப்பில் உட்கார்ந்து கொள்ளும்.
இப்படி பல வசதிகள் குரோமில் கொட்டிக் கிடக்கின்றன. குரோம் நிகழ்த்தப் போகும் புரட்சி, ப்ரெளசர் உலகில் நிச்சயம் பெரிதாக இருக்கும் என்பதில் சந்தேகம் இல்லை.
You can download this @ http://www.google.com
In English with Google Chrome ShortCuts and features :
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Why Google Chrome will win and why it will lose
Why Chrome will win and why it will lose
Nick Heath
Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of Chrome.
After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the Web, the blogosphere was ready to predict everything from the end of Firefox to the demise of Microsoft itself.
Builder AU sister site silicon.com spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.
Bye bye Microsoft
Google Chrome has shades of an OS in a browser's clothing and the gradual encroachment on Redmond's turf must have a few Microsoft execs sweating.
The way it will allow users to run and manage applications without an OS' intervention could mean the beginning of the end for the days of Vista's bloatware.
David Mitchell, VP for IT research at analysts Ovum, said: "What you are seeing is the language of the browser coming very close to that of the operating system, with services provided at the browser level rather than the OS level.
"If some of the OS functionality is within the browser then there will be a demand for a more anorexic OS running underneath.
"It is a big step towards telling people like Microsoft that they are not so popular after all."
Google-branded life
Chrome will provide a central point for the company's panoply of services and applications, offering a hub to consolidate everything from Google Maps and Docs to Gmail and Shopping.
Google already has millions of users on Google Apps -- applications from calendaring to video, all hosted on its cloud computing infrastructure, and a Google branded browser is an obvious way to persuade even more users to start experimenting with the company's other Web-based offerings.
Nate Elliott, research director at analysts Jupiter Research, said: "This is not a new idea, they have had the Google toolbar for four to five years with the idea of driving users towards their products and services. Now you will have what is a far bigger and better version of the toolbar to drive users towards those services."
Consumer love-in
Google has proven to be a master of wooing consumers, charming consumers by offering free versions of traditionally paid for services.
With 70 per cent of the world's Web searches going through the search engine, it's built up a brand awareness so strong that the verb "to Google" is already part of the lexicon. It's this popularity that can give Chrome a headstart and quickly turn it into a contender.
Google's history of consumer-pleasing and unfussy design -- think of its sparse, ad-free homepage -- could serve Chrome well. Jupiter Research's Elliott said: "Google products are typically very easy to use and very consumer friendly.
"They focus extremely heavily on this relationship and everything that they do keeps consumers in mind."
Tor Odland, head of communications for rival browser Opera, said: "They have a massive footprint and Google will probably be more successful than another company trying this because of that."
No more lock-ups
It might sound trivial but the ability to kill individual tabs within Chrome will spell the end of the hair tearing frustration of a single rogue Web page bringing the entire browser crashing down.
Not only that but the way the browser will run every tab in an isolated "sandbox" will provide improved protection from malicious sites.
Ovum's Mitchell said: "Each tab is attached to a separate process and can be managed separately.
"It is a bit like what Window NT offered in terms of stability. Most of the current generation of browsers would crash if there was a badly behaved tab but Chrome can quit the tab and it will still work."
Microsoft too is working on the ability to kill a tab and still save the browser, with a similar feature showing up in IE8 beta 2.
If you can't beat them
Google is taking the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach with Chrome, shamelessly borrowing features from its would-be competitors.
These include the open source approach of Firefox; Opera's speed dial function, where a homepage presents thumbnails of your most visited sites; an "incognito" window for private browsing where nothing is recorded, similar to Safari and the forthcoming IE8, and an address bar with auto-completion features.
Opera's Odland said: "It is very much a market where everybody knows what everybody else is doing and you can expect Google to take innovations such as the speed dial homepage and tabs on top from Opera and vice versa."
Not convinced by Chrome? Read on to see the five reasons why it may crash and burn...
Internet Explorer's stranglehold
The average computer user tends to lack the technical know-how or motivation to change from the default Internet Explorer browser, giving Microsoft around 60 per cent of the market without even trying. Despite being the only really viable alternative to Internet Explorer's domination, Firefox has struggled to gain above 20 per cent of the browser market.
In spite of Google's huge brand leverage, analysts feel Chrome could still struggle to gain a foothold when faced with consumers who prefer to stick with what they know.
David Mitchell, VP for IT research at analysts Ovum, said: "Internet Explorer is still used by about 60 to 70 per cent of people and there is a big chunk of the population who are remarkable reticent to change platform.
"I think that Google will grab market share but whether they will knock IE off the top spot is another scenario.
Microsoft itself is confident of IE's unassailability. The company said: "The browser landscape is highly competitive but people will choose Internet Explorer 8 for the way it puts the services they want right at their fingertips, respects their personal choices about how they want to browse and puts them in control of their personal data online."
Bad track record
Despite Google's search dominance, its other home-grown applications have failed to attract anywhere near the same popularity.
It was one of the first companies to enter the social networking market with orkut but the site remains largely unknown outside of Brazil, and despite being launched before YouTube, Google Video always failed to match its popularity, eventually forcing Google to buy up its rival.
Similarly, despite being perhaps the most well known Google branded app outside of search, Gmail also still lags behind Windows Live Hotmail.
Nate Elliott, research director at analysts Jupiter Research, said: "In most cases the products that Google has delivered on its own have failed.
"To achieve success they have had to buy in services from elsewhere and not build them themselves."
Google backlash
With the Google brand already ubiquitous worldwide could the sheer scale of the search giant's reach start to scare consumers? Tor Odland, head of communications for rival browser Opera thinks the brand's possible future dominance could prompt an anti-Microsoft style backlash against the lack of choice available.
He said: "You have to ask whether people want to use products and services from only one company. It is a return to the days of Microsoft.
"I wonder how people will feel about being so tied into one company -- the one thing that the online world has taught us is that people like choice."
Damage to Google services
Google has traditionally taken a cross platform approach to its services and worked closely with its soon-to-be rivals Opera and Mozilla, and recently renewed a deal with Mozilla for Google to be the default search in Firefox. Focusing on Chrome could see those all-important bonds start to loosen.
Odland said: "It is important that they keep testing their services for compatibility with other browsers.
"We hope that they will continue to work with Opera and Mozilla to deliver a better internet experience."
Jupiter Research's Elliott believes Google is hedging its bets: "They have given themselves plenty of time to make progress in the browser market while maintaining a strong presence in Firefox."
How to get it out there?
There is also the question of how Google will get Chrome onto people's computers in the first place. Will it take the Apple approach of bundling it with other application downloads as with Safari in iTunes or Sun's bundling of Java downloads with Open Office.
Ovum's Mitchell said: "One thing that has not been made clear is what is their distribution strategy? Are they going to rely on downloads straight from the Google site or follow the lead of Apple?"
Elliott said: "Firefox is by all accounts a fantastic browser and still has less than 20 per cent browser share. That speaks volumes about how big an advantage Microsoft has by installing IE on PCs."
Nick Heath
Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of Chrome.
After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the Web, the blogosphere was ready to predict everything from the end of Firefox to the demise of Microsoft itself.
Builder AU sister site silicon.com spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.
Bye bye Microsoft
Google Chrome has shades of an OS in a browser's clothing and the gradual encroachment on Redmond's turf must have a few Microsoft execs sweating.
The way it will allow users to run and manage applications without an OS' intervention could mean the beginning of the end for the days of Vista's bloatware.
David Mitchell, VP for IT research at analysts Ovum, said: "What you are seeing is the language of the browser coming very close to that of the operating system, with services provided at the browser level rather than the OS level.
"If some of the OS functionality is within the browser then there will be a demand for a more anorexic OS running underneath.
"It is a big step towards telling people like Microsoft that they are not so popular after all."
Google-branded life
Chrome will provide a central point for the company's panoply of services and applications, offering a hub to consolidate everything from Google Maps and Docs to Gmail and Shopping.
Google already has millions of users on Google Apps -- applications from calendaring to video, all hosted on its cloud computing infrastructure, and a Google branded browser is an obvious way to persuade even more users to start experimenting with the company's other Web-based offerings.
Nate Elliott, research director at analysts Jupiter Research, said: "This is not a new idea, they have had the Google toolbar for four to five years with the idea of driving users towards their products and services. Now you will have what is a far bigger and better version of the toolbar to drive users towards those services."
Consumer love-in
Google has proven to be a master of wooing consumers, charming consumers by offering free versions of traditionally paid for services.
With 70 per cent of the world's Web searches going through the search engine, it's built up a brand awareness so strong that the verb "to Google" is already part of the lexicon. It's this popularity that can give Chrome a headstart and quickly turn it into a contender.
Google's history of consumer-pleasing and unfussy design -- think of its sparse, ad-free homepage -- could serve Chrome well. Jupiter Research's Elliott said: "Google products are typically very easy to use and very consumer friendly.
"They focus extremely heavily on this relationship and everything that they do keeps consumers in mind."
Tor Odland, head of communications for rival browser Opera, said: "They have a massive footprint and Google will probably be more successful than another company trying this because of that."
No more lock-ups
It might sound trivial but the ability to kill individual tabs within Chrome will spell the end of the hair tearing frustration of a single rogue Web page bringing the entire browser crashing down.
Not only that but the way the browser will run every tab in an isolated "sandbox" will provide improved protection from malicious sites.
Ovum's Mitchell said: "Each tab is attached to a separate process and can be managed separately.
"It is a bit like what Window NT offered in terms of stability. Most of the current generation of browsers would crash if there was a badly behaved tab but Chrome can quit the tab and it will still work."
Microsoft too is working on the ability to kill a tab and still save the browser, with a similar feature showing up in IE8 beta 2.
If you can't beat them
Google is taking the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach with Chrome, shamelessly borrowing features from its would-be competitors.
These include the open source approach of Firefox; Opera's speed dial function, where a homepage presents thumbnails of your most visited sites; an "incognito" window for private browsing where nothing is recorded, similar to Safari and the forthcoming IE8, and an address bar with auto-completion features.
Opera's Odland said: "It is very much a market where everybody knows what everybody else is doing and you can expect Google to take innovations such as the speed dial homepage and tabs on top from Opera and vice versa."
Not convinced by Chrome? Read on to see the five reasons why it may crash and burn...
Internet Explorer's stranglehold
The average computer user tends to lack the technical know-how or motivation to change from the default Internet Explorer browser, giving Microsoft around 60 per cent of the market without even trying. Despite being the only really viable alternative to Internet Explorer's domination, Firefox has struggled to gain above 20 per cent of the browser market.
In spite of Google's huge brand leverage, analysts feel Chrome could still struggle to gain a foothold when faced with consumers who prefer to stick with what they know.
David Mitchell, VP for IT research at analysts Ovum, said: "Internet Explorer is still used by about 60 to 70 per cent of people and there is a big chunk of the population who are remarkable reticent to change platform.
"I think that Google will grab market share but whether they will knock IE off the top spot is another scenario.
Microsoft itself is confident of IE's unassailability. The company said: "The browser landscape is highly competitive but people will choose Internet Explorer 8 for the way it puts the services they want right at their fingertips, respects their personal choices about how they want to browse and puts them in control of their personal data online."
Bad track record
Despite Google's search dominance, its other home-grown applications have failed to attract anywhere near the same popularity.
It was one of the first companies to enter the social networking market with orkut but the site remains largely unknown outside of Brazil, and despite being launched before YouTube, Google Video always failed to match its popularity, eventually forcing Google to buy up its rival.
Similarly, despite being perhaps the most well known Google branded app outside of search, Gmail also still lags behind Windows Live Hotmail.
Nate Elliott, research director at analysts Jupiter Research, said: "In most cases the products that Google has delivered on its own have failed.
"To achieve success they have had to buy in services from elsewhere and not build them themselves."
Google backlash
With the Google brand already ubiquitous worldwide could the sheer scale of the search giant's reach start to scare consumers? Tor Odland, head of communications for rival browser Opera thinks the brand's possible future dominance could prompt an anti-Microsoft style backlash against the lack of choice available.
He said: "You have to ask whether people want to use products and services from only one company. It is a return to the days of Microsoft.
"I wonder how people will feel about being so tied into one company -- the one thing that the online world has taught us is that people like choice."
Damage to Google services
Google has traditionally taken a cross platform approach to its services and worked closely with its soon-to-be rivals Opera and Mozilla, and recently renewed a deal with Mozilla for Google to be the default search in Firefox. Focusing on Chrome could see those all-important bonds start to loosen.
Odland said: "It is important that they keep testing their services for compatibility with other browsers.
"We hope that they will continue to work with Opera and Mozilla to deliver a better internet experience."
Jupiter Research's Elliott believes Google is hedging its bets: "They have given themselves plenty of time to make progress in the browser market while maintaining a strong presence in Firefox."
How to get it out there?
There is also the question of how Google will get Chrome onto people's computers in the first place. Will it take the Apple approach of bundling it with other application downloads as with Safari in iTunes or Sun's bundling of Java downloads with Open Office.
Ovum's Mitchell said: "One thing that has not been made clear is what is their distribution strategy? Are they going to rely on downloads straight from the Google site or follow the lead of Apple?"
Elliott said: "Firefox is by all accounts a fantastic browser and still has less than 20 per cent browser share. That speaks volumes about how big an advantage Microsoft has by installing IE on PCs."
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