David Pollitt

Introducing Google Chrome

// September 4th, 2008 // Humor, Software

Google has surprised many by coming out with a new open-source browser named Chrome.  The browser is still in the beta stage, as many of Google’s products are, so expect a few hiccups if you want to give this a try.

Once you’ve downloaded the software and got situated, I’ve located a few tricks you can explore once you are inside.  Just type these phrases into the ‘omnibox’ or url box and see what you can play with:

• about:stats
• about:memory
• about:network
• about:histograms
• about:dns
• about:plugins
• about:version
• about:crash

There is one more about: that you can try, but it might give you a surprise if you aren’t ready for it.  Just type about:% or even just the “:%” part of it into the url box, and watch as the browser crashes.(edit:Google has released an update to fix this bug, so it might not work for you.)

Finally, if you are using Windows XP with Chrome, you’ll notice the standard Google blue window color.  It’s quite ugly if you ask me, so I searched and found a way to update it.

Just head over to Deviant Art and pick up the zip file containing the default.dll theme.  Copy this and paste it into the following folder(backup your original default.dll first).

Vista : C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\0.2.149.27\Themes\

XP : C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\0.2.149.27\Themes\

-DPollitt

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