Force Chrome, Firefox and Opera Web Browsers to start in Private Browsing Mode [Ubuntu/Linux]
To force your web browser to start in the “track-free mode”, colloquially known as “porn mode”, or private browsing mode, use the command-line to launch the browser with a simple command-line switch.
Chrome Sync extended to Settings and Autofill
Like Mozilla Weave that synchronizes almost everything about your Firefox setup; your saved passwords, browsing history, preferences, open browser tabs, and bookmarks across Firefox browsers, new Chromium build now syncs your Chrome Settings and Autofill data together with your bookmarks. As shown in the screenshot above, when setting up Chrome sync you can choose not [...]
Chrome Integrates Flash Plug-In by Default
[Updated] Google Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.360.4 for Windows and Mac and 5.0.360.5 for Linux. Google in this update has taken many by surprise by integrating Flash to the Chrome browser. For now you need this command-line switch to enable the Flash plug-in; --enable-internal-flash, but not long from now all Chrome versions [...]
Google Chrome Beta Linux adds Automatic Translations and Privacy Options
Google Chrome Beta channel for Linux gets new features, the new update also fixes an issue with Google SSL sites failing with ‘error 107. Chrome 5.0.342.7 beta offers users greater control over content for privacy by adding the Privacy Options menu that helps you better filter web content, settings can differ from site to site.
Google Chrome Form Autofill
Google Chrome Dev has been updated to version 5.0.356.0 for Windows, Linux, this update brings ‘Form Autofill’ feature which is enabled by default for new profiles. To add a new ready-to-use profile information that you can subsequently use to autofill web forms, fill-in your personal information in the Options -> Personal Stuff -> Change Autofill [...]
Official StumbleUpon Toolbar for Google Chrome
StumbleUpon fans now have an official toolbar for Google Chrome, its more a frame that does not break on frame-breaking web sites. The developers of Chromebar admit that the Chrome extension still has to catch-up feature wise with its Firefox counterpart, but that also depends on the predisposition of the Chrome browser. The blog post [...]
Free up memory in Google Chrome and Chromium with Purge Memory Feature [Linux]
That Google Chrome is sometimes is a memory hog is a well known fact, but what Linux users of Chrome and Chromium might have missed is that Dev Channels of these browsers like their Windows counterpart now have a memory purger that when used in some cases drastically reduces the memory in use by Chrome/Chromium.
Google Chrome Dev Channel Update Fixes issues relating to Content Settings functionality
Google Chrome Dev Channel updates to version 5.0.335 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms, this update comes with fixes issues regarding the new Content Settings window. Windows, Linux and Mac platforms support “cache-bypassing reload” that is hooked to various accelerators on different platforms for example shift-reload, ctrl-reload.
Chrome for Linux Dev Channel Updated to 5.0
Google Chrome for Linux Dev Channel has been updated to version 5.0.307.1 with “preliminary” desktop notification support, for GTK builds of Linux only. Chrome desktop notifications in Linux uses D-BUS notifications also known as libnotify. Also, GTK+selection colors when using GTK theme mode gets noticeably better. Other adds and fixes in this update include; – [...]
