Do Chrome users know these features?

Google Chrome - a product of the search giant Gooogle has dominated the Internet browser market today. Safari is not a rival, Firefox is in second place, even beating Internet Explorer - a pioneer in this area, Chrome is showing a unique position, and it seems that no opponent can compete with. this web browser.

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Not all of a sudden, a browser that came out later could outshine its predecessors to dominate, so did Chrome. In addition to a huge arsenal of extensions, the browser also has dozens of built-in support services that help users feel comfortable and loved, plus a bunch of great features and useful that only Chrome has.

Many people are quite confident with their knowledge and understanding, but take 5 minutes to read this article, and see, do you know all these features? Or how many of them can you do?

Increase performance with Chrome

1. Pin tabs - Attach pages

In the process of using web browsers to work, surely we will have the site to visit more often, more continuously than other sites, so why not fix them for convenience? And every time you restart your browser, these tabs will automatically be reopened. This is also the way Download.com.vn editors often use, and they are really useful.

2. Switch Profile

Or perhaps the most obvious is to use multiple accounts at the same time in one browser. The current reality shows that people tend to use a lot of Google gadgets (such as Google Drive) as well as have two, three or more Gmail accounts to serve their different purposes. 

Therefore, the constant need to log out - logging into an account will cause a lot of inconvenience. But that is if you are unaware that Chrome allows adding unlimited users to log into this browser with just a few simple clicks. Previously Download.com.vn also had instructions on this method, you can refer back here . When adding more users to this browser, each time we need to use another account, just right-click and change accounts is done, we can simultaneously access multiple mail accounts, or different bookmarks. without any problems happening.

3. The effect of the Home button

On the Chrome browser (address bar), there is a home icon, also called the Home key. This can be considered as an effective hotkey for users to create a shortcut to the website that they have to log in to use regularly. With just a few small tweaks to the settings, you can go to a certain page without typing or reopening the access history to search for it.

Please click on the three dashes (top right corner, above) on the browser, select to Settings (Settings) / Appearance (Form), click on the Change (Change) under Show home button (Show button home page) and enter the link of the page you need to finish. Every time you click on this Home button, no matter where you are, the default page will appear for you to manipulate.

Hidden tools on Chrome

1. Use the address bar to find mail

Nobody expected that Chrome's address bar to act as a search engine. It will help us find information, documents, from Drive or a certain message in Gmail , thereby saving a lot of time without any other help software. However, to be usable, we need a few small settings, specifically: 

Right- click on Address Bar / Edit Search Engine . When an options panel appears, scroll down to the bottom, and fill in the following information in the corresponding fields (there are 3 cells): 

• Drive actions:  Drive / drive.google.com//drive.google.com/?hl=en&tab=bo#search/%s.
• Working on Gmail:  Gmail / gmail.com / https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/#apps/%s.

After filling in the fields, we can start the search using the syntax:

•  drive.google.com [space] keyword to search 
•  gmail.com [space] keyword to search 

Immediately the corresponding results will appear without logging into the other applications anymore, really very convenient!

 2. Install the countdown timer on Chrome

Not really important, but sometimes this feature is quite effective in some cases, and this is also a hidden feature that is least known in Chrome. Just enter the keyword:  Set timer for A minutes - Countdown A minutes . Inside:

• A is the countdown time.
• Minutes can be replaced with Hours or Seconds to change the time type.

A countdown timer will appear, users can base on it to arrange work, or do what they like with this feature.

 3.Chrome is also a useful personal computer

This way, many people probably know, just enter any number of numbers in the address bar using the plus signs (+), minus (-), multiply (*), divide (/) and then enter to perform the operation. count. 

Note: 

• The decimal point is also displayed by a slash (/).
• Commas can be accepted even if they are replaced by a period (.).

4. Turn off the sound of each tab in Chrome

Chrome is a smart and extremely handy browser. Each tab can receive its own settings, so turn on / off the individual sound of each tab. Normally, every time you use each Chrome tab to access the Internet, if it's pages of music and movies, there will be speaker icons on each tab, but sometimes users feel uncomfortable, and do not want sound play default without permission.

We can change this by: 

• Enter  chrome: // flags / # enable-tab-audio-muting in the address bar.
• Toggle Enable for Enable tab audio muting UI control - Enable the UI control to turn off tab sounds ( highlighted items). 
• Restart the browser to save the settings.

From now on if you like or don't want any sound on any tab, just click / uncheck the speaker icon on each tab.

Chrome saves time

1. The most common shortcut keys on Chrome

Download.com.vn has done a very detailed synthesis of these shortcuts , you can refer here . The use of shortcuts will help users save a lot of time as well as redundant operations when surfing the web, which will bring better work efficiency. 

 2. Proofreading English

Although there is a built-in language translation tool on Chrome, in addition, in the store of the world's most popular browser, there are many other useful applications, such as  Grammarly . This is an extension that can help users control and correct spelling errors when writing and using foreign languages ​​regularly. 

Go to the Chrome web store and find this add-on, add it to your browser. If you are not really good and not confident with your English, then this is a great assistant for you.

3. Find the source of the photos

Using the right mouse button and using Google Search for this image to find more information about photos on Chrome is probably not strange. But this is not always useful, especially for websites that do not support it, this is where  Search by image speaks.

Just find and install this utility, the source of every photo, every website will no longer be a problem for you.

4. Lock the session by password

You are working and have to open a lot of tabs at once, suddenly there is an urgent need to go out, you do not have time to turn off the computer, turn off the session, it will lose data that has not been saved and must be reopened quite effort. Why not use the Panic Button? This is another nice and useful utility. With just one click, all open tabs will collapse and be protected with the password you have set. 

No one will snoop on, know what you are doing, your best friends can't attack you with this Panic Button.

Play games on Chrome even after losing your life

The Internet in Vietnam has probably never been a peace of mind for users. Sometimes flickering, sometimes the signal is weak, even disconnected frequently. However, it seems that not only in Vietnam, this situation also affects and inhibits many other people in the world. Understanding this "suffering", Chrome has a feature, or rather a clearance game, soothing users right on the browser is Unable to connect to the Internet.

The interface and content are quite simple, perfectly suitable for the purpose of killing users' waiting time for network, however, this is also the only web browser to notice and do this.

 I wish you successful implementation!