Chrome tips and tricks

Posted on 14 Nov 2008 at 12:16

The Chrome Task Manager, accessed using , updates Chrome's tab memory stats in real time, and allows you to kill any process that's gobbling up indecent amounts without bringing the entire browser to its knees.

About:plugin provides information about your currently installed browser plug-ins, ranging from BBC iPlayer to perennials such as Shockwave.

About:network offers a complete rundown of Chrome's network traffic, revealing every last tracking tag, image and background process running on the sites you visit, once you click the "Start I/O Tracking" button.

About:stats delivers performance metrics for various Chrome components, including the V8 JavaScript engine and Google Gears, which may be of particular interest to developers looking to make their sites run smoothly on Chrome.

Want to know exactly what's lurking in your browser cache? About:cache will probably throw up a few surprises, while About:DNS will show you the list of sites Chrome is pre-fetching to make your surfing experience swifter.

And finally, type About:internets for Google's little joke.

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Author: Barry Collins, Tim Danton & Darien Graham-Smith

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