Chrome Notifies you of Others Having Difficulty Too

A new feature has been introduced into Chrome that notifies you when others are experiencing difficulty reaching a website. Here's what it looks like:

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Getting Started with Windows 8: Changing the Default Browser

Most users spend their time online and with Microsoft’s new Metro interface, Windows gets a full screen experience without ever having to use the desktop – unless you need to. The new experience includes a very basic and stripped Internet Explorer but users can replace this browser, Mozilla has announced it is working on a version of Firefox and Google, more silent about it, has included a metro style version once its browser is set as the default. In case you’re wondering: right clicking on the top of the screen toggles tab view – even in Chrome. Let’s get started!

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Pinning Websites with Google Chrome

While pinning sites in Chrome may not be as intuitive as it is with Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7, most people would likely prefer to use Chrome which updates much more frequently for its speed and ease of use. In this post, you will learn how to pin websites in Windows and Ubuntu and while using Google Chrome.

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Windows 7 [Tip]: Pinning Websites to your Superbar

 

Many of us know, from using IE9 that you can pin your favourite websites to the Superbar. Myself, I dislike IE9 due to it's lack of addon support and customizability. Here's my solution for any web browser.

Create your shortcut

Right click in any folder and select New ~ Shortcut. In the path name type in the URL of your favourite website. Click next then name your bookmark.

Find, and download the website icon
For most websites including facebook and Google+ you can find their icon by adding /favicon.ico to the end of their URL. If not, just search it on FindIcons.

Changing the icon of your newly made shortcut

Right click the website's shortcut you previously made to enter the "properties". Click "Change Icon". Browse to where you saved the icon, select and open it. Click ok.

Here come's the complicated part.

Creating the toolbar

Make a new folder, named whatever you wish. Right click the superbar and select Toolbars ~ New Toolbar...

Navigate to the folder you've just created. Select it and click "Open". You'll see your folder in the Superbar.


Last but not least, Add the shortcut you previously made into the folder you previously created. Once all your favourite sites are added (and other shortcuts might that might be useful to you) it should look something like this:

 

Happy Pinning :)

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Gtalklet: The GTalk Anywhere for Chrome

Most people who have either Gmail or Google Plus want to be able to chat with their friends on Gtalk across all their tabs without having to switch windows. Well now you can with the Gtalklet.

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IE 9 Beats Chrome Every Step of the Way

For those of you who think that you are getting better security with Google Chrome, think again. When it comes to malicious attacks, IE 9 stops what Google Chrome doesn’t.

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Nitro PDF Reader: A Tabbed Way to Deal with PDF Files

If you want a PDF reader that is slic, tabbed and has the Windows 7 Ribbon interface, Nitro PDF reader may be your selected software. While Adobe Reader and Google Chrome will always be the standard in reading PDFs – depending on how you use them, this program may be interesting for those that are compelled to try out new software or like the features that it contains which will be discovered in this article as part of this First Look.

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Reading PDF's : Google's Solution

You may wonder, from time to time, what are these "PDF" files that my computer can't read? PDF files are files that are produced as a portable file that can be read by any capable PDF reader. The PDF File Format was created by Adobe Systems in 1993 and continues to distribute something called the Adobe Reader which reads and displays these files in a clear and precise manner.

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Chrome Users in Windows 7: Behold, AERO Peak for Tabs

If you like to use the full functionality of Windows 7 and have a preference for Google Chrome as your browser, you may have noticed that you could not get to individual tabs from the task bar. However, there is a trick that will allow you to gain full functionality out of Google Chrome without any mods or programming knowledge, just a trip to shortcut properties.

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