Although there are tons of awesome Chrome themes available in the Chrome Web Store, perhaps you want a more personalised look for your browser. My Chrome Theme is one of the simplest tools to customise Chrome’s appearance, such as the background image and tab colours.
File this under “slightly sneaky”: in Windows 8, there are two versions of Internet Explorer: one using the shiny new Metro interface, and a desktop version that looks more like the current release (and works on low-res screens). You can control which version gets launched, but only if you choose to make IE your default browser.
Windows/Mac/Linux: The latest version of Firefox is available for download, and with it comes the ability to synchronise your add-ons across desktops and operating systems with add-on sync. Firefox 11 is in line with Mozilla’s new Chrome-like rapid-release schedule, and aside from a few new developer tools, add-on sync is the only major new feature available in the new version.
Google released a new privacy policy this week, reminding us that the services and apps we use aren’t free — we pay for them with our privacy. This weekend, take a look at your digital life and audit your privacy settings to keep your personal information as locked down as possible.
Chrome/Firefox/Safari/IE: Whenever you visit a website, data about your visit is likely sent to advertisers, social networks and other companies. Free browser add-on Do Not Track Plus not only tells you what data is being collected, it also blocks those attempts to share your information.
Chrome 17 is out with a new pre-rendering feature designed to make your pages load faster, and both Firefox and Opera have also released speedy new versions since our last round of speed tests. So, we’ve once again pitted the four most popular web browsers against each other in a battle of startup times, tab loading times,and more, with more surprising results.
Linux users have a lot of choice when it comes to web browsers, but Google Chrome still wins out over all the others, for its extensibility, great syncing features and usability.
Google is releasing a major update to Chrome today that will make browsing the web seem faster and also add security protections. Chrome 17 pre-renders pages in the background when you type in the URL in the omnibox address bar, so the site will appear to come up almost instantaneously.
There’s a strange joy in keeping 20 tabs open and pretending you have the ability to multitask and actually manage all of them. But in reality, most browsers buckle under the pressure of too many tabs and you start to lose track of what you have open. Thankfully, there’s a few great remedies for this. We’ll take a look at some of the best tab management tools for Firefox and Chrome that accomplish a variety of different tasks.
If you have an Android device running Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), you can now download the beta version of Google’s Chrome browser from the Android Market. The mobile version brings many of the things we love about Chrome, like bookmark syncing and Incognito mode, direct to your phone or tablet.
