Posts Tagged ‘Google Chrome’

Download Google Chrome for Mac

Google Chrome is available in beta for Mac OS X.
Here is the details/ facts from google team

Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for Mac team:

How to make Google Chrome as your Default Browser

Clicking on a saved html page in computer or link in an email will make Internet Explorer( IE ) to open by default. This is because your windows is set to Internet Explorer as the default browser. You can change this behavior by changing the default browser settings. This way you can make to set Google Chrome or Firefox to open as a default browser when it is requested.

What is Omnibox ?

Omnibox is a prominent feature of Google’s Chrome Browser. Omnibox is Chrome’s combined search and address bar feature, which allows you to use the address bar as a search bar

Type a search term in the address box (Omnibox) and press enter to see results from your default search engine.

List of some of the cool features of Omnibox

How to update Google Chrome ?

Do use Google Chrome Browser ? Do you know that Chrome automatically updates to a newer version when there is one ?. Basically Chrome uses autoupdate software program which happens silently, whether or not you’re using the browser at the time. Like most of other google products Google Chrome Browser have the ability to update themselves to the latest version and features without end-user intervention.

What is Google Chrome Operating System (OS)?

Google Chrome OS (Google Chrome Operating System) is an open source, lightweight operating system that will be designed primarily for netbooks but also for desktop computers. Speed, simplicity and security will be the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. It’s the Google challenge to Microsoft and its Windows operating systems.

List of Top 5 Browsers

Here is the list of most commonly used Web browsers, The Top 5 Web Browsers list

  1. Microsoft Internet Explorer(IE)
  2. Firefox
  3. Opera
  4. Apple Safari
  5. Google Chrome

From the StatCounter statistics below, you can see that Internet Explorer and Firefox are the most common browsers.

Market share for Top 5 browsers in the year 2009