Proxy Server Settings in Google Chrome
If you are browsing internet from your work place or school, you might get it from a proxy server.Here is how you can change proxy server in Google chrome web browser.
1) Open Google Chrome web browser.
2) On the top right corner you will find wrench button, This is where you can customize and control Google chrome.
3) Click that and now you will see a drop down menu, Select Google chrome Options from the list.
4) You will see an options window now, It has 3 different tabs Basics,Minor Tweaks and Under the hood.Select Under the hood
5) When you scroll down a little bit, you will find Change proxy settings button below Network options.On Click this, you can find an internet properties window.
6) Now select LAN settings bottom from the internet properties window.
7) You will be now taken to Local Area Network (LAN) Settings window.
Now keep/change your proxy server ip address and port number as show in the above picture
9)If you don’t know your proxy server ip address or port number, contact your network administrator.
Note: If you are installing Google chrome web browser, it has a beautiful option to import your settings from other web browsers.It even imports your proxy server settings.Incase you have not opted for it or you want to change the proxy server, then just follow the above steps.
Google Chrome Now Comes With Real Player Setup
Google is trying many new things to increase the market share of its own browser “Google chrome”.Right from the launch they are promoting it aggressively through advertisements and a link on Google and its related websites.Now they are even bundling it with third-party software.
Google Chrome Bundled with RealPlayer
If you try to install real media player now, you’ll notice that the setup downloads Google Chrome. Its default is set to install Google chrome.Real player seems to be the first third party application promoting Google chrome.Google replaced Firefox browser in their recommended software pack.Google chrome even installs with the latest downloads of Google earth software.
Although this is a common practice used by many, It is slightly unusual for the search giant to play these kind of tricks.
Google Chrome gets Duplicate Tab and Full Screen Mode
Google chrome is no more newbie browser. Google Chrome is constantly increasing its market share, At the same time it is coming with new versions too.The latest version of chrome comes with a full screen option which most of the today’s browsers already have.However, It is available with only with Developer Channel of Google Chrome.The difference between beta and developer channel chrome is just the updated period.Developer Channel of Google Chrome is updated weekly where as beta chrome is done monthly.
In the regular version, it got an option to duplicate any given tab.This feature can be used to easily move over cookies and other session related content from one tab to another to duplicate a tab, right click on any of the tab you want to duplicate and click on the Duplicate Tab option
To enter full screen mode in Google chrome.
Press the F11 key on your keyboard and see what happens 
, The difference between full screen mode in Google chrome and other browsers is the address bar.There is no address bar available in the full screen mode, so you will have to get out of full screen to type in another URL.
Note that If you are not a developer channel user, you will not see the new features in your Google Chrome.However, shifting to Developer Channel of Google Chrome is pretty simple.Complete the below steps.
- Download the Google Chrome Channel Changer.
- Run the file.
- Select the circle next to the Dev: The latest features and bugfixes.
- Click on the Update button to save your choice.
- Click on the Close button
- In Google Chrome, click the wrench menu(Top right) and choose “About Google Chrome”.
- If there are any latest update, click Update Now to install the current channel’s release.
- Restart Google Chrome
Google Chrome will automatically update the browser to the latest version when future updates are released, to change back to a different channel(stable or beta), follow steps once again.
Safari 4 Released : Most User Friendly and Fastest Browser – Apple
Apple today released Safari 4 beta version. They say that the newest edition(Safari 4) of Apple’s browser will run JavaScript commands 4.2 times faster than Safari 3 for Mac OS X and Windows , They even claim to that Safari executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and more than 3 times faster than Firefox 3. They packed the browser with great new features. It looks very posh
Top Sites View In Apple Safari 4 Browser
History View In Apple Safari 4 Browser
Few Interesting Features in Safari 4
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Top Sites, a display of frequently visited web pages in a wall of previews where user can go their favorite sites with single click
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Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text
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Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes®; This one is lovely
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Tabs on Top, It is like Google chrome for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones;
- Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history;
- Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches;
- Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site’s layout and text;
- Also built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and a new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications.
Synchronize Bookmarks From IE Safari and Firefox On Different Computers With Foxmarks
Many people using different browsers in multiple computers find it difficult for synchronizing their bookmarks or favorites.Popular Firefox sync tool, Foxmarks, offers a way to keep bookmarks synchronized across various computers. Users, for instance, who use Internet Explorer at home and Firefox at office can synchronize their bookmarks or Favorites between the two computers and two different browsers with Foxmarks.
Foxmarks – Bookmarks synchronizing across multiple computers made easy
What is Foxmarks ?
It is a powerful and popular Firefox extension which allows users to synchronize and back up their bookmarks and passwords across different computers online. Previously, this extension only supports Firefox browser. However, this interesting Firefox extension has extended its synchronization features to Internet Explorer and Safari as well.
How to use Foxmarks ?
For enjoying this service,Users simply need to download the Foxmarks extension for Internet Explorer and Safari here and install it. The installation process is pretty easy and fast. For this users have to create an account with Foxmarks. Once the account is created, users can start uploading their bookmarks or favorites to Foxmarks for synchronization.
How useful is Foxmarks?
As you can see, With Foxmarks, users can substantially to keep their bookmarks up to date. At this point of time, the Internet Explorer and Safari versions of Foxmarks is unable to do passwords synchronization. Foxmarks team says that they will sort it out soon.
How to Change Default Web Browser
Most of the web browsers tend to hijack the default browser status after installation.But at times we prefer using the old web browser.Here comes the question “How do I change my default Web browser?”, Well there are two methods for doing it.The first is using the Windows feature ”Set Program Access and Defaults” (SPAD).This is available on Windows XP Service Pack 1 or 2, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4 & Vista, The second one is by changing the “check default browser status” in the respective browsers. Let us start with the first method
Using Set Program Access and Defaults :-
This is accessible from the right pane of the start menu, Start > Set Program Access and defaults or from control panel, Start> control panel > add or remove programs , and Set Program Access and Defaults.
Access Set Program Access and Defaults via Start menu.
Here you select custom which is the most flexible of all, this allows us to choose the default applications for different works, a mixture of Microsoft and non-Microsoft products.
Choosing the Custom default application option( Here i choose IE )
Then Press Ok, Now your default browser option is saved and the default browser for your system changes
Even though this is illustrated for changing the default browser options , You can extend it to others also, like choosing your default e-mail program, media player, instant messaging program, and Java virtual machine.
The second method, by “check default browser status” in the respective browsers .
Some might have previously turned off the default browser prompt, It is necessary to turn it on. You can do it by selecting the following options in internet explorer, Firefox, and Opera respectively
1.Internet Explorer – Click on Tools >> Internet Options >> Programs tab. Select the Tell me if Internet Explorer is not the default browser check box.
2.Firefox – Click on Tools >> Options >>General. Select the Firefox should check to see if it is the default browser when starting check box.
3.Opera – Click on Tools >> Preferences >> Default Application. Select the Check if Opera is default browser on startup check box.
Then restart the browser and select it as the default browser when prompted. To avoid the repeated message prompts from other browsers, uncheck the same option in others.
