Archive for February, 2011

12 Tips & Tricks For Using Chrome Developer Tools

by Donovan Leiber on February 24th, 2011

Google continues to build new features into Chrome for both consumers and developers but their latest announcement proves they aren’t ONLY thinking about what’s shiny and new but also what’s timeless and necessary. They’ve just announced a bunch of developer tool additions that allow devs deeper access to the information they need. Along with the [...]


Running In The Background: Apps & Extensions Gain Access

by Donovan Leiber on February 23rd, 2011

Notifications go beyond the concept of a tab on a browser. Just because I’m not CURRENTLY browsing a specific page on a specific site doesn’t mean I’m not interested in certain events or things happening ON that site. An RSS feed reader is one way we’re able to aggregate information on different sites and be [...]


Omnibox Gets Even More Omni: Developer API Extensions Available

by Donovan Leiber on February 22nd, 2011

Google made the “Omnibox” for Chrome with the idea that it could do everything. Type in an URL. Auto-complete an URL. Compose a search. Search specific sites. You want it? You got it. But up until now you only got what Google allowed you to get. The whole “Open Source” thing has worked well for [...]


16 Countries Get Chrome Web Store Developer Preview

by Donovan Leiber on February 17th, 2011

Right now only United States users enjoy the ability to purchase and download apps from the Chrome Web Store. The rest of the country shouldn’t fret… the feature is coming later this year to 16 countries and Google has just unleashed a developer preview enabling the feature in the back-end (although not visible on the [...]


New Chrome Beta Is 66% Faster, Improves Syncing

by Donovan Leiber on February 17th, 2011

Google claimed their must be some coincidence between Chrome and the Chinese Calendar because 2011 is the “Year of the Rabbit” and recent updates they’ve made (and will continue to make) focus on speed. The latest beta supposedly chomps through Java at lighnting speeds and rushes through the V8 benchmarks with a full 66% performance [...]


Chrome Inspires Google Homepage Change

by Donovan Leiber on February 16th, 2011

Have you noticed any changes when visiting Google.com? Many people focus solely on search and are somewhat oblivious to the links horizontally displayed at the top of the screen. If you’re one of those people, you probably won’t notice that they’ve been updated to look cleaner, more spread out, and include a larger variety of [...]