Google Chrome adds dark theme to Reader Mode
Latest chrome Canary updates Reader mode, now allows the user to increase a web page’s text size, change font and theme.
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Google Chrome to unload heavy ads that use most of the system resources
Google Chrome with ad filter built-in automatically blocks ads on sites that violate Better Ad Standards, now Google is ready to implement a solution in Chrome which unloads ads that consume device’s precious resources. The browser will unload “ad iframes that use an egregious amount of CPU or network bandwidth.” After seeing Firefox and Chromium …
Chrome 79 now allows users to dismiss Promotional messages on the New Tab Page
Google sometimes uses space on the Chrome browser’s New Tab Page to advertise its products, for instance, you may have seen NTP in Chrome showing a promo about Wifi Speaker in the past with a message ” Meet Google Home Max. Now in Stock” (without any option to close it). The link takes the user …
Google Chrome gets a new Cookie Controls UI in Canary, here is how to enable it
Google is bringing simpler controls for third-party cookie blocking in Chrome, here is how to enable them in Canary
Google integrates Experimental QUIC and HTTP/3 Support into Chrome Canary
Google already enables and uses its experimental protocol “QUIC” on its websites in Chrome browser, today, the company has gone ahead and integrated it along with HTTP/3 into the Canary version. Google obsessed with speed, announced in 2013 that they’re experimenting with QUIC, pronounced as Quick and its full form is Quick UDP internet connections. …
Google Chrome adds Back-Forward Cache feature to Canary
Google has added highly experimental Back-Forward Cache feature to Chrome Canary to speed up the navigations in the web browser
Chrome 78 adds deep links to Android and Windows 10 Captions Settings
Ever since Microsoft started contributing to Chromium, Google Chrome started gaining new features for accessibility, Caret browsing is an example albeit its not available yet and Chrome allows screen readers to request Google for the image descriptions is another e.g. Recently, the Chromium team has bean work to provide the ability to customize “Captions” on …
Fix Chrome 77 redirects Netgear router logins to Password Reset Page
If your Chrome browser is giving 401 unauthorized error or redirecting you to password reset page when you try to login to Netgear router, try this fix.
You can now launch Google Chrome (v77) in Guest Mode by default
Google Chrome can be started in Incognito mode by appending a command line switch to the Target field, similarly, beginning from version 77, the same browser can also be launched in “Guest browsing mode” via a command-line flag, FYI, this is new and previous Chrome versions not supported this. To browse privately, Chrome offers Guest […]
Chrome tests a Real Google Search box on the New Tab Page to fix the Full Screen Bug
Latest Chrome Canary experiments with Google Search box in New Tab Page by replacing the fake box with a real one
Google tests improved Cookie Controls UI for Chrome in Incognito mode, blocks third-party cookies by default
Recently Google has promised they’ll preview “improved cookie controls” for Chrome later this year. They’re already on it by building on SameSite cookie attribute, meanwhile, Chromium team is also testing a feature in Canary that blocks third-party cookies by default and offers an improved UI to control them in incognito mode. Yesterday, Mozilla has shipped …
Chrome: “Mute” and “Skip Ad” buttons removed from Picture in Picture Window
The Mute button that appears for videos in Picture in Picture Window in Chrome if you’ve Experimental Web Platform features enabled, can no longer be seen in PIP mode in Chrome 78. Francois Beaufort who works on Picture-in-Picture Web API has recently removed the Mute and “Skip Ad” buttons. With Chrome 73 on desktop, Google […]