Omnibox

Chrome may soon display tab switch suggestions in a dedicated row

Posted by Techdows on Jan 23rd, 2020

After Firefox, when you try to visit a website that’s already open in browser, the Google Chrome browser offers the “Switch to this tab” button in the Omnibox dropdown, which you can select and avoid opening duplicate... More »

Google fixes Chrome address bar’s recent searches Autocomplete Bug

Posted by Techdows on Jun 21st, 2019

We’ve covered Chrome Omnibox displayed recent searches first instead of most visited sites, the issue is still present in Chrome 75 and 76 versions and can be resolved by disabling Google Drive document suggestions in Omnibox.... More »

Chrome now shows copied URL/text next to Paste and go/Search in Omnibox Context Menu

Posted by Techdows on Feb 13th, 2019

When you highlight some text in a webpage and right click on it, Chrome shows Search Google for “example text”. And for the content –text or URL– copied to clipboard, when you right click on Omnibox, depending... More »

Chrome: Google experiments with showing only Query without Search URL in address bar

Posted by Techdows on Sep 20th, 2018

Google which always looks to simplify Chrome browser, is now trying to show search terms only on the search results page in the address bar without showing the Search URL when the user enter a query. Chrome Evangelist, Francois says... More »

Chrome Tests Rich Entity Suggestions in Omnibox

Posted by Techdows on May 5th, 2018

You know how useful Google Chrome Omnibox is as it just not only lets you search and visit websites, but also displays answers directly and helps in searching sites frequently you visit. Google is now testing the redesign of omnibox... More »

Chrome displays Answers to Some Queries directly in the Omnibox

Posted by Techdows on Mar 11th, 2015

Google ports ‘answers in suggest’ feature in Android to desktop Chrome. Omnibox, a combination of the address bar and search box is turning to be more useful for Chrome users, Chromium team is currently testing showing... More »

Google Chrome 29 Beta Release Improves Omnibox Suggestions

Posted by Techdows on Jul 17th, 2013

Google has Released Chrome 29 Beta for Windows, Linux, Mac and Chrome frame. This version brings improvements to address bar or Omnibox which now offers “suggestions based on recency of websites websites visited, so you’ll get... More »

OmniDrive: Search Google Drive from Chrome’s Omnibox

Posted by Techdows on Aug 21st, 2012

Google Docs which has been renamed to Google Drive now allows users to store their files, folder and documents to let them access from any device, at present Chrome’s Omnibox doesn’t allows to search Google Drive from it, if you... More »

Chrome 17 Beta Released with Download Scanning Protection and Omnibox Prerendering

Posted by Techdows on Jan 6th, 2012

Google released Beta version of Chrome 17 with improved security and speed. Google knows why people chose their browser because Chrome loads web pages quickly and it offers Sandboxing protection, now this releases enhances those features... More »

Do You Want “Switch to Tab” Feature in Chrome? There is extension for That

Posted by Techdows on Feb 23rd, 2011

Mozilla introduced “Switch to Tab” feature in Firefox 4 which avoids you opening of duplicate tab if that page already opened in another tab, all you need to do is type some words from that page in awesome bar where switch to... More »

Get Instant Search Results on Twitter as you Type from Google Chrome’s Address bar [No Extension required]

Posted by Techdows on Nov 8th, 2010

We already covered about Twitstant which shows search results of twitter as you type, but we mentioned that these search results produced from Twistant service may not be same as official twitter search results, how about getting twitter... More »

How to get Chrome’s Omnibox in Opera [Tip]

Posted by Techdows on Jun 23rd, 2010

As you all know Google Chrome’s omnibox is combination of address bar and search box which allows to type website addresses and also perform searches directly from it .We already covered about Omnibar extension,which brings Chrome... More »

Google Chrome Omnibox Tricks

Posted by Techdows on Jan 13th, 2010

I have already covered how to search websites from Google Chrome ‘s omnibox which is combined with search box and address bar.Here are some more omnibox tricks for you. 1.Creating shortcuts to websites from omnibox: As all... More »

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