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Chrome from Google is basically a browser designed for the internet. Google main fiefdom is search engine and it is this regard they have designed Chrome to have more say and hold their fort on search.

Earlier, I have written an article on Google Chrome when it was introduced. Today I will show how to use Chrome in and out. Chrome is quite easy to use as it was mainly designed for the internet user. So it was designed as a light and clean browser. Then lets get started with chrome now.

Most of Chrome’s settings can be changed by using the two options – control the current page and “Customize & control” option located on the right hand side of the address bar. Lets discuss “Control the current page option”.

1. Create application shortcuts: Using this feature you can create shortcut on your desktop, start menu and quick launch bar.

2. You can also use the cut, copy and paste feature from here.

3. Find in page (ctrl+F), save page as(ctrl+S) and print option (ctrl+P)

4. You can use the zoom feature to view larger or smaller fonts.
You can also use the shortcodes for larger (ctrl++), normal (ctrl+0) and smaller (ctrl+-). The encoding option be better left aside as you will not be using it typically.

5. By using the developer option you can view the source (Ctrl+U), javascript console and task manager (shift+escape).

6. Report bug or broken website: You can report a bug or broken website by using this option.

Now lets check “Customize & control Google Chrome” option”

Basic

1. From here you can open a new tab (ctrl+T), new window (ctrl+N) and new incognito window (ctrl+shift+N). In incognito mode pages you view in this window won’t appear in your browser history or search history, and they won’t leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. Any files you download or bookmarks you create will be preserved, however.

2. Always show bookmark option if selected shows all your bookmarks under the address bar.

3. You can select full screen (F11) from here. To exit you can simply click on exit full screen or press F11.

4. You can check history of visited websites, bookmark manager and downloads. The bookmark manager shows the recently added bookmarks and date wise.

5. Clear browser history: Using this option you can clear your browsing history, cookies, download history, empty the cache, clear password if any by day, week etc option.

6. Import bookmarks & settings: You can import bookmarks & settings from other browsers to Google chrome. From Mozilla firefox, Internet Explorer and Google toolbar.

7. Options: It is the main settings of Chrome which you can customize. The inbuilt home page of Chrome is Google.com, if you would like you can change it here. You can also decide what should Chrome do when started – open the home page, open the last opened pages or select a set of given pages.You can also select which search engine to use under default search option like yahoo, bing, ask, aol etc. By default it is Google. using the default browser option you can make Chrome as your default browser.

Personal Stuffs:

Passwords: Here you can decide whether to save passwords or not when logging to websites. You can view the passwords if saved by clicking on “Show saved passwords”.

Form autofill: It helps by saving text on forms show that you dont have to type again by giving suggestions matching the initial letters.

Browsing date: you can import your bookmarks from other computers.

Themes: Like Gmail, in Chrome too you set themes according to your taste. You can select a theme from a huge collection made available by Google.

About Google Chrome: It also shows if your Chrome browser is upto date.

Help: In this section you can look for support questions. You can also use short code F1.

The last option is exit. Or you can easily use the cross button the top right hand side. Other usages like minimize, maximize remains same with other browsers. You can also bookmark by clicking on “Star” on the left hand side besides the address bar. You can click on the plus button to open a new tab quickly.

Under the hood

Here you can select your proxy settings, privacy settings, download location, default font and language and security settings.

If you have any additions, please do let me know.

You might have been using Twitter for quite sometime now. But might have an unfulfilled wish of uploading pictures on your Twitter account. As Twitter allows only 140 characters so uploading a picture may not be an option.

Though you can post links to images directly or after shortening it by using url shortening services. But it will increase your work. Today I will show an online application which can be used to upload your picture on their site and they will post a link to that picture directly on your Twitter account. By now you may be impatient where you can do so?

Just visit twitpic.com

How Twitpic works?

1. You need not create a separate account with them. You can sign-up using your Twitter username and password.

2. You can post pictures from your phone, email or Twitpic.com. You can also try twitpic clients like Twhirl. You can send your picture from mobile phone by sending a picture to (your username).(some number)@twitpic.com. A 4 digit pin number will be provided to you by Twitpic. The subject line in the email will be posted as a message.

3. Once you logged in to Twitpic.com, click on the “Upload Photo” option on the top right hand side menu bar. On the “Upload and post a photo” page click on the “Browser” button to navigate the picture on your computer and upload it. Under “Add a message and post it” in the text box you can leave small message as you like. You can select the checkbox below if you do not want this picture to be posted on your Twitter account.

4. The “Public Timeline” section shows all publicly uploaded photos.

5. Under “Settings” you will find the email address where to send the picture from mobile phone or by email. Also, you will find the 4 digit pin number here. Here you change the privacy settings like whether you want your pictures to be seen in the public timeline section or not.

Twitpic will post an image link something as follows on your Twitter account:

http://twitpic.com/wm0nb