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Reorder Tabs in Chrome with a Keyboard Shortcut Extension
>Windows/Mac: "Keyboard Shortcuts to Reorder Tabs" is a no-frills Chrome extension with a no-nonsense name. It allows Windows and Mac users to change the order of their tabs by holding CTRL+SHIFT and pressing Page Up or Page Down to move the tab to the left or right.More »
How to Customize Extension Icons in Google Chrome
When you install a Chrome extension, it often puts an icon in your navigation bar for quick access. The problem is, sometimes that icon can be pretty ugly. Here's how to change those icons to something better looking. More »
Google Tasks Extension Brings Super-Fast Task Management to Chrome
Chrome: The new Google Tasks Chrome extension is perfect for any Tasks user, providing quick access to your to-dos and effortless task creation right from the keyboard. More »
CloudMagic Adds Offline Search for Google Account Data
Free Chrome and Firefox extension CloudMagic now indexes content from Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Contacts for offline searching within the browser. More »
Which Version of Chrome Should I Use?
Dear Lifehacker,
I'm a big Chrome user and saw that there's yet another "channel" (Canary) out for us Mac users to try. I've always been a little bit unsure about which one of these I should be running; could you give me some advice? More »
Try out Chrome's Multiple Profile Support in the Canary Builds
Windows: We've been waiting for multiple profile support in Chrome for a long time, and if you have a copy of the bleeding-edge Canary build, you can try Google's official—and rather polished—built-in profile support now. More »
Put Firefox's Downloads in a New Tab Instead of a Separate Window
Firefox's separate downloads window can get kind of annoying, especially if you don't have the screen space to be moving windows around. The Downloads in Tab extension will let you monitor those downloads in a tab, Google Chrome-style. More »
Select Multiple Chrome Tabs by Domain or History
Windows: If you've ever wanted to work with multiple tabs at a time (like moving or pinning them), Chrome's Dev channel has just added a feature that lets you select multiple tabs by domain, from where you opened them. More »
Social Browser RockMelt Updates, Improves Chat and Adds "Read Later" Functionality
Windows/Mac: RockMelt, the new Chromium-based social networking browser, updated today to add improved Facebook chat, real-time Twitter updates, a bookmark-and-read-later function, and support for Chromium 10. More »
RockMelt Beta 2 redefines bookmarking, gets new Twitter app, is based on Chromium 10
RockMelt, the Chromium-based social Web browser has reached a new milestone today. Following its first public beta that was released in early March, RockMelt Beta 2 has started being pushed to the browser's users. The new version brings many new features, alongside the usual bug fixes, performance enhancements, and a new base for the browser -- Chromium 10, which also powers Google Chrome's stable channel releases at the moment. The previous RockMelt beta was based on Chromium 9, and it's nice to see it kept up-to-date.
Perhaps the most intriguing new feature in RockMelt Beta 2 is the new bookmarking system, intuitively called View Later. RockMelt's developers have come to the conclusion that, in a modern browser that offers address auto-complete and makes the most visited sites accessible on the new tab page, people don't use bookmarks anymore -- at least not the way they used to back in the day. These days apparently, bookmarking is mostly about saving interesting pages for future reference. Which is where View Later comes in. You just click on the new clock icon at the far right of the address bar (where Chrome's star icon is), and you've added the page you're viewing to your View Later queue. You can even add individual posts from Facebook or Twitter. Your View Later contents are synced using RockMelt's general sync mechanism.
RockMelt Beta 2 also packs a new Twitter app, which now lets you edit retweets, view direct messages, reply to all, and easily use Twitter search. It uses Twitter's new real-time API, so you get the tweets exactly at the moment they're published.
The Chat bar has been redesigned, making it easier to keep track of multiple conversations, since chats are now docked in the Chat bar along the bottom of the browser, where they even stay visible while you browse the Web. Incoming chat messages will trigger notifications, and the ability to drag individual chat sessions out of the bar and into separate windows is still there.
All in all a solid update, that has started rolling out today and will reach all of the browser's users in a week's time. What remains to be seen is how many people are willing to switch from any of the 'big guys' to RockMelt for its added features.
KeyMazony Adds Keyboard Shortcuts to Amazon's Cloud Player
Chrome/Firefox: Amazon's Cloud Player is a pretty awesome way to play your music on the go, but it's severely lacking in keyboard shortcuts. keyMazony adds a few of the basics to Cloud Player so you don't need to focus on it. More »
IE9 and Firefox 4 post top marks in Web browser power use comparison
A baseline was determined with test systems sitting idle, and then browsers were pointed at about:blank, a news site, the HTML5 Galactic demo, and the IE9 fish tank demo. Perhaps unsurprisingly, IE9 came out on top -- though Firefox 4 was a very close second on nearly every test. As you can see, the other browsers didn't necessarily fare quite as well, with Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera all posting significantly worse scores. In Opera 11's case, a laptop battery would last over one hour more with Internet Explorer 9 installed.
Chrome 11 Arrives in Beta with Speech Input and New Icon [Updates]
Windows/Mac/Linux: Chrome 11 has made its way to the Beta release of Chrome, bringing with it an HTML5-powered speech input ability (which you can test out here
ActiveInbox Turns Your Gmail Labels Into an Effective GTD System [Video]
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Xobni Adds Context to Your Contacts in Gmail, and We've Got Beta Invites [Downloads]
Firefox/Chrome: Gmail's address book is nice, but isn't mind-blowing.
Open New Tabs by Dragging Links and Text to Chrome's Tab Bar
Many of us probably right-click on links to open them in new tabs or search for text on Google. Reader hackbreaker shows us another quick way: just drag links or text to the tab bar. More »
Quickly Access Any Chrome Setting by Searching for It
The stable channel of Chrome has finally updated to version 10, with a lot of cool new features. Reader os points out one we overlooked: you can now search for the setting you want in the Preferences menu. More »
Like.fm aggregates, simplifies your music discovery and sharing
Those of you who spend a lot of time online discovering and listening to music may want to check out Like.fm, a new app which is designed to automatically track and share what you play. It's a sort of 'discovery aggregator,' pulling in tunes from services like YouTube, Pandora, Rdio, and Grooveshark -- which already offer their own discovery tools.
Like.fm aims to provide one-stop shopping, so you and your friends don't have to remember to follow each other on a dozen different services. By aggregating data from a wide variety of sources, Like.fm hopes to make itself the place to get your new music recommendations. Facebook Connect support is also built-in, making it easy to find and follow your friends as you build out your Like.fm profile.
Minimalist Google Reader Saves Space in Google Reader, Adds Useful Shortcuts
Chrome: If you find that all of Google Reader's extra social features just get in your way, Minimalist Google Reader will let you slim down the interface quite nicely, while also adding a useful shortcut that opens links in the background. More »
Add Wireless Printing to Your Android Phone with Cloud Print
Android/Chrome (Windows): Google's Cloud Print setup is a little rough around the edges right now, but the possibilities are looking nice. An Android app, for example, uses Dropbox and Cloud Print to fling almost anything you see or open on your Android over to your (Windows-connected) printer.More »