Posts Tagged ‘browser’

How to uninstall Google Chrome completely

google chrome logoAre you tired of Google Chrome? Do you want to uninstall and remove it for good from your computer? Recently Google has posted an interesting article on how to uninstall Google Chrome completely from your computer. Here is what you have to do.

Make sure extensions are displayed for your files. Here’s how:

  • Go to the Start menu > Control Panel.
  • Double-click Folder Options.
  • Click View.
  • Make sure the ‘Hide extensions for known file types’ checkbox is deselected.
  • Right-click this link.
  • Click Save Link as and save the file name as remove.reg. (Select ‘All files’ as your file type.)
  • Exit Google Chrome completely.
  • Double-click remove.reg on your desktop.
  • In the confirmation window, click Yes.
  • Click OK.
  • Go to the Start menu > Run.
  • Enter one of the following commands in the text field, depending on your operating system:
  • Windows XP:%USERPROFILE%Local SettingsApplication DataGoogle
  • Windows Vista: %LOCALAPPDATA%Google
  • Delete the Chrome’ folder in the directory that opens.

Speed Up Firefox with a Click of Your Mouse

Vacuum Places Improved Vacuum Places Improved adds a small icon to the Firefox status bar that, when clicked automatically “vacuums” your Places database—the one that slows down Firefox when it gets fragmented. You can also automate the task by ticking the Automatically clean places checkbox in the Vacuum Places Improved extension Preferences and entering your desired number of Firefox startups since last cleaning.

It still doesn’t solve one of the biggest items on our Firefox wishlist (i.e., better memory management), but at least its an easy way to execute one of the workarounds.

Vacuum Places Improved is an experimental extension (so install with caution), works wherever Firefox does.

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ChromePlus – An improved version of Google Chrome

Google Chrome is an increbible browser. It is light, fast, reliable and simple to use. The downside is that it still misses some of the most common features other famous browsers have got for years. Wouldn’t you like to get an improved, tweaked, hacked Google Chrome version full of interesting options and features?

IeTab

ChromePlus is basically the good, old Google Chrome but…on steroids! As a matter of fact, ChromePlus has got a bunch of great features to make your Internet surfing easier than ever. Here is a small list of its main features:

  • Mouse gesture.
  • Super drag.
  • IE tabs.
  • No Chrome background communications.
  • Download tools supported in context menu.

If you want to download this improved, tweaked Google Chrome version, or if you just want to know more about it, visit the official website.

Firefox addon to display your browsing trends

Firefox extension about:me displays statistics and graphs showing your browsing and downloading history over time, so you can see a more detailed view of when and where you’ve been spending your time.

about:me

Once you’ve installed the extension, you can simply type about:me into the address bar to see graphs and statistics of your most frequently used sites, downloads, and even your browsing history in an hourly format so you can see when you tend to do the most browsing. You can drill down into each site, or each type of download to see even more information about the pages you are visiting the most, as well as the types of files you are downloading. About:me is a free download, works anywhere Firefox does.

[Download about:me]

Video: Get Firefox or Hillary Clinton thinks saving money is complicated

A staffer asked Hillary Clinton why Internet Explorer is mandated, even though Firefox, which is free and is security-approved for the “entire intelligence community.” The answer? A whole lot of bloviating and nonsense about “expense.”

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