Tag: Chrome
Google Chrome Adds Support for Multi-Tab Aero Peek
by neetika on Mar.20, 2010, under Latest Web Technologies
Chrome: If you’re in love with the Aero peek feature in Windows 7 and wish it could show you all your Chrome tabs at once, you’re in luck. The feature is now active in the Chrome development channel.
Prior to this Chrome, like any other web browser or application in Windows 7, was available in the Aero peek view. You only saw the active tab, however, not all the tabs that you had open. This little tweak—seen in the screenshot above—let’s you see all your open tabs and jump right to them off the Aero peek view.
If you don’t like being an early adopter you’ll have to wait for the Aero peek feature to work its way from the development channel into an official release. Using the development channel build is a great way to get a taste of all the new features ahead of schedule and it isn’t as scary as it sounds.
Mini Wide Fullscreens Gmail, Is Very Netbook Friendly
by neetika on Mar.12, 2010, under Latest Web Technologies
Firefox/Chrome: Small netbook screens make you really appreciate every last pixel on your device. The Mini Wide userscript for Gmail adds a “netbook mode” shortcut to Gmail that removes navigation and ads for a streamlined, netbook-friendly, message-focused view of your inbox.
Once installed, just tap ‘w’ to toggle between the default Gmail view and netbook mode. That’s all there is to it. Assuming you’ve mastered Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts, the lack of navigation isn’t all that big of a deal—plus you can easily bring back the default view with a quick press of the ‘w’ key. The tweak is a little rough around the edges at times (I couldn’t use ‘g’ + ‘l’ label navigation unless I toggled out of mini mode, for example), but it’s a nice start, and could be really useful for netbook users.
You’ll need the Grease monkey extension to install it in Firefox; Chrome supports installing userscripts as extensions, so just head to the homepage and click Install.
