Web geek's guide to Google Chrome - Jerri L Ledford

MAKE THE MOST OF THE WORLD'S HOTTEST NEW BROWSER, GOOGLE CHROME!

Finally, there's a web browser for today's Internet, and today's user: you! It's Chrome. (From Google-of course!) Now, there's a book that reveals how you can use all of Google Chrome's built-in power and speed-and extend Chrome to do even more! Jerri Ledford and Yvette Davis start with a quick, practical tour of Google Chrome's stripped-down, hot-rod interface -including its do-everything, know-everything Omnibox. You'll be using Chrome like a pro in minutes, but that's just the beginning. You won't just learn how to customize Chrome: You'll dive under the hood, tweak its code, and transform it into the browser of your dreams. Bottom line: If Google Chrome can do it, this book will help you do it smarter, faster, better! Covers all this, and more...

Improving life on the Web: what's new and different about Chrome, and why you care

Getting from Chrome newbie to power user-fast!

Browsing more safely in the Web jungle

Spit-shining Chrome: making a good-looking browser look spectacular

Optimizing your own web site to make the most of Google Chrome

Tweaking tabs, and more: customizing Chrome to your heart's content

Saving time with Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts

Troubleshooting problems with Google Chrome, step-by-step

Learning about Chromium (the foundation on which Google Chrome is built) and its components, WebKit, WebKit Core, WebKit Port, and

WebKit Glue.

Jerri Ledford has been a freelance business technology writer for more than ten years, publishing more than 1,000 articles, profiles, news stories, and reports. She develops and teaches technology training courses on topics ranging from security to customer service. Ledford also helps optimize websites for Google and writes about technology topics ranging from search engine optimization to consumer security and identity theft. She has written 18 books, four of which are about Google applications: Google Analytics, Google Analytics 2.0, Google Powered: Productivity with Online Tools, and Google AdSense for Dummies.

Yvette Davis is Managing Editor for Brighthub.com's Google Channel and Contributing Editor for its Linux Channel.www.WebGeeksGuide.com

Table of Contents

Introduction
1

Part 1: Google Chrome and Browsing the Way It Should Be

Chapter 1
Web Interactions Past and Present
9

The Theory of the Web-Based Operating System
10

A Star Trek-esque Society
10

Web-Based OS Is for the Future
10

Mobility Must Come First
11

Openness Is the Key to Mobility Is the Key to.
12

Browsing in an Application-Driven World
13

Chaos, Fallen Orderly
13

Web-Based from the Ground Up
14

Closing the Door
15

Chapter 2
What Google Chrome Brings to the Browser
17

NOT Your Momma's Web Browser
18

Comparing Chrome to Other Browsers 19

Internet Explorer
19

Firefox
22

Opera
24

Speed Depends on How You Handle the Code
26

Share and Share (Resources), Alike
31

Taking Out the Trash Keeps the Browser Moving Cleanly
32

Searching for the Right User Experience
34

Tabbing Through Life
34

Surfing Without Being Seen
36

It's About the Right Amount of Chrome
37

Closing the Door
38

Chapter 3
Getting Started with Google Chrome
39

A Quick and Easy Download
40

Chrome and Your Privacy Concerns
42

Download and Install Chrome
43

Initial Chrome Customization
44

Everybody Has a First Time Once
46

Chrome Grows with You
46

Chrome Page Controls 47

Point and Click, or Type
49

Bookmark Manager
50

Your Browser, Your Way: Basic Customization
52

Closing the Door
55

Chapter 4
It's Everything: The Omnibox (Plus Some)
57

If It Is Everything, You Should Use It for Everything
58

The Usual Address Bar Duties
58

Security Indicators
59

A Few Other Functions
60

And Then There Are Page Controls
61

More Customization and Controls
64

The Basics Tab 65

The Minor Tweaks Tab
67

The Under the Hood Tab
68

Closing the Door
69

Chapter 5
Stability on the Net
71

Consequences of a Crash
72

Crash Management
72

Chrome's Task Manager
73

Stats for Nerds
74

So Why Won't It Crash?
76

Isolated Tabs Equals Increased Security
76

Using Memory More Efficiently

Extra Precautions: You Can Never Be Too Safe
78

There's No Little Black Box in the Browser
82

Weaving a Multithreaded Web
84

Closing the Door
86

Chapter 6
Safe Browsing on a Threatening Web
87

It's Not If, It's When You're Attacked 88

Chrome Saves the Day?
90

Secure Sockets Layer
91

Security Certificates
93

What Threat Level?
95

Viruses 96

Spyware
97

Trojans 97

A Phishing Reminder
98

Got Sand? Sandboxing Slows Attacks
98

Closing the Door
100

Part II:Tinkering Around Under the Hood

Chapter 7
Open Source Overview
103

Everyone Can Participate
104

Cost
107

Turnaround time for bug fixes and software improvements
107

It Takes a Village: Open Source Is Collaboration
109

Putting the Chromium in Chrome
112

Kits
113

Threads
116

Processes
117

Libraries and Scripts
118

Ensuring a Flawless Application
120

Closing the Door
120

Chapter 8
Developing Sites for Chrome
121

Is This Part of the WebKit?
122

I Should've Had a V8
127

Shifting Gears: How Gears Works with Chrome
131

Closing the Door
134

Chapter 9
Spit-Shining Chrome
135

Chrome Better Faster Stronger 136

...Extended Chrome's Functionality
137

Gears
138

Bookmarklets
140

exe Tools
142

Themes and Theme Editors
143

Greasemonkey
144

Greasemetal
147

We Have the Tools
148

Libraries
148

C++
152

JavaScript
155

Closing the Door
155

Chapter 10
Making It Yours
157

You Gotta Have a Theme
158

Viewer 159

Settings
160

Theme Creator 160

Just a Little Bookmarklet
163

And a Bit of Grease
165

Closing the Door
168

Part III: Chrome for Power Users

Chapter 11
Chrome Hacks for the Power Users 171

Skinning Google Chrome
172

Taking Control with Bookmarks
175

Increase the Capacity of the Bookmarks Bar
175

Changing Bookmark Icons
177

Adding Bookmarklets
181

Print from the Bookmarks Bar
185

Creating Profiles in Google Chrome
186

Creating Multiple User Profiles in Chrome
186

Command-Line Switches
190

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