Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome Paperback

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<