Google Chrome installation methods and usage tips

Google Chrome is characterized by simplicity and speed. Google Chrome supports multiple-label browsing, with each label page running in a separate "sandbox," while improving security, a tab-page crash will not cause other tabs to be closed. In addition, Google Chrome is based on a more powerful JavaScript V8 engine, which is not possible for the current Web browser.

Google Chrome Web site defaults to the English interface, you can download directly to the English version. Select "Simplified Chinese" in the dropdown box to jump to the simplified Chinese interface.

Figure 1: Choosing a language

Figure 2: Download page in Simplified Chinese

You can see that Google China does not have a localized name for Chrome, but simply called "Google browser." Its propaganda language is also very simple: Google browser is a can make you faster, easy and safe use of the Web browser, its design is super concise, more convenient to use.

Select the appropriate language version, will jump to the "Google Browser terms of service" page.

Figure 3: Terms of Service

In the terms of service first clear browser code to comply with open Source software license agreement. There is also an option to "Automatically send use statistics and crash reports to Google to help us refine Google's browser." "Google Chrome will automatically send the use of statistics and crash reports to Google, as explained by the company." This setting can also be manually turned off at the back.

Figure 4: Starting the Download Setup program

After you select accept and install, you will first download a 475KB installation package, which is a boot installation file. The required installation files are automatically downloaded after running, depending on the time required for different network environments. "Xbeta: If you need proxy server + username/password online, you may not be able to install." You can use this standalone installation link, but not guaranteed to update "The current Chrome browser only supports Windows XP and Windows Vista." It is said that products aimed at Linux and Apple Mac OS x systems are under development.

Figure 5: Importing other browser settings

After the installation is complete, Xbeta: Installation can not select the installation path, installed to c:documents and settings under the current user name local settingsapplication datagooglechromeapplication directory. "Prompts you to import the settings for IE and add shortcuts to the desktop. By default, Google chrome copies browsing history, saved sites, and passwords from the default browser in your computer at installation. You can only import settings from Firefox or Internet Explorer at this time. You can also choose to manually import information from these browsers later. "Xbeta: Don't you support Safari with the same kernel?" Another niche software found that can not import portable Firefox settings, understandable, but can also improve "

Import Bookmarks and Settings

Click on the "Start Google Browser" button to see its truth.

Interface

You can see that the Chrome interface is very concise, with the exception of the tag bar, address bar, and some buttons, there is no extra element. This is also very consistent with Google's consistent style.

Figure 6: Welcome page: After the browser starts will display a welcome page, in the feature introduction page enumerated some main functions, such as box multiple use, new tab, application shortcuts and so on.

Figure 7: Version number 0.2.149.27

We use the Chrome browser to visit the Sohu homepage, found that the entire page display is very normal. While Safari uses the same rendering engine, there is no display problem like safari in details such as font settings. "Xbeta: Yes." 】

Figure 8: The display effect of Sohu homepage in Chrome browser

Figure 9: Sohu home page in the Safari browser display effect

Here we come to one by one to introduce you to some of the features and features of the Chrome browser.

One-box multi-use Address bar

In Chrome, the address bar is located above the regular browser window, one box is more than used, in addition to being used as a search box, you can also use it to add bookmarks to the site, and through it to understand the security of the site.

As long as you enter keywords in the address bar, it will be based on the information you entered on the relevant inquiries and the popular site automatically recommendations. The default here is the Google suggest service.

Figure 10: Search.

Enter the URL in the Address bar, press ENTER, or click the arrow icon to open the page. As you type, the Chrome browser automatically searches your browsing history and displays the total number of matching results at the bottom of the Drop-down menu. "Xbeta: These features have become the basic function of the browser." Of course, it's a little different for IE. 】

Figure 11: Accessing a Web page: If you want to visit a Web site or Web page again later, you can create a bookmark by clicking on the star sign on the browser toolbar. The dialog box that confirms the bookmark will appear.

Figure 12: Creating bookmarks

New Label page

The Chrome tab is a trapezoidal design that looks chic, unlike today's browsers, which are square-behaved. To open a new tab, click on the + icon next to the Last tab page.

Figure 13: Label page

Chrome automatically records the websites you visit regularly, displays them in the new tab, and provides thumbnails and links to those sites. In addition, you will find frequently used links such as Quick search history, recent bookmarks, recently closed tab pages, and more. Click the "Show All History" link at the bottom of the page to see the full browsing history saved on the browser.

Figure 14: Most frequently visited sites, searches, bookmarks

Figure 15: Viewing and searching history

Network applications: Application shortcuts

In fact, many web sites, such as e-mail services, have very similar operations to the actual programs on your computer desktop. Google thinks it's perfectly possible to open these sites like any other program on your computer. You can create shortcuts for Web applications in Chrome browser. "Xbeta complement: local and network, increasingly unified." 】

Click the Page menu and choose Create Application shortcuts. In the Google Gears dialog box, select the check box where you want to place the shortcut.

Dynamic Label page

You can drag a tab out of your browser to create a new window, or you can put multiple tabs into a window or sort the tabs as you want, and it's easy and quick to operate.

Figure 17: You can drag the tab page

tab supports shortcut key features, such as CTRL + N to open a new window, ctrl+t open a new tab. "Xbeta: Different software to maintain the unity of shortcut keys, is the respect of users." 】

Crash control

Now most users will use the function of multiple window browsing, if you encounter a Web page is not normal will often cause the entire browser suspended animation or even crash. In the Chrome browser, the individual tabs that are used are run independently in the browser, so even if one application crashes, it does not affect any other processes. "Xbeta: Already have netizen experienced." 】

You can use Task Manager to view the details of a particular process running in Google Chrome, or to forcibly close a tab or application that behaves abnormally.

Click the Page menu, select Developer, and select Task Manager. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Shift+esc to quickly open Task Manager.

Figure 18: Task Manager

Stealth mode

In IE8, there is a pattern of protecting browsing privacy, dubbed the "pornography model". This feature is also seen in Chrome, called stealth mode. If you do not want to visit the page displayed in the network history, choose Stealth mode can be invisible browsing.

Figure 19: Stealth mode

The page you open when you stealth is not recorded in the browsing history. All new cookies will be removed after closing the stealth window. You can use a different window, while normal browsing and stealth access. "Xbeta: This is the safety of the one hand: protect privacy from being leaked." 】

Safe browsing

"Xbeta: This is safe on the other hand, protect your content from being violated. "Google browser warns you if you are visiting a site that is suspected of cyber fraud, malware, or other unsafe factors," he said.

When you connect to a Web site that transmits data using SSL, the server hosting the Web site provides certificates to Google's browser and other browsers to authenticate them. The certificate contains information similar to the site's address, which has been confirmed by a third-party organization. By checking that the address in the certificate matches the address of the Web site, you can generally assume that you are communicating with the site on the certificate, rather than the Web site masquerading as the site.

Figure 20: Security Verification: This protects against phishing events or malware attacks.

Download Manager

Download Manager is not ejected when downloading files in Chrome browser, and it is very convenient to view the download status at the bottom of the current window.

Figure 21: Download Status

The file button displays the remaining download time. A green arrow appears on the label page, indicating that it is downloading.

Figure 22: Download Manager

Set up

The Chrome browser is also very simple to set up.

The basic information option allows you to set the startup page, home page, default search, and default browser.

Figure 23: Basic information

The download location, password, font, and language can be set in the intermediate user options.

Figure 24: Intermediate user options

Network, security, and so on can be set up in advanced options.

Figure 25: Advanced options

"Xbeta: This is a good little innovation for different user ratings."

Resource occupancy rate

We are very surprised to find that when opened there will be two Chrome.exe processes, a total of about 32MB of memory. When more tabs are open, more processes are started. "Xbeta: Strange?" The front is not said, multiple tab independent, each for the process. 】

Figure 26: Resource consumption without opening any tab pages

Figure 27: Resource consumption after opening two tab pages

Like Firefox and other non ie kernel browsers, chrome browsers do not support Online banking. "Xbeta: Online banking does not support non-IE browsers-this situation will change sooner or later."

Figure 28: NET Silver not supported

Summarize

Through a simple trial, we feel that the Chrome browser in the ease of use to do better, the interface is simple, easy to start with, do not need too many settings. The localization is not done in detail, such as the frequent occurrence of individual traditional words in the interface. For users accustomed to a lot of complex buttons, toolbars, Chrome browser gives a refreshing feeling. But can be accepted by the vast number of users, still need time to test. Google in this regard has failed cases, Google Talk when the advent of the public is also a concern, but now has become "chicken ribs" products.