Top 10 Things You Never Knew You Could Do With Chrome

Google Chrome seems to be taking the internet by storm, but do you know everything it can do for you? Here is a list of ten… that we know of now.

1. Generate Passwords

When running Chrome on Windows, Linux or Chrome OS, Chrome Flags will fill in passwords for you when you open an account creation page. To get started you will have to be signed in to your Chrome account (if you don’t have one sign-up for it) and have your password manager enabled. Visit the Flag site, chrome://flags, and find “Enable Password Generation.” This tip will save you a lot of time at work!

2. Tab Overview

This Chrome feature will be familiar territory for Apple fans because the Tab Overview flag uses MacBook’s trackpad to deliver a new way of browsing for users. The “how-to” for your MacBook? All you need to do is swipe three fingers down on the pad and there you go! All your open tabs in a simple tile display just like the Mac feature many of us know. Unfortunately, that means that this is only available on Mac.

3. Stack Your Tabs

Mac users aren’t the only ones who can reorganize their tabs for easier viewing. Rather than using squashed tabs at the top of the screen, why not stack them? Use a similar “how-to” as the Mac users – type “about:flags” into the Omnibox and find “Stacked Tabs” on the Flags page. Enable stacking tabs so that your tabs won’t shrink and they’ll stack on top of one another as space runs out.

4. Post to Tumblr/Pinterest

We all have had that moment – you found the coolest post for your Pinterest or Tumbler followers but don’t have time to sign in and post it and there’s no pin it button. Now you can! There is a Post to Tumblr extension allowing you to simply right-click on any image you want to share.

5. Make Reddit Better

Reddit and Chrome go hand in hand really well. There are a ton of extensions for improving Reddit’s appearance and performance on Chrome. So, why haven’t you customized your experience yet? Try ‘Reddit Companion’ to add an info bar to your browser to let you vote and view comments at your convenience.

6. Pocket Stories for Later

Don’t have time to really read that interesting headline you saw on a Google search? Simply install Pocket to keep your tab bar organized and manageable. This useful button lets you store articles and pages to read later all in one place. You can also tag them for easy access and read them on the go with their cool app. Both the app and the flag work on an easy to understand minimalist format.

7. Manage All Your Chats

On the internet there are a myriad of ways to communicate and chat – Gtalk, Facebook Chat, Instant Messenger, and even texting. That’s a lot of conversations to keep track of! ‘Talk.to’ can help you consolidate all of your online communication with a simple, intuitive interface that makes it easy for you to jump between conversations and platforms easily. Think Hootsuite for chats – oh and don’t forget that you can still meet everyone in one place on your mobile device – there’s an app for that!

8. Save Your Tabs

Keeping track of all your tabs and not wanting to lose them is a frustratingly common issue for internet users! Free up your browser bar from overcrowding by using Tab.bz, which will create a link to a list of open tabs you want to reference later, creating a perfect instant bibliography and catalogue of your favorite pages.

9. Un-baby Your Facebook Feed

Tired of seeing babies everywhere on your Facebook feed? Get Unbaby.me to change out baby photos with stuff that you are actually interested in. Same thing with Unpolitic.me – even with the elections over you might be tired of seeing all the political rants from everyone on Facebook.

10. Put a Unicorn On It

Need to add some sparkle and magic to your internet pages? Use Cornify!! to go unicorn crazy on any of your webpages. This flag gives you a colorful button in your Chrome bar that give you instant “cornification” on any webpage of your choice.

These Google Chrome Flags will make your internet experience more organized and manageable and some of them just plain fun! Check out these today and more by searching “about:flags” in your Google bar.