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How to bring back Chrome's old New Tab page

Posted by Unknown Sabtu, 12 Oktober 2013 0 komentar

The largest element on Chrome's redesigned New Tab page -- the Google search bar -- is redundant. If you have gotten into the habit of entering search terms in Chrome's address bar, which Google refers to as the omnibox, then the Google search bar and large Google logo are just taking up space on the New Tab page.

Thankfully, you can return to the old New Tab page, and do so without installing an extension. Here's how:

Type or copy and paste chrome://flags into Chrome's omnibox
Search for "Enable Instant Extended API"
Change its setting from Default or Enabled to Disabled
Restart Chrome

Now when you open a new tab, you'll be greeted with the old New Tab page, which displays tiles of your most visited pages or your Chrome apps.

According to this option's description, in addition to bestowing upon you the renovated New Tab page, it also is good for "extracting search query terms in the omnibox, a spruced-up omnibox dropdown and Instant previews of search results as you type in the omnibox." I didn't notice my omnibox behaving any differently after I disabled this API, but if you do or are wary of making such a tweak, I have two extensions for you to try instead.

The second is the New Tab Redirect extension. It lets you set a custom URL for your New Tab page to open to.The first is an extension I wrote about earlier this year called New MetroTab. It lends a Microsoft Metro live tiles look to the New Tab page.

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How to check memory usage of Chrome extensions

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The Chrome Web Store is both awesome and horrible. While you can find many new extensions to enhance your Web browsing experience, you can also slow things down by adding too many. If you're having trouble picking which ones to keep, taking a look at how much memory each one is using might make the decision a little easier.

Fortunately, Chrome has a built-in tool that will show you the memory usage of each extension. Here's how to open and use it:

When you have a Chrome window open, just click on the menu icon on the toolbar and then go to Tools > Task Manager. If you'd prefer the keyboard shortcut, hit Shift + Esc, which should work from any tab.

If this is the first time you're opening the Chrome Task Manager, the window is probably going to be so tiny that you can't read any of the data within it. Thankfully, it can be resized to show the full names of the extensions and their memory usage.

Sort the window by clicking on the Task heading along the top. This will group up your extensions, because they all have an "Extension" prefix.

Once you see what a memory hog some of the extensions are, you'll probably want to get rid of a few. However, for some extensions, memory hogs or not, you may not want to lose the functionality they add. In this case, you can check out alternatives, which are pretty easy to find. Head to the Google Chrome Web Store and search for the current extension you're using. Once you find it, click the Related tab along the top to find a similar extension to try out.

Did you find an extension that was using way too much memory? Share it in the comments.

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