Discover the secrets of the small bar in Google Chrome

Like Firefox 3 and IE8, Google Chrome has a clever address bar that allows for not only research but also calculation or translations.Discover the hidden talents of the bar "Omnibox" Google Chrome.

As in any browser's address bar Google Chromium can directly enter the URL of a site to visit.But Chrome offers a smart bar, who during the strikes, you automatically suggests sites based on previously visited sites and search terms frequently used by Google.

But the bar cache Omnibox many other talents ...

* Direct Search "?"

If you want to launch a search engine Google, enter "?" Then the query as you would before under www.google.com.The results page of Google will then, once you capture validated by the [Enter].

* Calculations live

The bar can perform calculations for you or conversions.
Try for example type:
5 * 37 + 324
175 mi km
17 inches in cm

Translations

• The address bar Google supports the OpenSearch standard. Therefore, we can learn all sorts of new engines as Google Translate or Wikipedia.
  
• Click the right mouse button in the address bar.
  
  
• Select Edit search engines
  
  
• Click Add
  
  
• In the Name field, enter "Google Translations"
  
  
• In the Keyword, type "TRANS"
  
  
• In the URL field, type "http://translate.google.com/translate?u =% s"
  
  
• Click OK and then Close
  
  
• In the address bar, type "TRANS My tailor is rich"

So, a lot of people are wondering whether Google Chrome is really worth all of the hype out there about it. In order to help you decide, here are fifteen things you should know about it:

• It’s really, really, really fast

• It goes through HTML code a lot faster and easier than most browsers do

• You can go incognito and keep people from seeing your browsing history

• It’s easy to switch to

• The start page is actually intelligent

• It has its own task manager

• You can drag tabs out and back in again

• It’s based on WebKit, which also powers some other browsers

• There are no plans to make a version for Linux

• The minimalistic design means you don’t get a bunch of clutter

• It’s already taken Opera’s market share in two days

• A version for Mac will be coming out

• A version for iPhone will be coming soon

• It’s got a serious security bug where Java is concerned

• It just might rival IE, even in its beta form