I should probably close some browser tabs. I’ve tried various tab extensions, using Pocket, or even copying URLs into a text file but still I leave the same tabs open for days on end until Chrome crashes and I forget to recover them and, BOOM, they’re gone and I don’t […]
Web
Extra Adverts showing in Chrome?
For the last few weeks I’ve noticed unusual floating adverts from superfish.com on amazon.co.uk, focalprice.com and other shopping sites but I couldn’t figure out what was causing it. Turns out I’m not the only one to notice them. It was an extension I had installed in Google Chrome. I went […]
Web
Chrome 23 and Flash missing sound for you too?
The latest version of Google’s Chrome browser in Windows reintroduced an old bug where Flash videos were missing all sound. It doesn’t happen to everyone but if you set your speaker configuration to Stereo you should hear sound again. Click on the Windows Start button > Control Panel > Sound […]
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Chrome bug: it forgets browsing sessions!
I just reported my first Chrome bug but it looks like it’s been known for quite some time, unfortunately. When Chrome is configured to open the home page on startup it forgets any recently opened tabs if you don’t open those pages before you close the browser again. I’m fairly […]
Linux
Ubuntu: ALT TAB between browser windows?
I’m still using Ubuntu’s Unity desktop, which is saying a lot as I switched back to Gnome within a week or so of the previous release of Ubuntu. One of the remaining bugbears I had with Unity was the window or task switcher. It was impossible to switch between Chrome […]
Web
Google Chrome on Linux and Mac
Google Chrome, the open source browser that recently made headlines, was unfortunately only released for Windows. Linux and <a href="Mac users were left out in the cold. It was possibly to get the browser working with Wine, but it wasn’t very stable by all accounts. Thanks to CodeWeavers, they have […]