Comments on: 10 things we'd like to see in Chrome

Google's Chrome is pretty good, but it could be a whole lot better. We've rounded up 10 fairly extensive ways to tweak it to make it an all-around better browser.

[Kadams6677]

My only beef so far is the way it handles fields. First, I'm used to being able right click into a field to paste, but in Chrome I have left click first to select the field and then right click to select paste. Very minor annoyance.

Another annoyance of fields is that when pasting into a field it automatically pastes items at the end of rows, even if I have already moved down to the next row. Still, a very minor annoyance.

The bigger annoyance about the way it handles fields is when lists are in one field but are on separate rows. When I copy them and then paste them into another application they are all on the same line. I've tried pasting these sorts of fields into notepad, ms word, or even other fields. Same thing. When I encounter that it saves me time to launch another browser, go in to copy them, and then paste them into the application I wanted to begin with. That's not quite a deal-breaker, but I have to do this sort of thing A LOT.

I love the fact that every tab is its own application. Browsers locking up is the worst thing imaginable, since it forces me to re-start everything I was doing.

[devodl]

Command to "Send Link..." or Email Web page
I need to be able to share the current webpage with my family and friends.
Cut and paste is too clumsy and error prone.

[neploxo]

A Home Page would be nice, and/or a button or other quick way to get back to the 'new tab' list of recent sites in the current tab without having to open up a new tab.

[ofthecentury]

I really would like to see the number of homepage sites grow to a custom number. The concept is perfect, just give me a flexibility of how many website to have there...

[rstinehour]

What is Google Chrome doing for accessibility? My blog explores this issue.
http://www.learningaccessibility.com

[dem0]

I would like to be able to choose some of the incognito settings for normal browsing as well... I don't have a need for history, since I generally go to the same sites and they are all bookmarked.

Once there are plug-ins, I would like to have the ability to set up different profiles that let me choose which plug-ins are used for each profile. Then let me switch between profiles on the fly or even on a per tab basis. Would be nice to keep the window clean until I actually need something. The way tabs are separated into different environments should make this rather easy to add.

Finally, I would like to see a community version of Chrome, before it gets forked in a thousand different directions.

To the person that wanted a Home button, you can enable it in Options > Basics > Home page > show Home button.

[atheyst]

It has the save tab on chrome bro. When I close and reopen my last tabs are up .

[paulevans]

Opening loads of tabs seems to just squeeze them up together, I like Firefox's minimum tab width (so you can still tell what is in the tab), the scrolling from left to right and more importantly the drop down vertical list which shows all of the tabs with full page titles.

[jpomerening]

#7
This is possible. You simply drag it back onto the omnibar of whatever window you want. How is it not working for you guys? The rest of us seem to have no problem doing it.

[tubaloth]

The point of Chrome was to be different. Yeah it doesn't have all the features because those aren't needed.
You can put a home icon but its off by default. You can change your bar to use other search engines.

I agree some basic function like organize your book marks and have add ons well come with time. But I want Chrome to be Chrome and NOT be FireFox!

[Frenky98]

A mobile version for Iphone or any other cell phone... That will be great

My #1 thing is well its Google ... There should be features around Google applications being integrated into the system:
1. Gmail > Docs > Maps > Calendar > Groups > News > Notepad > Checkout
For example auto-recognition of addresses, phone numbers, email addresses everywhere

2. A GOOGLE TOOLBAR you idiots. I love my Google Bar and the fact there isn't one here is Tre Weird, no? Its YOUR App!!! I understand minimalism but this is well ridiculous!

3. The biggest thing I agree with is the lack of del.icio.us support & or features. I know there is a bookmark feature in the google sphere somewhere. I've never used it, but maybe tying into that makes sense.

4. Better integration and features surround offline. I mean this is Gears, right? Gmail should have an offline mode and it should be integrated with the browser itself.

Basicaly, I would want a Google browser to be about and for fans of Google and not a generic browser.

[gryphax]

10 is already more than possible -- Chrome supports query URLS (a la http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s -- give it the keyword 'g', then type g, space, and you've started a query), and there is the start-typing-the-url-and-then-tab thing, which I find more ambiguous -- I would like an option, as in FF3, to right click the input in question and add it as a search. Redundant search boxes are getting a little old.

[EcuadorHomesOnline]

I have no interest in trying yet another browser. I uninstalled Firefox after a few days, it just didn't do it for me. Nothing beats Internet Explorer!

[mrgadget]

here is one
cannot parse xml documents....

[The_Fobb]

Actually, you're wrong about #4.


There is an option that you can select that will open up the tabs you had open previously. Unless I'm mistaken. It should be under the home page settings.

[MFCTS]

#2 ? I know I've bookmarked pages many times in my life, but I cant actually remember the last time I clicked a bookmark, especially since I got SpeedDial for Firefox and ESPECIALLY since Chrome.
#4 ? Firefox 2 had a way to bookmark all tabs but yeah that is hella annoying (just tested your accusation)
#5 ? Yes, but for now just make your task bar auto-hide.
#6 ? My incognito is the same blue :(
#7 ? Ok, now you're just getting greedy.
#8 ? You're sh*tting me? Dude, let the windows users have SOMETHING cool that Macs can?t or don?t already have.
#9 ? Haven't seen a popup in two days of Chromed browsing.
#10 ? Lame, open your mind man.

(and yes, I do want all of my eggs in my one reliable, cool, innovative, functional, unified, integrated, automated, pretty Google basket.)

Number 7 IS already working.
You just have to drag the tab back to the window not the window frame.

Regards,

[robertstech]

No color management. That's a showstopper as far as I'm concerned.

[JimMcDish]

You raise some really good points. I played with Chrome all day yesterday and still feel FireFox 3 is the better browser.

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