The popular Google Chrome browser, whose search engine has many features: installing extensions, changing the visual design and working with various additional applications are just a small part of its functions.
Install an app from the Chrome Web Store
Google Chrome offers many options for customizing the functionality. Various applications and extensions are able to adapt the browser to the specific requirements of the user.
Consider installing an additional application using the example of a simple Polarr graphic editor.
Advice!Installing google chrome extensionsdone through the Chrome Web Store. To open it, you need to press the button to call the main Chrome menu (the button with three stripes, which is located to the right of the address bar).
In the tab that opens, you need the item "Extensions", in which there will be a link "More extensions". By clicking on it, the online store opens directly.
The store page has a feed of the latest and most popular apps. On the left side is an extended search menu.
- Search google chrome by content name.
- Selecting a content type.
- Choice of content category (developer tools, games, utility applications, etc.).
- Filter by features and application sources.
- Filter by content rating.
In the search query line, you must enter the name of the application of interest, set filters and press "Enter".
The search results will appear in the center of the page. In it you need to select the desired result. When clicked, a message will open in which you need to click "Add". The add-on added in this way can be found in the browser toolbar.
To call it, all that remains is to open the toolbar (a button with nine squares in a new tab) and click on the thumbnail of the installed application. A page with additional services, if desired, can be made home in the browser settings.
Create bookmarks
Everyone who uses the Internet will certainly have several pages that need quick access. It is to fulfill these needs that the browser provides the ability to bookmark pages.
To remember a specific page, you need to open the desired page and click on the menu button located to the right of the address bar. In the drop-down list, you will need to hover over the "Bookmarks" line.
In the second level of the list, you need to click on the item "Add page to bookmarks ...". The key combination Ctrl+D also serves the same purpose.
A form will appear below the address bar informing you that the addition to favorites was successful. In it, you can select a folder to save the bookmark. If you do not define the destination, then the page will be saved in the "Others" folder.
If you set the destination to Bookmarks Bar, it will appear in the bar immediately below the search bar.
Favorite pages can be opened with one click from the list in the corresponding menu item or from the already mentioned bookmarks bar.
Create visual bookmarks
For additional convenience of working in Chrome, you can install a special extension that will add visual google chrome bookmarks. To do this, you need to visit the Chrome Web Store.
How to do this is indicated in the first part of the article. In the search line, you must specify Speed Dial.
In the search results, you need Speed Dial 2. In its tile, you need to click the "+ Free" button. After that, a window will open in which you need to approve the installation.
After the installation is completed, you must open a new tab, click "Save changes" in the warning window that opens.
After these manipulations, the extension is ready to add the first bookmark. If there is a desire to view a greeting with a detailed description of some functions, then you need to press "Continue". If there is no such desire, then “Skip the greeting”.
After that, you will be given the opportunity to start adding.
To add the first page, you need to click the plus in the circle. A window with editing bookmark properties will open.
- The field for copying the link.
- The name of the link that will be placed under the thumbnail in the panel
- Button to save the bookmark.
- A button to quickly save a bookmark from an open page.
A page with ready-made visual bookmarks will now open on every new tab. If desired, this option can be disabled in the browser settings.
Adding a Visual Browser Theme
To install a theme in Google Chrome, you will need the Chrome Web Store. You can open it from the menu to the right of the address bar. The item "Additional tools" is responsible for this, in which there is a column "Extensions".
