In general, I have been using Chrome lately and how - most are also on chrome.
And here is the browser Google Chrome contains great amount options that you won't find in the normal settings section. They are hidden on a special service page. chrome://flags. As a rule, these are experimental features or features that are needed only by a limited circle of users. However, among them there are a few that may well interest readers.
To access the settings listed below, type in the address bar of your browser chrome://flags and press Input. On the page that opens, you will see a rather large list of various parameters, the meaning of which is not so easy to understand even despite the existing comments. Let's dwell on the most interesting of those that we found in the latest Chrome.
Functions
chrome://flags/#enable-translate-new-ux- Changes the normal translation bar that appears on foreign language pages to a small icon in the address bar.
chrome://flags/#enable-ignore-autocomplete-off- enable ignoring the ban on autocomplete on websites. This applies to using auto-complete passwords despite page restrictions.
chrome://flags/#spellcheck-autocorrect- automatic correction of errors when typing.
chrome://flags/#enable-scroll-prediction- tries to predict the final position of the finger while scrolling on touch devices so the content in this place will be loaded in advance.
chrome://flags/#enable-download-resumption- allow resuming or re-downloading files that were not downloaded to the end due to a broken connection or closing the browser, through the context menu item Resume.
chrome://flags/#enable-offline-mode- allows you to view web pages without connecting to the network due to the previously saved cache.
chrome://flags/#tab-groups-context-menu- adds elements to context menu tabs to group tabs.
chrome://flags/#enable-encrypted-media- this allows you to set latest version Encrypted Media Extensions in Google Chrome. The technology is used in HTML5 to play protected content.
Performance and stability
chrome://flags/#conflicting-modules-check k- preliminary check of the installed software and modules for compatibility with your browser.
chrome://flags/#enable-d3d11- enable Direct 3D on systems where it is supported. Makes the browser run faster.
chrome://flags/#enable-fast-unload- faster closing of tabs and program windows.
Security and privacy
chrome://flags/#disable-hyperlink-auditing- disable sending requests to check hyperlinks. This HTML5 feature is commonly used to monitor you online, so it's best to turn it off.
Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers for Windows. However, not all people who use it are aware of the hidden experimental features. This guide will talk about the so-called Google Chrome Flags. These features, if used with care, can greatly improve your surfing experience.
How to access Chrome Flags?
So, in order to access these functions, you just need to enter “ chrome://flags" or " about://flags” into the address bar and press Enter.
This action opens up a whole list of experimental possibilities for you. Under each of these features there will be a small description and the platform it supports. Whichever one you enable, you'll need to restart your browser for the feature to take effect.
Most Useful Chrome Flags
You can find all of the functions listed below in the list of "flags" in Chrome.
material design
Google has always been generous in disseminating design principles for its products and services. Chrome, while under development, is also subject to this policy.
Tab mute feature
You can use this feature to place a Mute button on top of a tab. It will allow you to mute the sound in this tab. Just for reference - you can also turn off the sound by clicking on the tab right click mouse and select the appropriate item from the context menu.
Mute and unmute sound using the audio indicators on the tab bar, as well as adding commands to the context menu to mute the sound on selected tabs. #enable-tab-audio-muting
Smooth scrolling
This function makes scrolling on the page smoother if you have many other tabs open. It's still being tested, so be prepared for some hard work under heavy loads.
Resuming downloads
Sometimes you may experience some issues with the built-in downloader in Chrome. Your downloads may simply stop for unknown reasons. This feature will allow you to quickly resume downloads using a special context menu.
Quick tab close
From time to time, you might notice some delay when closing tabs. This feature will speed up their closing.
Password generator
This feature will greatly help those who are already tired of inventing passwords for various websites. Don't worry - after generating a password, it will be saved in Chrome.
Automatic saving of passwords
You must have noticed a small window that appears when you visit a website. It asks you for permission to save the password you used. With this feature, you can skip this step. The password will be remembered automatically.
What to do if you come across the phrase Chrome Flags Enable Npapi? Such unknown words often lead us into a dead end. We try to deal with them, but in vain. Of course, if you are a programmer, then you already know what will be discussed. But if you happen to find out that you need to somehow include these four English words, don't worry, it's not as hard as it sounds.
Browser
Let's start in order. We will talk about some of the tools that worked before in Chrome browser. This is a fairly well-known web browser from Google, which now occupies a leading position among all its "colleagues", a program based on free Chromium browser paired with the Blink engine.
This is a young application that appeared in 2008. It has already been updated many times and is now using version 59. At the same time, the browser is not without flaws, but it is still considered convenient, fast and safe.
Options
Next, let's move on to Chrome Flags. Like any program, the browser has prepared some hidden features for specialists. They will be especially useful for programmers. Here you can find many hidden options that are not in the settings menu. But this does not mean that some of the functions will not be needed. ordinary user. There are those who can make surfing the Internet more comfortable.
So, to get there, you need the chrome://flags command. This line must be entered into the browser and press Enter. You will see a page with big set commands and options. There is no point in studying them all. In addition, despite the presence of descriptions, it is not so easy for an ordinary reader to understand their capabilities. But there are some that can make your browsing experience simple and fix some bugs.
Basic commands
Rewrite all functions that can be found in the chrome://flags menu. it makes no sense. You can consider the main ones that can really come in handy. For example, here you can change the translation panel to an icon. It usually appears on foreign sites. You can ignore the autocomplete restriction. It happens that this function is enabled for you, but individual pages directly prohibit its use. To do this, you can try to enable this option.
There is an option to enable automatic error correction. So, if you enter text somewhere, the browser will help you “become more literate”. The application can predict your desires. One of the options loads the page faster because it knows the final position of your finger on the touch device.
If there is no Internet, you can use the function that retrieves pages from the cache and allows them to be viewed.
There are a number of commands in the chrome://flags menu that are responsible for performance. It is possible to check for compatibility, enable Direct 3D to speed up work, or quickly close tabs and windows.
Architecture
Since it is clear from our set of words that Enable is responsible for enabling the function, and, accordingly, Disable for disabling, let's move on to the incomprehensible word NPAPI. This, as you might guess, is an abbreviation. Translated into Russian, we get "Netscape plug-in API".
In simple terms, this is a kind of architecture, thanks to which plugins can appear. Most likely, the question will arise, what is software modules that can be connected to the program. At the same time, plugins will complement the application, expand its capabilities. These modules look like a library for users.
NPAPI appeared a long time ago, along with one of the first Netscape browsers, hence the name of the architecture. Later, this architecture, which developed plug-ins, was adopted by all existing web browsers. But it was a long time ago. Already a couple of years ago, popular browsers began to abandon it, and plugins began to lose their functionality.
Refusal
Since we are talking about the chrome://flags/#enable-npapi command, we will further consider the history of the relationship of this architecture with Google browser Chrome. Since this web browser appeared in 2008, it was from that moment that support for plug-ins with the Netscape Plug-in API began. But already in January 2014, the developers decided to abandon them and stopped supporting them.
In general, it was a long time ago to refuse. Firstly, this is due to the fact that the architecture itself comes from the nineties, and indeed it would be time to change it to a newer one. After it was blocked by Windows in Metro mode, suspicions arose about the dangers of the interface.
In order not to leave plug-ins unattended, it was decided to develop PPAPI on our own. He, according to programmers, is safer. After that, all plugins were transferred to it. And to have an alternative Flash Player, which worked with the Netscape Plug-in API, Pepper Flash Player was launched.
Shutdown
Before you enable NPAPI in Chrome Flags, you need to think about security. After all, it is not for nothing that almost all browsers abandoned this architecture. When I disabled it, all default plugins stopped working. But the most popular still functioned for a while. Among them were Silverlight, Unity, Google Earth and etc.
Already the 42nd version of the browser came out with the Netscape Plug-in interface disabled. Although some workarounds still existed. Since the 45th version, this has ceased to be possible. Features that work with NPAPI have been disabled and removed from the web browser system.
Inclusion
Many immediately rushed to look for ways to turn it on. Chrome Flags Enable Npapi has finally come in handy for many. This command allowed the interface to be used. This was necessary for those who often visited sites with Netscape Plug-in. And until the moment when Google Chrome finally cut off all paths to the interface, it was still possible to get to it.
To do this, it was necessary to open a browser and enter chrome://flags/#enable-npapi into the address bar immediately. It was easy to enable the interface in the line of the same name with a highlighted inscription. Below is a Restart button. By the way, next to the inclusion there was information that this the way is fine those who work with browser versions from 42 to 45. This feature will be disabled later.
conclusions
This is how we got acquainted with a difficult concept that was relevant back in 2014. Now this command is unlikely to work, because for Google Chrome the story with NPAPI has ended, as, in general, for many other browsers. Now those who work with plugins of this interface can use special applications Mozilla project, Safari, Konqueror and a couple of other web browsers.
The chrome://flags command remains. You can enable many options with it. But there is no way to activate NPAPI plugins. Google offers to work with newer standards, including HTML5 and NaCL.
Few users know about such an interesting thing as Chrome's hidden settings. But in fact, it will be very useful for many users to find out which settings are hidden from the eyes of strangers.
Many of them can significantly improve the browsing experience, speed up page loading, turn off some sounds, turn on smooth scrolling, and much more.
We will analyze which functions are hidden, where to find them and which ones you should pay the most attention to.
1. General information
So, hidden settings are a set of experimental features that change from time to time. Some of them become permanent, while others remain experimental for life.
In fact, we are dealing with a testing ground that the developers have made available to ordinary users.
Previously, only specially trained people were engaged in testing. But Google experts decided to involve us in this work.
Today, anyone can open a page with hidden settings, enable or disable one of them and try to use it.
To access this page, you must address bar type "chrome://flags" and press "Enter" on your keyboard.
After opening the chrome//flags page, you will see a list of features. Near each of them there is an inscription "Enable" or "Disable" if the setting is already enabled. But by default, all are in a disabled state.
Clue: On this page there is always a button "Restore default settings". She is on the right upper corner. If you start using hidden features and do something wrong, it is best to use this button so as not to cause irreparable harm to the browser, and maybe all Google programs.
And now let's talk about the most interesting parameters in this list.
2. Smooth scrolling
It is interesting that users have been waiting, and some have simply demanded this feature from developers for a long time.
Smooth page scrolling allows the user to see new elements without losing sight of old ones. That is, when he scrolls a particular site, the scrolling does not occur abruptly, but gradually. Among other things, it is very pleasing to the eye.
To enable this hidden feature, you need to find the "Smooth Scrolling" parameter and select the "Enable" option below.
Clue: To find a setting by its name, you must simultaneously press "Ctrl" and "F" on the keyboard and enter its name in the search bar.
In Figure 2, the search bar is displayed at the top right, it is highlighted with a green frame.
3. Mute
Opera has a very interesting feature. If you're watching a YouTube video, for example, but you're browsing the site in a different tab, the YouTube tab displays a loudspeaker or equalizer.
The first appears if there is no sound, and the second - if there is. The user can click on these icons and turn off the sound. In addition, thanks to this function, you can simply see which tab has a soundtrack.
So here it is Google Developers Chrome also decided to make the same feature, albeit only in experimental mode for now. It's called "Tab audio muting UI control". Under it there is an inscription "Enable", which allows you to run this parameter.
You can also find it using a browser search.
4. Speed up closing
Also, among other things, this list has a function to speed up surfing pages. Specifically, there is a feature called "Fast tab/window close" that triggers fast closing of tabs and the whole window.
Interestingly, the changes in this case concern only graphics, in program plan everything remains unchanged. Therefore, the inclusion of this parameter will not affect the operation of the browser in any way.
It turns on in the same way as the rest - we find "Fast tab / window close" and click the "Enable" inscription.
5. Speed up your internet connection
There is an experimental protocol called Quick UDP Internet Connections or simply QUIC. It makes the browser connect to the Internet much faster.
On the this moment classical TCP is used, but QUIC is faster. This protocol is used on servers Google services and gives a significant boost.
The developers decided to give users the opportunity to work with QUIC at their own risk. The danger is that QUIC is still less secure than TCP, though not by much.
This setting is called "Experimental QUIC protocol". It turns on, like the function smooth scrolling, by selecting the "Enable" option from the drop-down menu.
6. Automatic password generation
Another rather interesting feature is the generation of a password in cases where the user is on the registration page somewhere. Moreover, these passwords are reliable, at least by the standards of the protocol itself.
True, many are afraid to turn on this feature for the simple reason that they consider it a way to steal passwords and gain access to personal data. Actually it is not. The option is very convenient and simple.
On the settings page, it is called "Password generation", it is turned on in the same way as "Experimental QUIC protocol".
There are many such functions. In the description under each it is written what this or that parameter does. Use hidden settings from Google, it's really convenient!
Experienced users are well aware of the presence in Chrome of a section with experimental settings, located at chrome://flags. It is here that Google programmers hide new, not yet run-in browser features from the eyes of inexperienced users. We have selected for you those that can be safely activated and used now.
1. Enable smooth scrolling
Users have been expecting this feature since the first release of Chrome. And finally, the developers got their hands on it. To activate it, enter the address below and select "Enabled" from the pop-up menu.
Chrome://flags/#smooth-scrolling
2. Mute on a tab
If in any tab you are playing music player or a video is playing, Chrome marks that tab with a small speaker icon. However, this icon can also be used to quick shutdown sound. To do this, you will need to activate the option at the following address:
Chrome://flags/#enable-tab-audio-muting
3. Quickly close tabs and windows
This option makes the interface more responsive and speeds up browsing. After activating it, tabs will close much faster, regardless of the process associated with them. In fact, it only affects GUI, but visually it seems that Chrome starts to work a little faster. Activate the option at this address:
Chrome://flags/#enable-fast-unload
4. Support QUIC protocol
QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections) is a new experimental Internet protocol developed by Google. It was created to speed up Internet connections as opposed to the current TCP protocol. Although at the moment it is not very widespread, nevertheless, when referring to Google servers it can give you some speed boost. You can activate it at the following address:
Chrome://flags/#enable-quic
5. Create passwords
When this setting is enabled, Chrome will automatically generate strong password if you are on the registration page. A very handy feature that, together with the built-in password storage service, will help you completely abandon third-party solutions. You can activate this option at the following address:
Chrome://flags/#enable-password-generation
And what hidden Chrome settings do you use?