Chrome turned ten years old in September 2018.
Google used parts from Apple’s WebKit rendering engine and Mozilla’s Firefox to create Chrome, making the browser something of a hybrid, while making all of the source code available as part of the Chromium project (which is, itself, a good Linux browser in its own right).
Chrome was one of the early “tab based” browsers, which are now the norm everywhere, and pioneered some nice features, such as sandboxing browser tabs, so crashes in one did not shut down a whole browser.
That said, Chrome running alone can prove something of a resource hog, so its often necessary to add a browser extension to shut off inactive tabs from consuming resources – which is of course possible owing to the modular nature of the browser.
If you find Chrome is consuming too much RAM, try a browser extension.
When we write tutorials about Google Chrome, or mentioning Chrome, they’ll be posted into the list below. Check them out.
Ever wondered how to turn off the popup blocker in Google Chrome? Perhaps you trust a site and you’re getting popups blocked? Maybe its happening on your own website!? Whatever the cause, if you’re having trouble with popup blocker stopping things you’d rather actually see, then the tutorial below will help you to get this …
Incognito mode is really important for many of our Google Workspace clients, especially when first getting setup with new accounts. Many of our clients will have a pre-existing Gmail or Google account for another service or personal use, and when they first try to login to Google Workspace or switch between new team accounts, the …
Have you experienced very slow, laggy, jolty, page loading or other very slow experiences in Google Chrome on some computer, even though your internet speed is fast enough, and even when Chrome on some other computer rocks along just fine? This can sometimes happen with Chrome browser, and troubleshooting how and why is a set …
Introduction Users who browse the web using the Google Chrome browser will now be served with warnings whenever they view a website without a security certificate. Google has said this is because: “When you load a website over HTTP, someone else on the network can look at or modify the site before it gets to …
