What did I do with my Google Chrome today?

Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Richard Catto 849 views

I’ve created application shortcuts on my desktop to directly launch gmail and the admin dashboard to this blog. Chrome brings those special windows up in an even sleeker format, discarding the Address Bar.

I created a custom search engine to search my own blog. All I had to do was right click on the Address Bar, click ‘edit search engines…’, click the Add button and fill out three fields: Name, Keyword & URL. The search URL for this blog is http://capetownnews.co.za/search/%s. The %s is a placeholder for the search terms.

You can search this blog manually by typing in http://capetownnews.co.za/search/search terms. That URL structure works for any WordPress blog with fancy permalinks enabled.

But in Chrome, I don’t have to type that long URL out. All I gotta do is type ‘cape search terms’ then select ‘Search Cape Town news for search terms” from the drop down list and hit enter, and my blog is automatically searched for those terms using the built in WordPress search functionality.

I’ve been using Google Chrome all day in lieu of my usual web browser, Firefox 3, and I’m pretty much hooked now.

Tags: Google Chrome, web browser
Filed under Google, Google Chrome |

4 Responses to “What did I do with my Google Chrome today?”

1. Dre Says:
   September 4th, 2008 at 06:31

   Sorry Richard
   But no…Chrome is fast but did you read the fine print in the “I accept” part. Google owns you and this very blog post for just creating on chrome.!!!
   No Bulshit.

   Ref: Techcrunch, Mashable!, Lifehacker

   Dres last blog post..This little machine…

2. Richard Catto Says:
   September 4th, 2008 at 06:36

   @Dre: no, this blog post is created by me using my own thoughts. The software I use to create it is immaterial and if anyone thinks differently, a court will soon disabuse them of their crazy ideas.

3. Dre Says:
   September 4th, 2008 at 12:47

   Here is the link btw: http://gizmodo.com/5044871/google-chrome-eula-claims-ownership-of-everything-you-create-using-chrome-from-blog-posts-to-emails

   Dres last blog post..This little machine…

4. Richard Catto Says:
   September 4th, 2008 at 13:09

   @Dre: Thanks, Dre, but I’ve had my lawyer, who is currently Mr Nibs (my imaginary cat), look into it and he informs me that it was a simple cut and paste error that Google made which has already been revised.

   This is why Mr Nibs earns the big bucks, while I work to keep him in kitty litter.

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