10 Google Chrome Mini-hacks

I am compiling a list of Google about: hacks. This post will be updated as I stumble upon more of them.

  1. Type  about: in Google’s new browser Chrome and you will see a message similar to what you would see in Firefox.
  2. Google Chome Mini Hack 1

    Google Chome Mini Hack 1

  3. Type about:memory, you will get a page listing the memory utilization for each process the browser is using.
  4. Chrome Memory Config

    Chrome Memory Config

  5. about:cache – this will list all of the sites and content Chrome has saved on your computer locally for a faster load time
  6. view-cache:stats – More cache based information, such as file sizes, etc.
  7. about:plugins – this will list all of the plugins installed by default. At the moment there is not a way to add user-made plugins (that I am aware), but this looks like the underlying architecture that will enable us to do so in the future.
  8. about:internets – A nice little easter egg, displaying a series of tubes. Only works in XP.
  9. about:histograms – Not entirely sure what’s going on here, but it looks like application usage and event statistics
  10. about:dns – Displays DNS Prefetching information
  11. about:networka nice built in tool to monitor I/O and Performance of your network connection
  12. about:crash - Displays the default crash page, for when bad things happen to good browsers
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  1. jared_c Said:

    Useful, thanks.

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