They already have this feature, though it's only available in their 64-bit Canary build.

Type "about:flags" in the address bar.
Ctrl+F "Enable tab audio muting UI control" and enable the feature.
Restart Chrome

Congrats, you can now mute each individual tab by clicking the little speaker icon. Enjoy!

EDIT: For normal Chrome 32-bit users, use /u/Phyisis's solution below.

I don't understand how this happened. I just tried the same thing, and the "ad" link takes you directly to https://www.google.com/chrome/

It doesn't take you to some sketchy 3rd party site to download Chrome. Sounds like OP already had soemthing funky in his brower that caused the redirect.

I just tested it, and it does it two ways:

1.) If you search Google Chrome, that ad link takes you to https://www.google.com/chrome/ (which is where we want to go).

2.) If you search "Download Chrome" that ad (even though it's highlighted that you've been there before if you've visited the page via the first way) takes you to www.newchrome2018.net

This is more than likely an Ad page hijacked and honestly has little to do with Microsoft Edge and more with Bing and/or its ad services. It's ad page is hijacked, and it redirects you to a fake page that looks awfully legit.

This isn't on Microsoft Edge (though I still strongly advise my people to not use it), even though they use Bing as its default search engine. This is all on Bing.

Hopefully this doesn't get buried, because it really helps. If you download the Google chrome beta here, it is 64 bit and uses a lot less ram. For example, I have 2 YouTube tabs and this reddit tab open and Chrome is using under 80 mb of ram.

Check this link out:

https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/eol.html

Specifically,

> When a device reaches End of Life (EOL), it means that the product model is considered obsolete and automatic software updates from Google are no longer guaranteed.

Me too. They've put much more control and transparency of their data collection in the hands of users and are at worst 'evil lite' compared with the zucc.

Eg. The chrome privacy deal, written in clear English not lawyer double speak: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html

There's the do not track option in chrome and privacy checkup and my account options: https://myaccount.google.com/privacycheckup?pli=1

https://myaccount.google.com

Here's some help:
* Install Chrome
* Install RES
* Turn on NSFW Filter (SFW)

https://www.google.com/chrome/?brand=CHBD&gclid=Cj0KCQjwoPL2BRDxARIsAEMm9y8r9NpBGLjoDU3imJCaeNRF6lz_e-G_TlXYAWQ5bljgq8v-n6MxRncaAvXEEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Performance improvements are noted here: https://plus.google.com/+PeterKasting/posts/GpL63A1K2TF

From the author's reply further down on the page it looks like these changes are currently available in chrome canary (version of chrome that is always in beta with the latest features, typically auto updated nightly). Download here:

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html

Just a suggestion not forcing or judging. Why don't you use Google Chrome? It works really well on Lion.(I am using it) Have you had bad experience with it?

As for your question i found these instructions here.

Safari Menu/Preferences...

Click on the extensions tab.

Choose the extension you want to uninstall.

Click the Uninstall button

Yeah. It was because the EULA was mostly copy-pasted from another Google product.

In fact it specifically says now:

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/eula_text.html

> 10. Content license from you > > 10.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.

Chrome describes every bit of information it sends to the Google server in detail, which ones are opt-in and which ones are opt-out, and how you can disable all of them. You can disable everything and run the Developer's console to make sure that nothing is sent to their servers anytime.

Chrome desktop seems like most of the privacy issues can be mitigated.

Android, you can't turn off the location data which sounds nearby router, and cell towers.

"If you do choose to share your location with a web site, Chrome will
send local network information to Google (also used by other browsers
such as Mozilla Firefox) in order to estimate your location. This local
network information can include data about nearby Wi-Fi access points or
cellular signal sites/towers (even if you’re not using them), and your
computer’s IP address. The requests are logged, and aggregated and
anonymized before being used to operate, support, and improve the
overall quality of Google Chrome and Google Location Services. "

r/https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/whitepaper.html

Agree 100%!

On a side note I highly suggest checking out these web browsers:

Opera

Chrome

Firefox

A better way to browse the web

Get Google Chrome

Google recommends using Chrome. Try it?

YES

You can actually do this with a beta version of Google Chrome called Google Canary. It can be really buggy though.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html

Here are steps to enable tab muting after you download it.

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-mute-audio-for-a-tab-in-google-chrome/

Hope this helps

You should try using Chrome as your browser. It has a slider on the side that allows you to scroll right past things you have seen before.

Here, it is Try it out, you will like it.

I didn't know that existed. Thank you!!!

For those that don't know where to get it, go here: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html

And then instead of doing what every other human being does, seeing that Windows is already there, click for a different platform and select the 64-bit version: http://i.imgur.com/KY4K8nH.png

From this page. Note that only one Chromebook has an official EoL; for the rest it is an unofficial date and so might be later (but will not be earlier).

Use Google Chrome with uBlock Origin extension. I find the internet to be close to unusable with any other combination. Edge is not ready yet.

Hey there, excellent questions.

Google is generally pretty good about disclosing what information they collect. Unfortunately, it's not exactly simple to understand for the average person, so many people skip over the details. If you're interested, I can give you some places to start looking.

First, take a look at the Chrome privacy whitepaper. It's an updated document that describes what data Google collects for specific Chrome features, and why they collect the data they do.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/whitepaper.html

Next, you'll be happy to know that the majority of what makes "Chrome OS" is open source in the form of Chromium OS. There is a final "Google layer" which is closed source that is applied, but if that's a problem you can simply use Chromium OS instead and build / audit it yourself. The Chromium team is very open, and they share really technical design documents all the time. For example, they state that guest mode is a completely stateless session, and no data is stored on the device following a successful shut down.

http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/security-overview#TOC-Mitigating-device-theft

Lastly, Google runs thousands and thousands of experiments. Some of that means collecting anonymous usage data on things that normal people would find completely useless, like button placement or phrasing choices. These are called histograms, and you can find the full list as part of the Chromium codebase (may take a long time to load):

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/codesearch#chromium/src/tools/metrics/histograms/histograms.xml

I'm afraid I can't answer your guest mode questions directly, because I simply don't know. You're free to investigate further, but it may take someone with a very strong technical background to break it down.

This is the correct answer.

For those that are interested, the official End of Life Policy is a minimum of 5 years. The CR-48 will receive updates until December, 2015.

https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/eol.html

Step 1: Install Chrome.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html

Step 2: Install uBlock Origin.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en

Step 3: Grab a towel.

Delete it asap and uninstall chrome and install it from google's official site https://www.google.com/chrome/

you got bamboozled into thinking you were getting a real version of chrome happens all the time don't feel bad.

Your Chrome search engine has been hijacked. If you're using Chrome on Windows, run Chrome Cleanup tool, followed by reset to see that fixes your issue. https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/ Also try running this tool to which is good at finding browser hijackers. https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/

You're joking... Right? If you're still using the AOL Desktop client, please stop immediately. That thing is so riddled with security holes that it's not even fun.

Please choose Firefox or Chrome. Then install the the things mentioned above. They're called AddOns in Firefox and Extensions in Chrome. Hit me up if you need any help.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/

It's clearly stated in their terms of service that spell check and predictive text are sent to google. That's basically saying everything you type, ever, is being sent to google in realtime. It's not a conspiracy it's clearly stated in their terms and conditions.

If googles own terms and conditions are not enough evidence for you then I doubt anything will ever convince you.

Make sure you have run all the latest system and firmware updates (swipe from right, choose PC Settings, Updates).

Check to see if any programs are downloading or updating in the background.

Chrome can also kill battery life pretty quickly, but I have found that the latest developer update works pretty well. You can download it here: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/index.html?extra=devchannel#eula

The tool they link to is named the Chrome Cleanup Tool and it's specifically advertised as a file scanner. It's a standalone download.

Is this part of Chrome by default? It isn't presented clearly. Did people download a separate, cloud-based antivirus then get surprised when it scanned and logged their files?

The network should have Chromecast support. What kind of respectable streaming service doesnt have Chromecast support... isn't this all based off the MLB network because MLB.tv has it along with countless others.

I'm pretty sure you have access to this same offer even if you purchase it outside of the Play Store. In that respect, I suggest waiting until Amazon drop the price again - they often drop it to as low as £18. I reckon we will see a price drop on it during the post-xmas shopping period or the beginning of Jan. We have until 31st Jan for the offer to expire so I'm holding out, if Amazon drop price again I'm getting a new one to put in my bedroom :D

Grabbing it for £18 would be fantastic, as it's basically a £3 Chromecast then if you use your £15 credit to the max. The problem with Google is that they don't allow you to use partial credit towards a purchase. I had a gift card for the Google Play store for a birthday, I spent most of it and have a few quid remaining in my Play Store balance. They won't allow me to combine those funds with a card payment for a purchase. They only allow you to use either the balance or make a full card payment. Absolutely ridiculous. In the US they at least allow you to top up your balance as of recently, which can help you to balance it out and actually use it, but still not ideal. Ok I'm ranting but THAT SHIT PISSED ME OFF GOOGLE. LET ME COMBINE MY BALANCE WITH A CARD PAYMENT SO THAT I CAN ACTUALLY USE THE FULL VALUE OF MY GIFT CARD.

Edit: Yes, you can redeem the offer without buying via Play Store. It's just a standard offer to all new Chromecasts at https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/chromecast/offers/. I'd definitely wait to see early January prices if you want a new chromecast with this offer, might as well save a few quid. :)

> Why didn't a specific device receive the latest Chrome OS update? > > Don't panic! This happens all the time. > > Chrome OS is heavily optimized for each device. Every single model gets a slightly different version of Chrome OS that contains performance tweaks, drivers, and other software that makes the Chrome OS experience on that device great. Occasionally, an update will break functionality on one model but leave the functionality working on all other models. Rather than hold back the update for everyone, the team decides to hold back the update for affected devices until the issue has been resolved. > > In most cases, devices that are skipped will see the update relatively soon. In some cases, updates will be delayed until the next major release (typically 6 weeks). It usually depends on the specific problem, and how quickly the team can create, test, and deploy the fix. > > How long can I expect to get updates for my Chrome OS device? > > The standard "end of life" policy for Chrome devices is 5 years from when they were first available. This period can be extended, but it is never less than 5 years. You can find the full list of announced end of life dates here: > > https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/eol.html

There is always Opera. Its been around for a while, and has been pretty innovative. Of course, some webpages dislike it (for some reason), but its a nice browser.

Another option is Google Chrome. "The new kid on the block" is now pretty robust and nice, and Google bundles in a PDF reader (which I believe is based off of Foxit Reader) and Flash, and will auto-update to newer versions (and, as such, newer versions of Flash and its PDF reader), thus helping to protect you while surfing (and Chrome has a sandbox feature, to help protect your computer and keep your surfing separate from your OS).

Wow did you not know that you don't have to get your mac apps from the mac app store...? Open https://www.google.com/chrome/ on your mac and click the big blue download button. You'll notice you never once opened the mac app store.

You can read about it here: https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/

From that policy it seems like Chrome is basically only doing update pings and logging the language of the visited websites if one deactivates all additionall telemetry settings and doesn't log into Chrome.

The first big concern with Chrome in the default settings does send all queries to google, because google is the default search engine. When deactivating certain settings and changing the search engine, Google gets almost no data at all.

The second big concern is that Google could theoretically do lots of evil things that are not disclosed in their policy, because it has an interest in gathering data.

It sounds like you might be using the 32-bit version of Google Chrome, rather than the 64-bit version, which is capable of addressing more memory.

You can switch to the 64-bit version by re-installing Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/

It should show "For Windows 10/8.1/8/7 64-bit" under the Download Chrome button.

Hi!

So, these adware "extensions" work in Chrome by changing your core search settings and generally mucking up things that an antivirus program probably wouldn't find.

While I second getting Malwarebytes (It's easily top 10 in my personal armada of software to use to clean out a computer short of nuking it), for your situation I would say that the Chrome Software Removal Tool is probably your best bet. SRT will nuke your Chrome install and restore everything back to default. Your bookmarks and stuff will be saved on your google account and everything worthwhile should be re downloaded automatically when you sign back in. This tool was designed to help people exactly in your situation.

Moving forward from that, once you get Chrome back to normal, you'll want to run a Windows Security Essentials scan, followed by a MalwareBytes Scan, and then, INSTALL THE uBLOCK FOR CHROME!!!

I set up a firewall at work that pipes everything through the same blacklist that this extension uses and the cases of people getting viruses on their workstations has dropped to pretty much zero.

Google SRT: https://www.google.com/chrome/srt/
uBlock Origin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en
Microsoft Defender and MalwareBytes: http://www.ninite.com (select Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes - and anything else you might want, ninite is the shit)

Lots of people have them. No it can't do the game thing. Look it up. Google

For netflix, assuming you are using debian just go here:

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/beta.html

Grab the .deb
install
go to netflix and it should work

This works because EME and HTML5 are both supported under chrome beta and now netflix no longer needs to fully rely on microsoft silverlight for DRM.

EDIT: raspberry pi is kinda slow... so your gonna have to deal with that... Double Edit: Ignore my post, ignore my post everyone below me is right this doesn't work at all.

reject modernity

return to tradition

This but unironically

> nope.

This page is preloaded in the background and refreshed periodically so that it opens quickly. Your IP address and cookies, as well as your current browser theme, are sent to your search engine with each refresh request so that the New Tab page can be correctly displayed.

https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/whitepaper.html

https://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/prerender

https://coderwall.com/p/c_bygq/speed-up-your-site-with-chrome-prerender

No, not at all, that's something that doesn't happen. When Chrome starts up with Google as the home page the first request sent is this one:

GET https://www.google.com/_/chrome/newtab?ie=UTF-8 HTTP/1.1

This is then followed by ~20 sub-resource requests for images, JavaScript, and a few JSON requests. None of the request headers or bodies (in the case of HTTP POST requests) contain any data from the microphone or for that matter anything else beyond the usual session and tracking cookies.

I have never had good results with these. Unlike the fantastic result I get by going to Google to download Chrome (which puts in a repo and everything) installing from Firefox's website is never a good experience for me. I have poor integration with launchers, the icon is sometimes messed up, there's just a host of problems. I have none of those issues with Google Chrome installs.

I don't know what Mozilla is doing but whatever it is it isn't refined and problem free like Google is doing. I wish it was, believe me. I don't like having to use ESR but it's the way it is.

Until Firefox sets up a repository on install like Google does for Chrome installations, I don't see it changing. So I'm stuck on ESR with Debian.

Theme your desktop. At the same time you can learn the various ways to install packages in your OS and configure things in your DE (Cinnamon, MATE, etc.). You can do a

sudo apt install paper-icon-theme

in the terminal and check out Paper icons in the themes settings. If you hate them you can

sudo apt remove paper-icon-theme

and try Numix instead. Those aren't in the Ubuntu or Mint repositories you just accessed with apt install. You gotta add a PPA instead, which is a type of individual repository supported by Ubuntu. To add the Numix PPA, follow the instructions in the readme here: https://github.com/numixproject/numix-icon-theme.

Once you do that, you can open the update manager and see the PPA in your system under Edit -> Software Sources -> PPAs. If you don't want to continue getting updates to that PPA you can disable them with that awesome tool which was made by Linux Mint.

You can totally bypass adding the PPA and just download the numix-icon-theme GitHub repo, and copy the Numix folder to your ~/.icons folder. (Right click to show hidden files in your home folder and it will be there.) Or copy it into /usr/share/icons, which you will need to open as root. Software packages can be cloned from their source and compiled and installed in more or less the same way, though this can be way more involved than the other methods.

Obviously there are a billion other icon themes as well as desktop themes to try, and loads of different types of software to install. Numix also has great Gtk+ themes. Gtk+ is the toolkit used to build Gnome, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, etc. Another way to install software is to download a .deb package and open it with GDebi (already default in Linux Mint). You can try it with Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html. GDebi will add Google Chrome's own repository to your system for updates.

Have an upvote for asking an honest question.

By default Chrome tells Google servers:

Every URL you visit as you visit it
Details about every file you download
What you are typing into the browser bar as you type it
Tons of tracking info. Obviously your IP, which it uses to geolocate you. The current version of Chrome, when you installed and where you installed it from, etc. etc.
It can even be configured to send every single word you type into text input forms for spellcheck purposes.

The full details can be found here: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/whitepaper.html

You'll note that nearly all of these can be disabled, and Google is very up front about them on that page. They actually have to be for government compliance. Chrome has been repeatedly traffic sniffed by professionals, and to my knowledge Google has never tracked more things than advertised.

As others have pointed out, most of these are used for features. DNS prefetch, some amazing spell check accuracy, automatic updates, Google Now.. Due to these features, some of those privacy settings I have left enabled while others I have chose to disable.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/#browser-modes

>How Chrome handles your incognito or guest information

>Cookies. Chrome won't share existing cookies with sites you visit in incognito or guest mode. Sites may deposit new cookies on your system while you are in these modes, but they'll only be stored and transmitted until you close the last incognito or guest window.

I don't know how to solve your scarcity issues, but Chrome is actually incredibly easy to install on Ubuntu. Chrome has a distribution for Ubuntu.

Just go here: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/

Download it. Open the '.deb' file with Software Center and install it.

If you get lost, this might help: http://askubuntu.com/questions/510056/how-to-install-google-chrome

Delete all extensions (you can re add them later if you want them).

Then run a full scan of MalwareBytes (its free).

If you are still having issues after that then uninstall chrome and run this tool. Once you reinstall chrome you should be good to go.

Really the simplest way to watch DVDs on your TV would be to use an HDMI cable to hook your computer to your TV, assuming both your devices have that capability. The Chromecast only works best with the apps that are built for it: https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/chromecast/apps.html

It would be nice to have a reason, but they have no obligation to provide one, and most people don't know nor care. It has been fairly common in the past to not update some devices. Don't worry, support is for a minimum of 5 years on all Chromebooks, as per https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/eol.html

ChromeOS updates come from Google, not Acer.

Here's the Google device EOL list, although not everything is in there. For a brand-new device, I'd say you will get at least 4-5 years of OS updates.

https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/eol.html

Hey there, excellent question.

Speaking to the software side, the only issue you'll need to look out for is the official end of life policy. Google can't realistically keep all Chrome devices updated forever, so they have a policy of phasing them out after several years. The minimum end of life cycle is 5 years from release, although they can be extended above that as much as Google pleases.

https://www.google.com/chrome/devices/eol.html

The current EoL date for the Acer C720 Chromebook is November 2018. It has not been officially confirmed though (only two devices have official dates, and they are the CR-48 and the Samsung Series 5), so an extension is certainly possible.

Also, given that the Chrome OS community has strong developer roots, there will likely be unofficial workarounds to keep the most popular models strong. Loading Chromium OS, for example, may be a smart move. We'll probably see more of this come together as the CR-48 nears it's EoL this coming fall.

> Personally, I don't like any data being sent off to Google. But enabling safe-browsing necessarily means every site I visit gets sent to Google.

That's not how it works. Your browser periodically downloads a list of "blocked" URLs, and your browser checks if it's on the list.

You can read more about it here under the "Information Google receives when you use the Safe Browsing feature on Chrome or other browsers" section.

Besides clicking "OK" to install the latest updates every week you don't really need to do anything. This should be the same for all mainstream distros. You don't need a firewall (as everything is locked down by default), and you don't need an antivirus (if you follow the rules below).

Basically, there are just 2 rules:

Install at least all the security updates. E.g. Ubuntu will ask you to do this weekly, you click OK, maybe enter your password and you're done. No further action needed.
Don't just download random files from the internet and run them. This is just common sense. Never enter your password or root password if you do run anything downloaded from the internet. Without it, most apps can't really do anything harmful, which is why an antivirus isn't really needed. All drivers come with the regular updates, so you'll never need to install a driver from the internet like you would with Windows. With apps it is the same, and everything you install from the official repositories that come with your distribution is safe.

Of course, there are (very few) exceptions, such as Google Chrome. If you want the official Google Chrome from Google and not the open-source Chromium (which is e.g. in the Ubuntu repositories), you'll need to download it from the internet and install it. This will ask you for your password, which you can enter if you trust Google (which you do).

As you are just starting out with Linux, I'd suggest a distro with a large userbase, so you can Google any problems that come up and find answers easily. I think most people would agree that Ubuntu would be a good choice for a beginner, but you can also test out other distros and see what you like and if everything works on your computer (it should).

Note that Google Chrome is only offered easily for Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/openSUSE distros, anything else and you'll need to have more knowledge to install it yourself.

This is a very interesting question. Privacy reasons are about Google services, not Chrome. If you take a close look at Chrome’s privacy policy without a presumption of guilt in advance, then in Basic Mode (without logging into an account) it seems quite innocent:

> The personal information that Chrome stores won’t be sent to Google unless you choose to store that data in your Google Account by turning on sync. https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/privacy/#browser-modes

> By default, the usage statistics do not include any personal information. … Usage statistics and crash reports are tagged with all variations a client participates in, including both low entropy and high entropy variations. These reports, which also contain a pseudonymous client identifier, can be disabled in Chrome settings. https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/whitepaper.html

The suspicion that Google constructs shadow profiles using the evil “X-Client-Data” HTTP header also didn’t seem to be confirmed, especially since:

> So you can see having User-Agent strings on a damn browser is less than irrelevant to Google, because it can still ID everyone it wants (and it has Google Analytics, DoubleClick, Adsense, reCaptcha and other code on pretty much every site that matters). https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/05/google_chrome_id_numbers/

I won’t say about security, I believe that Google has good reason to strictly maintain the reliability of its tool so that the information goes only to them, and not to third parties. And when you deliberately use the services of an advertising corporation, filling in all your information and passing it your web history, these are your problems, not the browser’s.

There is actually, you can find it here.

I mean, it doesn't label itself as such but it freely allows Facebook to track you all over the web and connect whatever pages you visit with one another.

Yeah, I don't know why Google mentions personal data in their terms and conditions, but they do: https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/eula_text.html

But let's be real - my guess is at least half of Chrome users are logged into a Google account. Part of this discussion is somewhat academic, because for those people, Google is tracking massive amounts of personal data.

Language detection for Chrome Translate is done 100% within the browser, without any data being sent to Google servers.

However, yes, the translation that happens afterwards does, I think, use google servers. :/

So I have a bunch of high quality anime movies/series and if I am watching one of them I always look out for a good rain scene. If I got one I stop the video, open OBS and record the scene. After that I open Google Chrome, go to Giphy, create the GIF and upload it privat.

Just use Chrome instead of Chromium. Chrome is really stable in Mint. I've been using it for quite a while now.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html?brand=CHBD&gclid=CjwKCAiAxuTQBRBmEiwAAkFF1jpCg2M2_MPBtW6bwuy6caf5UvpSPnArmXky0BCUF3gzdS-NqtFCZhoCLroQAvD_BwE

Even comes packaged in your flavor these days.

"You can restore your browser settings in Chrome at any time. You might need to do this if apps or extensions you installed changed your settings without your knowledge. Your saved bookmarks and passwords won't be cleared or changed."

On your computer, open Chrome.
1. At the top right, click the 3 vertical dots and then choose "Settings"
2. At the bottom, click "Show advanced settings"
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Under the section "Reset settings,” click "Reset settings"
4. In the box that appears, click Reset.

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en

You can also download and run the Chrome Cleanup tool: https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/

"This application will scan and remove software that may cause problems with Chrome, such as crashes, unusual startup pages or toolbars, unexpected ads you can't get rid of, or otherwise changing your browsing experience."

"The Chrome Cleanup Tool is a program written by Google that will scan a computer for programs that cause problems in Google Chrome. The targeted applications are potentially unwanted programs, malware, badware, and adware extensions that cause advertisements or other wanted actions to appear in Chrome.

Using the Chrome Cleanup Tool is very easy. Simply download it, run it, and let it scan your computer for unwanted programs. If it detects any unwanted programs, it will alert you and wait for you to remove them. Once the programs are removed, it will reset Google back to its default settings.

It is important to note that after the Chrome Cleanup Tool has finished running and you close the program, it will automatically delete itself. So do not be surprised if you run it once, but are unable to find it again when you attempt to run it at a later date."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/chrome-cleanup-tool/

Nope. On a 64bit OS you can choose whether you want to run 32 or 64bit executables.

For chrome you have to click the "Download Chrome for another platform" link on the download page and choose the 64bit version.

It's actually very easy. Download the files, then open demo.html in Chrome. (You can use demo-two-column.html too, but start with the simpler one first.) This provides a rendered view of the file.

To edit, download an editor that handles HTML well. A nice & simple one for Windows users is Notepad++. Open the same demo.html file in the editor and find the line that has <stat-block> in it. That's called an "opening tag" of an HTML element. Further in the file you can see </stat-block>, which is a closing tag. The text between these two tags comprises the element's contents. Similar for other elements within <stat-block>.

You should be able to infer what the various other elements inside of <stat-block> do through experimentation (it's all simple stuff). When you save changes to the file, refresh the view of it in Chrome with CTRL+F5 to see how the changes affect the rendering.

When you have something that works for you, take a screenshot of the view from within Chrome if you wish to tweak the image further in something like Photoshop (Paint.NET is an excellent free image editor for those that don't have PS).

Assuming you've already tried chrome cleanup tool, otherwise uninstall sketchy programs that may have installed itself on your computer without you noticing or firefox seems to be good xd

Slang for 'source'... They're asking for a link for reference, like this one from a Senior Software Engineer at Google.

Unfortunately, these are half measures. People using the latest developer builds that include these changes say there has been little effect on energy consumption.

Hey there, excellent question.

We can't speak from experience when answering this, because it hasn't happened yet. No Chromebook has yet to meet its end of life date. The first two (the CR-48 and Samsung Series 5) are scheduled for this coming December.

What I can do is point you to the official end of life policy page, which says the following:

When a device reaches End of Life (EOL), it means that the product model is considered obsolete and automatic software updates from Google are no longer guaranteed.
Enterprise customers using devices that have passed their EOL date will no longer receive full support from Google’s Enterprise team. Additionally, Enterprise customers using devices that have passed their EOL date may find that they cannot manage their devices as expected using the administrator control panel or leverage new management features released.
Google will provide advanced notice of a model’s EOL Date on this page as soon as it is launched, giving our customers time to make purchase decisions.
EOL dates may be pushed later than the initial date published, but will never be sooner than listed, which will be at least a minimum of 5 years from launch of the hardware.

We'll probably learn more about this process as we get closer to the cut off for the CR-48 and Series 5.

You can. Google knew everyone would be looking for "Ultron", so they changed the name to "Canary" to throw everyone off the scent.

Here's a download link: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html

Yes there is a 64 bit version that is not beta. If you go to their website and click download then look under the download link there is a link to download the stable 64 bit version. It came out I think one version ago.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?platform=win64

I think I solved it. Used an offline installer which can be acquired by downloading the installer from this url (standalone=1): https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?platform=win64&standalone=1

[UPDATE 1] After further investigating something doesn't look good still. It has the 'unknown-m' tag which is what the 64bit edition has as far as I know. But the task manager says that the process is 32bit and the user agent string doesn't have 'Win64' in it.

I've also noticed that on the download page it only says Windows 8/7 for the 64bit and Windows 8.1/8/7 for the 32bit. Maybe it's actually not compatible with 8.1 and that is the cause of the problem. I have no idea what would be so different about it that makes it not working.

Because Google actually check (generally) the ads domain. Copy from a comment: "When I search for chrome download on Bing, the top result is https://www.google.com/chrome. Which could be faked, as seen in the referenced tweet: https://twitter.com/GabrielLandau/status/1055300918101598208 Yes, they show the word "Ad", alongside the domain name "google.com" - except the user doesn't end up on "google.com"."

Here is a short step-by-step instruction

Download Chrome Beta (this can be aside to your regular Chrome installation)
Open Chrome Beta, go to chrome://flags/, search on AV1 and enable the option (or go directly to chrome://flags/#enable-av1-decoder)
Go to youtube.com/testtube and click Always Prefer AV1
View a video from the AV1 Beta Launch Playlist and test via the Statistics for nerds (right-click on a video) if AV1 is streamed

Here is a short step-by-step instruction

Download Chrome Beta (this can be aside to your regular Chrome installation)
Open Chrome Beta, go to chrome://flags/, search on AV1 and enable the option (or go directly to chrome://flags/#enable-av1-decoder)
Go to youtube.com/testtube and click Always Prefer AV1
View a video from the AV1 Beta Launch Playlist and test via the Statistics for nerds (right-click on a video) if AV1 is streamed

BTW, if you want Google Chrome to install into the Program Files (x86) folder instead of the users folder, here is an offline installer you can download:

https://www.google.com/chrome/?system=true&standalone=1&platform=win64

Not sure what's happening here, but this is what I would do:

Change password (and make sure it's not a password you use anywhere else)
Run through the Google Security Checkup:

https://myaccount.google.com/security-checkup

Seriously consider adding two factor authentication (if you haven't already). I recommend using the Authy app as your second factor.
Download and run the Google Chrome cleanup tool:

https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/index.html

Consider resetting Chrome (and being careful when re-enabling extensions).
Download and run Malwarebytes to rule out a local problem with your computer (malicious software hijacking your browser or stealing your login details).

Better integration with their services, user data on peoples browsing habits, more personalised browsing experience (that can lead to more ad clicks), more personalised ads and a few other things. Fun fact Chrome for android and iOS broadcasts your location to google every time you use it. That way they can work out your daily habits and build better ads. You can see a map of all the location data they have collected here. They also datamine the crap out of peoples data to improve their other services. EG they have a very large database of WI-FI access points so they can get more accurate location data.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/whitepaper.html

EDIT: Oh I forgot to mention. They now have the power to forcefully change how websites operate. Just like how old versions of IE handled shit weirdly. Except with Chrome, they can force change intentionally. Such as implementing new video codecs, features and many other things. Or they can just remove a feature, and since Chrome has a majority of users; websites have to compensate.

Chrome is open source and doesn't really do any extraordinary data collection.

Even if it did, it's software that you choose to use. Do you get angry with the grocery store for giving you a club card and using it to track your purchase habits and make relevant offers?

No it doesn't you crackpot. Chromium is the open source project that Chrome is based on. Believe it or not, but Google is a huge multinational corporation who has to adhere to other nation's privacy standards. They're not collecting "all the information you put through it." Using the search suggestions does send what you type (since it's not fucking magic) to Google, but disabling that is literally just one check box. You can write whatever you want in a post on reddit and that's not sent, or any conversation, or whatever else information you want to share. Here's Google's privacy white paper if you actually want to look at what is shared: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/whitepaper.html

Guess what too? You can disable almost all of it (first launch usage statistics aren't practical to disable unless using their ADM templates in a GPO.) Or install Chromium.

> they haven't rolled it out yet

What do you mean by this? It's right there on their downloads page and has been for a long time. It's the default installation for a Windows machine.

To get chrome you go here.

https://www.google.com/chrome/

Download the .deb file

If you have GDebi install. It will install without having to use commands to install the chrome .deb package.

sudo dpkg -i {package_name}

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

There is no Chrome browser in your repositories. Only Chromium.

It is great for web development testing. I've even had Chrome Canary running along with normal Chrome, with regular and incognito windows open in both for testing. Development testing is probably 90% of the time I use incognito, the remainder is on someone else's PC or to get around a paywall to read an article.

Certainly. Of course, it'd be alot easier if you could actually access their source code - they could literally add anything between Chromium and Chrome and no-one would be any the wiser.

Here's an example of them tracking the browsing of students who have been issued Chromebooks.

Back in June 2015, this story broke that Google had been downloading audio listeners onto computers that run Chrome.

Also, their own privacy policy:

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/

states that spellcheck and predictive text are sent to Google.

Now, Google's main revenue stream is targeted advertising, based on data collected by them; so why would the data collected in Chrome be any different? There's a reason the largest and most ubiquitous advertising company in the world made a browser, you know.

Pre W10 I ran into similar installer issues a while back with the Canary build and I never found a solution. I hope someone can help you get the problem resolved. Perhaps you could try installing Chrome Beta.

Can we know the video card & amount of RAM? I like Mint 17 LTS, it works well & is laid out in a Windows like way. For best performance the MATE version is my favorite for it's speed and stability.

Chrome is easy to install from here https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html (Mint is Ubuntu, choose 32 or 64 bit depending on which OS you installed, probably 64 bit)

Chrome is the only piece of software you should need to download & install from a website, it comes with Flash & updates itself when you run the system updates since it adds a ppa (source) to your Computer.

Everything else your mom might need should come from the software center to help maintain security, including Skype (I think). Adding extra unneeded third party PPAs is kind of like handing over the keys to your computer, do it only from trusted sources.

For kids, Nickelodeon's app supports Chromecast, which is interesting because there's no Nick app for the other set-top boxes. You can check out the PBS Kids app as well (separate from the main PBS app). Netflix also has a kids-specific section.

Some other apps with free content include Watch ABC, CBS, and Comedy Central. I also like Pluto TV, which is good for just turning on the TV as background (the surfing channel is awesome). Google's full list of Chromecast apps is here.

Have her download the Google Cast Extension for Chrome on her MacBook. This will let her stream pretty much any browser tab, which is good for the free version of Hulu and some other sites. She'll want to plug in her Mac while doing this because it drains battery, and if streaming quality isn't good, go into Options and reduce quality to 480p.

Hope that helps!

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