You probably use your browser more frequently than any other application during the course of a workday. Additionally, you probably squander more time using your browser than any other program. One of the biggest productivity drainers is ineffective web browsing.
Google Chrome users, assistance is on the way. We've gathered advice that will help you use your time browsing the web far more effectively. These ideas cover anything from setting Chrome to open your most important websites automatically to grouping your favorite websites into tabs for quick access.
Although the most of these suggestions also apply to macOS, Linux, and, of course, Chrome OS, they were created for Chrome in Windows. Some also function in the mobile Chrome apps.
Open Chrome and let's get started.
If you use Chrome as a lot of people do and open many tabs when conducting research and exploring the web, you are aware of how challenging it may be to locate the tab with the precise information you need. Chrome provides a solution for that: tab groups make it easier to keep everything organized so you can quickly access the website you want. With this tool, you may classify websites into different groups, such as those that are about product launches and those that are used for economic research. You only see your groups rather than hundreds or more open tabs. The site you desire will then be immediately visible when you open a group. It much resembles the Collections feature of Microsoft Edge.
You'll like this advice if you ever need to send text from a website to someone else: If the recipient also uses Chrome, you may instantly send them a link that takes them right to the text you want them to read.
To achieve this, pick Copy link to highlight from the context menu when you right-click on the highlighted text. By doing so, the link is created and copied to your clipboard. Send the link to someone by copying it to your clipboard. When they click on it, the text you want to share is highlighted in yellow and takes them to the portion of the website where it is located.
3. Sync Chrome across devices
Turning on sync is one of the simplest and most effective ways to increase productivity if you use Chrome on many devices. Chrome on each device is an island unto itself when sync isn't enabled. Each device retains its own copy of your bookmarks, history, passwords, credit card data, extensions, settings, and other data. You'll need to invest a lot of effort in establishing and updating all of that duplicate information among each of them.
Instead, enable syncing on each device. Follow these steps to sync each desktop PC:
1. Start Chrome.
2. Click the profile icon in the top right corner of the screen.
3. Click Turn on Sync, then confirm that you wish to turn it on, on the screen that opens. (You will first be asked to sign into Chrome if you are not already signed in.)
All it takes is that. Your data will now be synchronised. To keep all of your devices in sync, follow these steps. Every modification or addition you make will be synchronised across all devices.
4. Find Useful Websites Fast
Finding information online may be a time-consuming, irritating, and sometimes futile process. However, Chrome offers a feature that makes finding helpful websites much simpler.
You may easily find more sites that provide the exact information you're looking for once you find one that does. In the address box, enter related:URL, where URL is the URL of the website you're currently browsing, to identify websites that are similar to any other website.
For instance, enter related:bayurobyans.blogspot.com into the search field to find websites similar to bayurobyans.blogspot.com. After then, Google search results for related websites will appear.
5. Use Search Engines Without Navigating to Them
You'll value this suggestion if you utilize multiple search engines. You may search on any search engine without going to the search site thanks to it, which will save you a ton of time each day.
To do this, open Chrome and select Settings > Search engine > Manage search engines by clicking the three-dot menu symbol in the top right corner. You'll find a list of search engines you can use to do searches without visiting their websites under the "Default search engines" section near the top of the page.
Enter any of these search engines, such as Bing.com, into the address bar and press the Tab key to begin a search. The text "Search Bing" or the search engine you entered appears in the address bar's leftmost portion. You may now use that search engine to conduct a search by simply entering your search word and pressing Enter.
6. Open a Specific Set of Pages when You Start Chrome
Having a collection of Chrome tabs open all the time might be handy. Examples include Gmail, your company's website, a stock market tracker, your favorite news site, and others. However, going to each site and opening it each time you start Chrome can be a pain and take a lot of time.
There is a simpler method. Every time Chrome is launched, you can instruct it to open the same collection of pages. To do this, navigate to Settings > You and Google in Chrome's upper right corner, then scroll to the "On startup" section near the bottom of the screen. Click Add a new page, write or paste the URL of the desired page, and then choose Open a specific page or group of pages. This allows you to add as many pages as you like.
Click the three-dot icon next to any page in the startup group and choose Remove to remove it.
Additionally, you have the option to add all of your starter pages at once. Open tabs for each page you want Chrome to launch with before you begin. They should be the only tabs open in Chrome; don't launch any others. Return to the "On startup" area, and after that select Use current pages. They will then be the pages that launch whenever you launch a Chrome session.
7. Tap into Chrome's Hidden Superpowers
Many of the new features Google is exploring with introducing to Chrome can increase productivity or save you time when you browse the web. There is a method to start utilizing the newest productivity boosters before the rest of the world if you're the sort who likes to wait for Google to give them the official, final thumbs-up.
Turn on Chrome's "flags," which are experimental features that are hidden. In the address bar, type chrome:/flags. When I last checked, there were many of them on the page you reach.
Scroll through the list to find the flag you wish to try out, then click the box next to it. Restart Chrome after selecting Enabled from the drop-down menu.
After that, just continue using Chrome as usual. Go back and choose Disabled from the list to remove the flag.
Numerous flags are normally available to test out at any given moment. (Take note that the available flags may differ by platform and frequently change.) Here are some that you might wish to try out:
Turn on parallel downloading to hasten the download of files. Each download is divided into three pieces, each of which is downloaded simultaneously. When downloading large files, this can make a significant difference, but with tiny files, it won't.
Turn on this flag, then restart Chrome if you experience herky-jerky movement when scrolling over a website. Scrolling ought to feel more fluid. Although it might not have a direct impact on your productivity, scrolling will make you more relaxed.
Scroll Anchor Serialization: If, like me, you want to read web pages as soon as the content loads, you should enable this flag. Often, if you start reading a page while other elements are downloading, you'll lose track of where you are and have to go back and find it. By turning this on, you won't ever again get lost.
Turn on Reader Mode to only see the content of a page. Everything else, such as side panels and advertisements, is removed. You can focus on your task more readily as a result. When the flag is activated, a Page symbol for Reader Mode will show to the right of the URL bar.
8. Save Time with Keyboard Shortcuts
In some productivity programs, such as Microsoft Word, many individuals employ keyboard shortcuts to expedite operations, but many completely disregard them when using web browsers. It's unfortunate because keyboard shortcuts save a lot of time.
Key combination | Task |
Ctrl-Shift-B | Show or hide the Bookmarks bar |
Ctrl-D | Bookmark the current site |
Ctrl-L | Select the URL in the address bar |
Ctrl-F | Find on the current page |
Ctrl-R | Reload the current page |
Ctrl-H | Open your history in a new window |
Ctrl-N | Open a new window |
Ctrl-Shift-N | Open a new window in Incognito mode |
Ctrl-Shift-W | Close the current window |
Ctrl-T | Open a new tab and switch to it |
Ctrl-Tab | Switch to the next tab |
Ctrl-Shift-Tab | Switch to the previous tab |
Ctrl-W | Close the current tab |
Ctrl-Shift-T | Reopen tabs in the order they were closed |
Ctrl-+ (plus symbol) | Zoom in |
Ctrl-- (minus symbol) | Zoom out |
Space or PgDn | Scroll down a web page one screen at a time |
Shift-Space or PgUp | Scroll up a web page one screen at a time |
Ctrl-P | Print the current page |
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