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Video: How to Enable Google Instant in Chrome

Posted on 12. Sep, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 3 Comments

Here is a quick guide on enabling Google Instant in Chrome. You must do this in the Dev or Canary versions for the time being. Simply place the “–enable-match-preview” flag in your Chrome shortcut. It then allows you to use Instant from the omnibox. Check out the video to see how easy it is.

This is going to be really useful for everyone once it is on by default in the next Chrome stable update, or whenever it is released.

How to Use Chrome Webapps Right Now

Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 5 Comments

Here are screen-by-screen steps on how to add the Calendar, Docs and Gmail apps to your Chrome browser. This is what this will look like when you are done.

Your tabs for the three will look like this.

Additionally, when you open a new tab, you’ll get a window that looks like this.

1. Download Chrome 6.

Firstly, you need to get the Chrome 6 development build for this to work. Here is a direct link to download it.

2. Add a Command Line Flag to your Chrome Shortcut.

This is easy, just go to your desktop and right click on your Chrome icon. Select Properties. In the Properties window, you’ll need to add a space and then the flag “–enable-apps” at the end of the Target location.

Hit OK.

3. Go into Developer Mode.

Open your shortcut of Chrome (remember, you have to use this one in order for this to work in the future). Navigate in the omnibar to chrome://extensions

Click on Developer Mode over on the far right.

4. Load the Extensions

A developer toolbar will appear; click on Load unpacked extension.

You’ll be asked to select the path of the extensions.

Windows Vista/7

\Users\[profile name]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\[version]\Resources\

Windows XP

\Documents & Settings\[profile name]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\[version]\Resources\