RANT: Google Chrome Enterprise Installer Desktop Shortcut

Up to this point, I've found Google Chrome to be a great browser. But, I just installed the Enterprise version of Chrome to give the application to all users. To my chagrin, I found that it also forces a shortcut on the desktop and taskbar for all new users. There doesn't seem to be a way to stop those shortcuts from getting created for all new users of the computer. Hey Google, stop trying to be like Microsoft pushing IE down our throats. Not everyone wants to have Google Chrome shortcuts plastered every where. 

Perhaps I can put together a script that deletes these annoying shortcuts...

TIPS & TRICKS: Google Chrome Behavior of Green Zoom/Maximize Button in Lion

Apparently, Chrome is still using the pre-Lion behavior of the green button, which is as a zoom button. In Lion, this basically means that when a Chrome window that is not full screen and the green button is pushed, then the Chrome window stretches full screen only vertically and not horizontally. I thought one of the best features of Lion was Apple's redesign of the green button to be a true full screen.

The fix for this is to hold down the shift button while hitting the green button. This will make the Chrome window fill the screen.

TIPS & TRICKS: Google Chrome, Windows 7, and Last Window Placement

If you know me, you'll know that I routinely use private browsing all the time. I don't care to have the browser remember any of my personal data or what sites I've visited. If I really wanted to remember something, then I will bookmark or blog the page. This means that when I use Google Chrome, I'm using its Incognito mode all the time.

One drawback to Incognito is that it also doesn't remember the screen location of the last window you used. In other words, I want the Incognito Chrome window to open in the same place on my screen every time I open a new window. This is actually a good feature because Incognito's purpose is to remember NOTHING. This should also include locally stored settings like screen location.

To get the window to open in the same place, just open a normal Chrome window, move it to the place you want it, close that normal window. Next time an Incognito window is opened, it should open in the last location where the normal window was closed.

Happy Computing.