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favorite configuration on desktop
restore previous session
chrome://settings/onStartup -> check "Continue where you left off"
or
Settings -> On startup -> check "Continue where you left off"
or
Settings -> On startup -> Manage on startup pages -> Pages to open on startup -> check "Continue where you left off"
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chrome://settings/startupUrls -> Manage on startup pages -> Pages to open on startup -> check "Continue where you left off"
disable video auto play
- Disable automatic playing of videos on facebook.com using this extension. Once the extension is installed, hide the icon in the toolbar by right clicking on it → select “Hide in Chrome menu”.
Configuration
set up custom search engines
Right click in the address bar -> Edit search engines or preferences button -> Settings -> Settings -> Search -> Manage search engines
Add a new search engine | Keyword | URL with %s in place of query |
---|---|---|
Wikipedia.org | wiki | https://www.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php?family=wikipedia&language=en&search=%s&go=&go=Go |
raju.shoutwiki.com | rwiki | http://raju.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go |
To access the search engines, enter the keyword in the address bar and press tab.
Another easy way to add a custom search engine is to go to the website, right click on the search bar → select “Add as search engine…” → edit the fields if necessary → ok
dummy
fast select text in chrome
- Select the first word or letter or a part of the word where you want to start copying.
- Scroll down till the place you have to copy.
- Hold down the Shift key, and click on the ending of the text.
links I came across
- https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179 - chrome keyboard shortcuts
Extensions
Install ublock origin
Ref:- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/master/dist#build-instructions-for-developers
cd $software/build mkdir ublock_origin_parent; cd ublock_origin_parent git clone https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock.git # 2022-09-20: Do we have to check out uAssets? git clone https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets.git cd uBlock git checkout master conda activate py310 ./tools/make-chromium.sh
The package is created in dist/build/uBlock0.chromium
chrome -> chrome://extensions/ Enable Developer mode -> Load unpacked select /uBlock/dist/build/uBlock0.chromium/
Useful links:
- https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues - This is the issue tracker as per https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3726
Install bypass paywalls
Ref:- https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
cd $software/zipped mkdir -p bypass_paywalls cd bypass_paywalls
Create a backup of the existing zip file
make_bkup.py master.zip
Download the zip file
curl -L -O https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/archive/master.zip
Create a backup of previously unzipped version.
cd ../../unZipped make_bkup.py bypass-paywalls-chrome-master rm -rf bypass-paywalls-chrome-master
Unzip the latest version
unzip ../zipped/bypass_paywalls/master.zip
This will unzip everything into $software/unZipped/bypass-paywalls-chrome-master
chrome -> chrome://extensions/ Enable Developer mode -> Load unpacked select $software/unZipped/bypass-paywalls-chrome-master
related:
- https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/archive/v1.7.5.zip - link to download a specific version.
- https://github.com/KamarajuKusumanchi/rutils/blob/master/python3/make_bkup.py - script to backup a directory or a file.
extensions I use
- autoscroll
- Install this extension to scroll using the middle mouse button in chrome on Debian.
- It supports two ways of scrolling:
- Press (or hold) the middle mouse button and then move the mouse
- Hold Ctrl and press the left mouse button