Have google fiddled about with Chrome?

[RogerS]

When I used to click on the wee G at the left of bookmark bar, the new page displayed had a line of useful apps such as maps, images etc. That has now disappeared. I eventually found it under the little nought and crosses icon which when clicked shows a dropdown of Maps etc and other apps. But then you have to click again to select the Maps...

is there a settings that has got misaligned?

Or is this Google being its ever 'we know better' approach ?

 

[mseries]

I don't see a G at the left of the bookmark bar on my Windows7 machine here. To be honest I rarely use a bookmarks bar anyway, if I remember I'll check my Linux and Android versions later. I have noticed that google.co.uk has lost the links to maps, images though - which I find a little annoying, if it's this that you mean, then yes, it's a case of we know better as these are gone when I use the page in Firefox!!!

 

[CHJ]

My version has gone all Icon based under apps. But looks like you have to sign-up to get them.

Same as Google;-

Edited:- Why o Why do they all think I need a picture to point me to a progam and control how I use it.

 

[RogerS]

mseries...exactly so. Missing those tabs for Maps etc.

So not a setting...just google deciding they know best (again)

 

[Graham Orm]

Google fiddle with Chrome? Next you'll be telling us that the Americans listen in on phone conversations! :lol:

 

[Graham Orm]

Type 'Google Maps' into the Google search box. When it comes up with a maı̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̨p save that page to your bookmark bar at the top of the screen.

 

[mseries]

I must confess I tend to goto maps.google.co.uk directly. And for images search which I do alot, I do a search then it shows the images link and I click that. I don't use my gmail much, most often from the app on my Android - though my phone one is pretty rubbish.

 

[nicguthrie]

It's very quick and easy to make a new folder on your bookmark bar, call it something like G. Then go to the first page of each google service that you want to bookmark, and drag the little icon from just before the address, drop it onto that folder on your bookmark bar.

You'll get a list of the services that you want, and if you click the titles in that folder in future, get catapulted straight there, you don't need any pesky automated bookmarks when you can make your own

By dragging that little icon from the address bar, you even assign the proper icon to the address, so it'll even look official.

Chrome is a great browser with great extensions, but it's not without it's flaws, I swapped to using it when Firefox lost it's polish a year or so ago. There is a fault with it that I'm hoping gets fixed soon tho, if you keep a website open and don't close your PC regularly etc, you can end up with a single tab using up to a gig of RAM, slowing the PC, and potentially even killing the browser.

You may know all this already, but I just thought I'd add how to bypass needing those shortcuts.

Nic.

 

[RogerS]

It's very quick and easy to make a new folder on your bookmark bar, call it something like G. Then go to the first page of each google service that you want to bookmark, and drag the little icon from just before the address, drop it onto that folder on your bookmark bar.

You'll get a list of the services that you want, and if you click the titles in that folder in future, get catapulted straight there, you don't need any pesky automated bookmarks when you can make your own

By dragging that little icon from the address bar, you even assign the proper icon to the address, so it'll even look official.

Chrome is a great browser with great extensions, but it's not without it's flaws, I swapped to using it when Firefox lost it's polish a year or so ago. There is a fault with it that I'm hoping gets fixed soon tho, if you keep a website open and don't close your PC regularly etc, you can end up with a single tab using up to a gig of RAM, slowing the PC, and potentially even killing the browser.

You may know all this already, but I just thought I'd add how to bypass needing those shortcuts.

Nic.

Nice one, Nic. Works a treat.