Google Chrome: How to make it faster, smarter and better than before

February 18, 2013

If you aren't using Google Chrome yet, you should be. When it comes to browser speed—and especially JavaScript performance—Mozilla and Microsoft can't compete with Google. But Chrome can go even faster if you're willing to make some adjustments under the hood. To help with that effort, we've gathered for your consideration a few of our favorite free Google Chrome. Experience the power enhancements they provide, and in a few days you'll wonder how you ever survived online with a bare-bones browser. If you're a more-advanced power user, you can dig into Chrome's experimental options that use your CPU and GPU to optimize your Web browsing. Those options are buried in an obscure Chrome menu to prevent casual surfers from accidentally borking their browsers, but we'll describe where the options are and how they work. Speed freaks unite! Power extensions If you don't already have the latest version of Google Chrome installed and running properly on your system, take those preliminary steps now. Afterward, open the Chrome Web Store, and you'll see an overwhelming array of Chrome apps for augmenting your browser with games, music players, and social networks. The extensions we'll focus on here are designed to make Chrome leaner, meaner and more efficient. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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