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9 Ways to Make the Most of Google Chrome

By Rick Broida

Updated on: September 8, 2008 / 12:00 PM EDT / MoneyWatch

Have you taken Google Chrome for a test drive yet? If not, it's well worth your time, if only to see how Google's new browser manages to out-innovate even Firefox. Meanwhile, Google Operating System put together a list of nine Google Chrome tips to help you really maximize the experience. A sampling:

Show the list of recently visited pages from the current tab: right-click on the "Back" button. This also works for the "Forward" button.
Undo closing a tab: press Ctrl+Shift+T or open a new tab and check the "Recently closed tabs" section.
Perform simple calculations and unit conversions using Google Calculator by simply typing the expression in Google Chrome's address bar (or "omnibox"). To copy the answer, select the suggestion.

Great stuff! I also recommend checking out Incognito mode (Ctrl-Shift-N), which gives you a "protected" browser window, one that collects no cookies and leaves no traces of itself in your browser history. Take that, browser-monitoring corporate overlords!