#Google chrome desktop toolbar for android#
#Google chrome desktop toolbar download#

Eyeball it carefully to ensure you’ve included the “:” and the two “//”, and click “OK”. For example gets you one of the slick personalized home pages.

Or make your life easier and actually type in the URL. Make sure in the address bar it hasn’t been hijacked or changed (as my Dad’s computer has with the Google search) then navigate back here and click “Use current pages”. The “Use current pages” feature is nice: close all tabs but the main window then navigate to the page you want to use as your home page. I prefer “Continue where I left off” because your “home” page can be hijacked, but let’s say you want to keep a standard home page (maybe Yahoo’s home page, say, or MSN.com) and that’s hijacked already.Ĭhoose “Open a specific page or set of pages” then click “Set pages”:

Now you’ll have yet more things you can tweak and adjust, but look for “On startup”: Lots you can monkey with here, but let’s stay focused. Look on the top right for a button that has three horizontal lines:Ĭlick on it and a ton of different options appear: Let’s start by finding the “Settings” preference. Still, we don’t want to cry Uncle if we can fix the problem, do we? 🙂

Worst case, you can always delete Chrome then use another browser like Internet Explorer to download a fresh copy of Google Chrome. Let’s jump in and I’ll just hope you can wade your way through the junk they’ve installed and fix things. Sneaky and darn frustrating!Ĭhrome makes it pretty easy to clean things up, but yeah, it’s a huge pain. When he goes to Gmail, it pushes out a sequence of pop-up ads in separate windows, some of which even have fake “close” buttons that actually launch yet another ad window if you click on it. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.My Dad’s going through a very similar problem where he goes to “” and ends up at another search site that is plastered with ads all over the page. Google should consider this button a big enough improvement for users to roll out. This addition is a small change in a large scheme, but represents a non-negligible UI addition to the Chrome layout for Android. Even after version 101 went stable on Tuesday, its availability has been much higher in the last few weeks, although Google hasn't officially announced the features yet. It was introduced to some people as part of a regular A/B test.

Toolbar shortcuts date back to Chrome 92 for Android in July 2021. One of three actions can appear here: New tab (plus sign), Share, or Voice search (microphone).īy default, the button users see is 'Based on your usage,' with Google providing a 'Current recommendation.' 'New tab' and 'Share' are already placed in the overflow menu, while the 'Voice search' appears on tapping the address bar. Google on Android has been following a traditional approach with the toolbar with the home button, address bar, tab switcher, and overflow menu, housing many such actions.Īccording to 9to5Google, Google now appears to be more widely rolling out a 'toolbar shortcut' between the Omnibox and tab button/counter. However, such changes may be in progress in its Chrome web browser, with the addition of a customizable toolbar shortcut. Google has been rather sceptical about changing Chrome's interface and layout, given its vast user base.

#Google chrome desktop toolbar download#

#Google chrome desktop toolbar for android#