Secrets of Google Chrome address bar - 2

This is the second part of the article about the Google Chrome browser's address bar properties and functions. IN the first part it was about Omnibar use as a calculator, a currency converter and values, dictionaries and so on. Well, today we will teach the browser to search using different search services, check the websites for viruses and some other tricks.

By default, Chrome uses to search for the possibility of Google Search, which makes sense if you remember the origin of this browser. However, no one forbids us not to use any other search service, or even several, each for its task. Connect a new search engine in Chrome is not easy, but very easy!

Let's see how to make the default search used by Yandex. It's enough to at least once to use search on Yandex page, then you need to open settings Chrome and click Manage Search Engines. A window will appear Search enginesIn which you'll see a list of all the search services that you have ever used.

Now you need to find in this list of Yandex, select it and click on the button that appears

Use the default. All - now your default search engine Yandex has become and all requests will be transmitted precisely in this service.

However, this does not mean that you now only attached to this service. You are free to use any other search listed on your list. To do this, use the keyword search engines that you can see in the screenshot shown above, in the second column. To use a search engine other than umolchalnyh, simply type the keyword, and press TabThen it will be possible to enter his search request.

For example, if you are often looking for information about movies on kinopoisk, it is much easier to do it from the Google Chrome address bar. You just enter a keyword and the name of the movie to get the result immediately. The ability to use of the Chrome address bar of various services allows us to teach the browser implementation of a variety of tasks. Below I will give a few examples. Link showing how to look your search query, but what use keywords which you are comfortable.

Dictionary

http://slovari.yandex.ru/%s

Yandex Dictionaries not only let you know the definition of a word in a large number of dictionaries and encyclopedias, but also translated into various languages.

Find synonyms

http://www.synonymizer.ru/index.php? sword =% s

If you are a blogger, journalist, copywriter, or in any other way related to writing texts, you'll appreciate the ability to quickly find synonyms directly from the address bar.

Virus Check Website

http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show? url =% s

In 2010, the number of sites that distribute malware, increased compared with 2009, almost doubled. Therefore, if you doubt the safety of any resource, it is best to check it out online Norton Safe Web scanner type.

website screenshots

http://get.thumbshots.ru/?url=%s&size=L

With this service you can make a screenshot of the page directly from the Chrome address bar. Please note only that the screenshots do not show up immediately, to create one takes about 10 seconds, due to page load speed, its size, the time of the creation of the image and other factors.

We have considered the possibility of not all the address bar, but even from the described functions becomes clear that Omnibar in Google Chrome - is a powerful tool that in the right hands becomes a real command line Internet.