If your browser of choice is Google Chrome then sit back and enjoy the ride as we are going through some great productivity tips for it.
So without further talking let's dive right into them.
Browsing using tabs groups in Chrome
If you have plenty of tabs opened during your browsing session clogging your screen then you will be happy to know that it is possible to group tabs under, well tabs groups. The good part is that you can name groups however you wish and even code them with color if you wish so.
Right-click a tab for a website you want to put into a group. Select
Add tab to the new group, then type in a name for the group and choose a color. Create as many groups as you want in this way.
To put a tab into an existing group, right-click the tab, select
Add tab to group, and select the group to which you want to add the tab. To remove a tab from a group, right-click it and select
remove from group.
Send a highlighted text to another Chrome user
If you want to send some text or article you stumbled upon while surfing the internet, there is an easy way to do it providing that the target user is also on Google chrome.
Highlight the text you want to share, then right-click it and select
Copy link to highlight. That creates the link and puts it into your clipboard. Copy the link from your clipboard and send it to someone. When they click on it, they’ll be sent to the section of the web page with the text you want to share, and the text will be highlighted in yellow.
Sync Google Chrome via the account on multiple devices
If you use multiple devices there is an option to sync Chrome through all of these devices and get all of your bookmarks, history, etc. All you have to do is click on three dots in the upper right corner and click on
synchronize.
Take note that you will need a Google account in order to sync accounts and you will need to be logged in on all devices you are syncing.
Use multiple search engines
If you need or want to use multiple search engines inside Chrome like BING, DuckDuckGo, etc. now you can and you can do it very easily.
Click the three-dot menu icon at the top right of Chrome and select
Settings, Search engine, Manage search engines. Under the
Default search engines section toward the top of the page, you’ll see a list of search engines you can search through without having to navigate to their sites.
To perform a search using any of these engines, such as Bing.com, type bing.com into the address bar and press the
Tab key. The leftmost part of the address bar changes, it will read Search Bing or whatever search engine you’ve typed in. Now just type in your search term and press
Enter, and you’ll do a search with that search engine.
Search similar websites in content
When you are searching for content on google there is a very easy and quick way to find similar content on the internet. For example, if you want to find more sites similar to the searched site just type in the address bar in front of address
related:
For example, if you want sites similar to Microsoft, you would type related:www.microsoft.com
Open specific set of websites on Chrome startup
If you need and want to open a specific set of pages each time Chrome is booted know that you can.
Click the three, dot icon at the top right of Chrome and select
Settings, You and Google, then scroll to the On startup section at the bottom of the screen. Select Open a specific page or set of pages, then click
Add a new page, type or paste in the page’s URL and click
Add. Add as many pages as you want this way.
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History of Commodore
With sales booming and the early reliability issues with the hardware addressed, software for the C64 began to grow in size and ambition during 1984. This growth shifted to the primary focus of most US game developers. The two holdouts were Sierra, who largely skipped over the C64 in favor of Apple and PC compatible machines, and Broderbund, who was heavily invested in educational software and developed primarily around the Apple II. In the North American market, the disk format had become nearly universal while cassette and cartridge-based software all but disappeared. So most US-developed games by this point grew large enough to require multi-loading.
At a mid-1984 conference of game developers and experts at Origins Game Fair, Dan Bunten, Sid Meier, and a representative of Avalon Hill said that they were developing games for the C64 first as the most promising market. By 1985, games were an estimated 60 to 70% of Commodore 64 software. Over 35% of SSI's 1986 sales were for the C64, ten points higher than for the Apple II.
Everything was great for Commodore but the industry was moving forward and by the year 1988, PC compatible computers were stated to be the largest and fastest-growing home entertainment systems pushing C64 on to second place. Also, Nintendo’s gaming system has started to take hold in the world with amazing 7 million systems sold in 1988 only.
By the year 1991, many developers exited the gaming market for Commodore 64 home computer system and its popularity started to fall due to lack of software and not so many hardware changes.
Commodore announced that the C64 would be finally discontinued in 1995.
However, only one month later in April 1994, the company filed for bankruptcy. When Commodore went bankrupt, all production on their inventory, including the C64, was discontinued, thus ending the C64's 11 and a half year production.
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If you are not keen on spending money for reliving and checking games or software of C64 here are some links to help you to at least experience part of it completely free.
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