“Pin Tab” A Simple and Useful Google Chrome Tip

by chrome story

Google Chrome Pin Tab

Today, I am going to share small, and simply Google Chrome tip, which is really useful if you have many tabs open at the same time. Named “Pin Tab”, this feature lets you reduce the width of each tab, by showing only the favoicon of the page, and not the page name. I will explain this in detail.

Before we start, let me tell you what a favicon is, it is a small ( really small ) icon that will be shown next to the website’s name or webpage’s title, on each browser tab. ( provided, the website has its own favicon. ). For example, if you look at the tab of chromestory.com now, the default favicon is show, which is a small image of a traditional paper sheet.

Pin Tab, when enabled, will show only this favoicon image, and not the title of the page, and that will reduce the width of the tab, in to less than 1 Cm. To enable this feature, all you need to do is, right click on the tab and select “Pin Tab” from the bottom. Since you can enable or disable this feature for individual tabs, you can actually pin some regularly used tabs like your email, and save some space.

Cool Uh ?

via lifehacker.

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10 comments

1 mapmanic { 10.13.09 at 9:15 pm }

Chrome “Pin Tab” feature only available in development build as of 2009 Oct 13.

2 100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School | Online Colleges { 10.26.09 at 9:48 am }

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3 Travis G { 10.29.09 at 1:40 am }

My Chrome browser doesn’t show this pin feature. Is it only for Dev channel subscribers?

4 chrome story { 10.30.09 at 3:43 pm }

as the comment on the top says

Chrome “Pin Tab” feature only available in development build as of 2009 Oct 13.

but, it will soon be available for everyone else ..

5 Zbiór przydatnych porad i informacji o Google dla każdego – Lajfmajster.pl { 11.29.09 at 5:04 pm }

[...] Przypnij zakładkę. Jeśli masz otwarte np. kilkanaście zakładek skorzystaj z Przypnij zakładkę, która zmniejszy zakładkę do rozmiaru fav-ikony i uniemożliwi jej zamknięcie. [...]

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[...] Przypnij kartę. Jeśli masz otwarte np. kilkanaście kart skorzystaj z Przypnij kartę, która zmniejszy kartę do rozmiaru fav-ikony i uniemożliwi jej zamknięcie (UPDATE: kiedy tekst był pisany opcja była dostępna w stabilnej wersji, lecz teraz jest dostępna tylko w wersji developerskiej). [...]

7 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers | Rapidcow { 01.12.10 at 9:28 pm }

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8 Diigo bookmarks 01/26/2010 (a.m.) @countnazgul.com { 01.26.10 at 2:42 pm }

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9 Will { 01.27.10 at 10:42 pm }

You could also just ’slam’ the tab against the left of the tab-bar.

10 100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School | Online Colleges « 100 ways… { 02.03.10 at 12:18 pm }

[...] Use a “Pin Tab”. If you have multiple tabs open, use a “Pin Tab” to make the tabs the size of the little icon on the left side. [...]

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