November 8, 2012

The Chrome App Launcher

A cool feature from Chrome OS is now ported to Chrome for Windows: the app launcher. For now, it's only available in Chromium, but it will soon make its way to Chrome's dev channel. To enable it, open a new tab, enter this address: chrome://flags, press Enter, scroll to the bottom of the page, click "Enable" next to "Show Chromium Apps Launcher" and restart the browser.

You should see a new icon in the taskbar for a launcher that includes the apps you've installed from the Chrome Web Store and a search box that works just like Chrome's Omnibox. The app launcher is great because it's there even if Chrome's windows have been closed and it's a faster way to open an app, perform a search or go to any other site. You can also use it for simple calculations and unit conversions. It reminds me of the Google Quick Search Box and a similar feature from Google Desktop.




{ via Chrome Story }

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6 comments:

  1. Funk82November 8, 2012 at 5:33 AM

    Can't wait for this to hit Chrome proper. Looks like an awesome tool I'd use a whole lot on Win7

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  2. UnknownNovember 8, 2012 at 6:14 AM

    The same as on Chrome OS, love how there making all the Chromes the same. You can enable a flag on Chrome that you can search for Contacts in the search box.

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  3. UnknownNovember 8, 2012 at 6:44 AM

    Hmm, what does it look like on Windows XP? (Yes, I know I need to upgrade.)

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  4. MilleNovember 11, 2012 at 6:04 AM

    Please tell if they sneak it in the stable version of Chrome :-)

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  5. turbo5tjApril 16, 2013 at 8:53 AM

    I couldn't open the program. instructions?

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