Google Chrome Cheat Sheet: Tips and Tricks

That sort of thing is very handy when testing workflows between users on a system that uses cookies for session state, though is actually handled better by IE of all things.

Using "new session" from the file menu in IE8 (or just running a new instance of iexplore.exe (instead of just creating a new window) under IE6/7 if you have the "reuse windows" option turned off) you can create several independent sessions. There are not many cases when you need a lot of concurrent sessions, but there are a few I hit occasionally where four is useful (for instance a workflow where a file quality reviewer, adviser, adviser's supervisor, and a compliance officer all interact with the process at some stage).

You can do the same in Firefox but in a slightly more long-winded way: you need to setup independent profiles which is a little more faf initially. Each profile gets its own firefox.exe process and addin-ins, which can be handy: I keep a clean profile (no addins at all) for some testing (for instance to rule out an oddity being due to interaction with a particular plugin) without having to disable all the add-ins on my main profile.

Very useful for SEO as well, you can check rankings without logging out of your gmail preferences.

and don't forget, easy access to incognito:

ctrl(cmd for mac)+shift+n

handy for testing session/cookie issues without having to reset everything

Also useful for reopening a window should you close it, the back button is awfully near to close window on a mac.

This is a great feature, did not realize this was available. I used to open a new table and click it from recently closed list. Thanks!

also known as ctrl+T

;-)

Search engine keyword are meant for exactly that. For queries to work though you need to configure the search URL: double-click on the DDG entry for the engine in the Manage Search Engine dialog and make sure its URL is set to http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

Duh! I just had to press tab after typing the shortcut. Something as short as “d” is a bother because Chrome populates your omnibar with suggestions, so you have to delete and then press tab; “ddg” feels more apt =).

Edited for clarity.

Also try Ctrl-E or Ctrl-K.

Control-click on the address bar, click "Edit search engines...", and you can create a thing. The keyword will be a shortcut for the page, and "%s" in the URL will be replaced with the text following the keyword when you type it in. For example, here's my Wikipedia search engine thing:

  Name: Wikipedia
  Keyword: wp
  URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&search=%s

Then, when I type "wp cheese", it goes to the URL "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&#..., which is a Wikipedia search for "cheese".

you can also clear DNS cache here

chrome://net-internals/#dns

and it comes with a very handy HTTP req/response capture tool

chrome://net-internals/#events

Are you talking about Chromium OS / Chrome OS? Yes, it is slightly different than Chromium/Chrome. I have both Chromium/Chome installed and I don't and haven't ever seen Network. It is present on my CR-48 though.

It is present in Chrome dev channel.