Google’s new web browser touts ease of use and superior speed than any browser currently available. Thousands of people have downloaded and tested the browser with mostly favorable results. Being a relatively new browser much of the “hidden” functions of chrome have remained under the radar. Here are the top 9 of the “hidden” things that you did not know about Chrome.

  • about:stats – Display page statistics
  • about:memory – Display memory usage by Chrome browser
  • about:plugins – Display list of plugins installed in Chrome
  • about:histograms – Display connection times and various other metrics in histogram format
  • about:dns – Display DNS information currently used by Chrome
  • about:cache – Display cached web pages
  • about:network – Display a menu for various network monitoring and testing. To show data click the first button Start I/O Tracking and then Show Current I/O Status
  • view-cache:stats – Display cached documents
  • chrome-resource:/new-tab/ – Display a template for the empty tab page
  • about:version – Display information about the browser
  • view-source:http://example.com – Display the source code of the webpage.