Make Chrome's address bar more like Firefox's Awesome Bar
I love Chrome—and Safari—because it's fast and uses WebKit. The only thing I hate about Chrome is looking up documentation. For instance, in Firefox 3+, if I type "prototype up" in the address bar, I am instantly sent to Prototype's documentation for the Element.up method. If I do this in Chrome, I have to actually click on the google search result to accomplish this.
Here's how you can set up your Chrome address bar to work more like Firefox's "Awesome Bar".
- Go into your Chrome preferences
- Under the "Basics" tab, click on the "Manage" button next to "Default search:"
- Hit the "+" button and name your new search whatever you'd like (I chose "Google Lucky"). Use anything you want for the "Keyword" field as well.
- Under "URL", paste this in:
{google:baseURL}search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=%s - Click "OK" and exit your Chrome preferences
Now, when you enter something into your address bar, and Google has a good guess for what you are looking for, it will automatically take you there!