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How to set chrome based web browsers to start with a given start page plus a blank tab?
Do you know how to set Chrome-based browsers to start with these 2 pages?
(1) chrome://settings/clearBrowserData (2) blank tab I never use Chrome itself, but I'm testing with common privacy-based Chrome-based freeware browsers such as these well-known freeware browsers: o *Brave* https://brave-browser-downloads.s3.brave.com/latest/BraveBrowserSetup.exe o *Epic* https://cdn.epicbrowser.com/epicsetup.exe o *Iridium* https://downloads.iridiumbrowser.de/windows/2020.01.79/iridiumbrowser-2020.01.79.0-x64.msi? o *Iron* https://www.srware.net/downloads/srware_iron.exe o *Opera* https://net.geo.opera.com/opera/stable/windows o *Vivaldi* https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/Vivaldi.2.11.1811.49.x64.exe etc. Without a shell script, I can easily start the browser set to just one of those two pages (but not both pages upon startup), using the GUI for that: o Settings On Startup Open a specific page or set of pages Set pages Where the choice is either: o Add a new page, or, o Use current pages Do you know how to set Chrome-based browsers to start with these 2 pages? (1) chrome://settings/clearBrowserData (2) blank tab -- Usenet is where purposefully helpful adults publicly share solutions. |
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How to set chrome based web browsers to start with a given startpage plus a blank tab?
On 4/1/2020 3:43 PM, Arlen Holder wrote:
Do you know how to set Chrome-based browsers to start with these 2 pages? (1) chrome://settings/clearBrowserData (2) blank tab I never use Chrome itself, but I'm testing with common privacy-based Chrome-based freeware browsers such as these well-known freeware browsers: o *Brave* https://brave-browser-downloads.s3.brave.com/latest/BraveBrowserSetup.exe o *Epic* https://cdn.epicbrowser.com/epicsetup.exe o *Iridium* https://downloads.iridiumbrowser.de/windows/2020.01.79/iridiumbrowser-2020.01.79.0-x64.msi? o *Iron* https://www.srware.net/downloads/srware_iron.exe o *Opera* https://net.geo.opera.com/opera/stable/windows o *Vivaldi* https://downloads.vivaldi.com/stable/Vivaldi.2.11.1811.49.x64.exe etc. Without a shell script, I can easily start the browser set to just one of those two pages (but not both pages upon startup), using the GUI for that: o Settings On Startup Open a specific page or set of pages Set pages Where the choice is either: o Add a new page, or, o Use current pages Do you know how to set Chrome-based browsers to start with these 2 pages? (1) chrome://settings/clearBrowserData (2) blank tab Yes, I do. |
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How to set chrome based web browsers to start with a given start page plus a blank tab?
In response to what Karen wrote :
Yes, I do. UPDATE: As anyone who tried these specific pages knows, the problem isn't at all one of setting multiple "normal" startup pages. The problem is the syntax sequence of setting this specific (i.e., special) set of startup pages, particularly when the goal is the Chrome-based browsers' "Clear" button to be visible and yet still backgrounded in the 1st or 2nd tab such that a single click is all that's needed. Luckily, I figured out what the trick is for Chrome-based browsers, which isn't at all obvious until you try it yourself _without_ knowing the trick. Which means, at worst, for Chrome browsers, it's 3 clicks: Click 1: (Start Chrome-based browser) Click 2: (Optionally, select the backgrounded "Clear Browsing Data" tab) Click 3: (Press the instantly visible [Clear browsing data] button) I still haven't found the hidden trick for Mozilla-based browsers though. o *firefox* https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ o *icedragon* https://icedragon.comodo.com/ ?o *palemoon* https://www.palemoon.org/download.shtml == much harder o *seamonkey* https://www.seamonkey-project.org/ o *tbb* https://www.torproject.org/download/ o *waterfox* https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/waterfox/new/ etc. Although I haven't tested all of them with all the engines yet: o Native o Gecko o Firefox The closest I can get to a solution for Mozilla-based browsers is: Step 1: about:config Step 2: browser.startup.homepage = about:blank|aboutreferences#privacy Which, for Firefox, is far more clicks (which I'm trying to eliminate): Click 1: (Start Firefox-based browser) Click 2: (Optionally, select the backgrounded "Clear Browsing Data" tab) Click 3: (Scroll to the "Cookies & Site Data" section) & press [Clear Data] Click 4: (Press the [Clear] button) Click 5: (Press the [Clear Now] button) Anyone know how to get Firefox to be a single click like I was able to set up for Chrome (once I figured out the specific syntax trick for Chrome)? -- Every Usenet thread should add on-topic technical tribal knowledge value. |
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How to set chrome based web browsers to start with a given start page plus a blank tab?
In response to what Arlen Holder wrote :
The problem is the syntax sequence of setting this specific (i.e., special) set of startup pages, particularly when the goal is the Chrome-based browsers' "Clear" button to be visible and yet still backgrounded in the 1st or 2nd tab such that a single click is all that's needed. SOLVED BTW, on most Chrome-based browsers and on some Mozilla-based browsers, "Control+Shift+Delete" should bring up a "Clear" button (which is "Clear Now" in Firefox) - which - in Chrome based browsers - is the same button - but which in Firefox based browsers - appears to be slightly different. (a) Tested in Epic, for example, these are visually equivalent: o chrome://settings/clearBrowserData Clear browsing data o Control+Shift+Delete Clear browsing data (b) But tested in Firefox, for example, these are visually different: o aboutreferences#privacy Clear Data Clear Clear Now o Control+Shift+Delete Clear Now (c) And, tested in Palemoon, for example, o aboutreferences#privacy == does not work o Control+Shift+Delete == does not work As for the solution to the original question... This will set _one_ page to open at startup to the "Clear" button: 1. Settings On startup (o)Open a specific page or set of pages 2. Set pages Startup pages Add a new page Enter URL... chrome://settings/clearBrowserData 4. OK But when you attempt to repeat the process to set the _second_ startup tab to "new tab", that's where the GUI breaks down - for example, "Use current pages" fails; but the settingsonstartup GUI can be overcome with simple manual input of: (1) chrome://settings/clearBrowserData (2) about:blank One minor annoyance in this method is that the URL "about:blank" shows up in the blank page (unlike in Firefox, where the address bar is truly blank). -- Each thread to Usenet should strive to add value to our tribal knowledge. |
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How to set chrome based web browsers to start with a given start page plus a blank tab?
UPDATE (cross reference)
See also a somewhat related thread for the new Chromium-based Edge browser: From: Jurgen Meyer Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Edge (Chromium) Start page Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:38:33 +0200 Message-ID: I want to start Edge with an empty page. I have set the start page to about:blank But that doesn't help The first I always get is this page: https://ntp.msn.com.edge/ntp? ¡K¡K. (shorted) How to suppress it? -- There are 2 types of people on Usenet where only 1 is purposefully helpful. |
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