I know this is an old question, but I came across this while trying to do the same thing as you so I'm gonna post this anyways.
I'm using Chromium and I used Ubuntu 12.04 (now I'm using Gentoo), but it shouldn't matter.
Executing:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs"
will change the key bindings to the Emacs binding. If you're fine with that, then this is all. However, if you want to use Ctrl-a as "select all", there's a bit more work to do.
Take a look at /usr/share/themes/Default/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc and /usr/share/themes/Emacs/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc. The syntax should not be too difficult to understand. Copy all the key bindings you want to use to the /usr/share/themes/Default/gtk-2.0-key/gtkrc. Don't forget to add the
class "GtkEntry" binding "foo"
class "GtkTextView" binding "foo"
class "GtkTextView" binding "bar"
part, which can be found at the very end of the file.
GNOME
The settings should be reflected by switching to the Emacs theme and switching back to the Default theme.
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs"
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Default"
Non-GNOME
Create and add the following to ~/.gtkrc-2.0
gtk-key-theme-name = "Default"
Restart Chromium and the settings should be reflected.
The best thing about this is that even if you set Ctrl-w to delete one word, you're still able to close tab when you're not inputting.
P.S. I also use the happy hacking keyboard and I'm happy to find someone who uses it too :)
Ubuntu 18.04 (GTK3)
Edit: 11/01/2018
After nearly 5 years, I'm updating this post for Ubuntu 18.04. I'm currently using Firefox, but the following should be independent of what browser you use.
On GTK3, the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 method no longer works. Instead, edit the ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini and add the following line to the end:
gtk-key-theme-name=Emacs
If you want to modify the bindings, the Emacs binding can be found in /usr/share/themes/Emacs/gtk-3.0/gtk-keys.css, which can be copied over to ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and modified.
Some references:
Not in Chrome, but possible in some other Chromium-powered browsers (still able to use Chrome extensions, but not necessarily Google Sync).
Most notably, the Vivaldi browser.
On Chrome, only the OSX builds the file-menu.
Best Answer
All of what you are looking for can be found at the three horizontal bars in the right hand corner. There are obviously a lot of different options that are listed under
File, Edit, View...etcin IE, so it would be lengthy to explain how to do each one. Probably one that you would be most interested in is setting up your favorites bar.To do this, click the three horizontal bars, go to settings, then check the box that says
always show the bookmarks barIf you want to know how to do other things feel free to make another question, or edit this one.