google-chromeportable-apps
I know that some Windows applications are stand-alone in the sense that you can just start the EXE directly and it works – no installation required. Can Google Chrome do this?
I'd like to run Google Chrome, but I am looking for a way to run it on a Windows XP system without having to install it first. I thought I was looking for a portable version but that still needs to be installed. So "portable" is not the keyword I'm looking for, while "stand-alone" doesn't yield any results.
You cannot change the shortcut keys in Google Chrome unless you install an extension. However, you can add a new search engine in Chrome's Omnibox (address bar) by going to
Go to Options > Basic > Default Search > Manage..
Add in a new search engine and call it I'm feeling lucky. Use a suitable shortcut key such as l. Use the following URL:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=Im+Feeling+Lucky
Now go to our address bar by pressing Ctrl + L, type l + Space followed by your search term and hit Enter
Chrome will bring you to the first result
I found this after mucking around with the page source:
https://dl.google.com/chrome/mac/stable/GGRO/googlechrome.dmg
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How about Chromium? It's "the open-source projects behind the Google Chrome browser".
Go to the build page, choose your platform, choose a build (larger number means newer), download the zip file, then extract and run! Perfect for me.