Useful Chrome chrome://flags tweaks

chromeflagstweaks.md

Useful Chrome chrome://flags tweaks (Also for Firefox)

A list of tweaks in Chrome (Chromium) that enable hidden or upcoming features and are not editable from the main settings page.

Since I don't follow the tweaks by bugs, I am not always sure, what version of Chromium actually shows them. Therefore, I recommend using at least Beta version of the browser, if not Dev or Canary.

How to enable

1. Open chrome://flags (browser://flags on Yandex, vivaldi://flags on Vivaldi, etc.)
2. Search for the hashtag title
3. Set the recommended setting
4. Press RELAUNCH NOW to restart the browser

Privacy and security

• Mark HTTP as insecure - #enable-mark-http-as = Enabled (mark as actively dangerous)

• Warn on HTTP forms - #enable-http-form-warning = Enabled

• Send referer values only in same domain - #reduced-referrer-granularity = Enabled

• Hide the misleading "Secure" - #simplify-https-indicator = Enabled (show Lock icon for non-EV HTTPS pages)

• Hide https:// and www. from URL - #omnibox-ui-hide-steady-state-url-scheme-and-subdomains = Enabled

Performance

• Multithreaded faster downloads - #enable-parallel-downloading = Enabled

• Fast tab/window close - #enable-fast-unload = Enabled

• Show offline page if online doesn't load - #show-saved-copy = Enable: Secondary

• Disable JS temporary on slow networks - #enable-noscript-previews = Enabled

Interface

• Material Design 2.0 interface - #top-chrome-md = Refresh

• Overlay scrollbars - #overlay-scrollbars = Enabled

• Mouse-closable full screen UI - #enable-experimental-fullscreen-exit-ui = Enabled

Android-only

• Material Design 2.0 interface - #enable-chrome-modern-design = Enabled

• Horizontal tabs - #enable-horizontal-tab-switcher = Enabled

• Dynamic context menu - #enable-custom-context-menu = Enabled

• New video player - #enable-modern-media-controls = Enabled

• New photo picker - #enable-new-photo-picker = Enabled