What are Chrome flags

A new flag in Chrome Canary lets you enable Windows 11's Fluent OVERLAY scrollbars. https://twitter.com/Leopeva64/status/1722611026670346409?s=19&t=fs6I6k3-mRLxvgUdX-Oo5g 4 comments 9/11/2023 windows11

Here are 10 awesome Chrome flags to try out. https://medium.com/better-programming/10-awesome-chrome-flags-you-should-enable-right-now-2684e4518cb5 10 comments 22/7/2020 chrome

Chrome 86 hides protocol and www (there is no flag to show full URLs) https://www.ghacks.net/2020/07/11/chrome-86-hides-protocol-and-www/ 75 comments 12/7/2020 firefox

Chrome 79 removes a chrome://flag associated with surround sound https://superuser.com/questions/820845/how-to-get-5-1-audio-in-google-chrome 6 comments 18/12/2019 sysadmin

13 chrome flags for a "better" browsing experience ymmv https://www.maketecheasier.com/chrome-flags-better-browsing-experience/ 10 comments 25/5/2019 chromeos

Chrome browser flags Daily Mail and other sites as 'not secure' https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44937782 37 comments 24/7/2018 technology

This is Google Chrome's redesigned chrome://flags page https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/08/this-is-google-chromes-redesigned-chromeflags-page/ 7 comments 8/10/2017 chrome

Google Chrome 62 Will Flag “Not Secure” When You Type in HTTP Sites https://www.ssl2buy.com/wiki/google-chrome-62-will-flag-not-secure-when-you-type-in-http-sites 5 comments 12/5/2017 chrome

Finally!!! After 10 years of IE having better printing options, Chrome 56 has added the Print Scaling function in the Print Preview!!! (In Flags for now, works perfect). https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=96456 3 comments 26/1/2017 chrome

Google removes the ‘Material Design in the browser’s top Chrome’ flag http://techdows.com/2016/09/material-design-in-the-browsers-top-chrome-flag-removed.html 22 comments 1/10/2016 chrome

Activate This Chrome Flag To See Just How Non-Secure The Web Today Is http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/09/activate-this-chrome-flag-to-see-just-how-non-secure-the-web-today-is/ 10 comments 20/9/2016 chrome

List of interesting experimental flags for Google Chrome http://www.ghacks.net/2015/02/02/list-of-interesting-experimental-flags-for-google-chrome/ 7 comments 4/2/2015 chrome

Chrome and Firefox Flag Bit.ly Links As Malware http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/10/25/chrome-firefox-flag-bit-ly-links-malware/ 2 comments 25/10/2014 technology

Why Google is Pushing Web Sites To Eliminate Old, Weak SSL Certificates - Will Begin Flagging Them As Insecure in Chrome Browsers https://konklone.com/post/why-google-is-hurrying-the-web-to-kill-sha-1 115 comments 8/9/2014 technology

Google removes flag hack for Chrome browser New Tab apps grid - now you need an extension http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2014/02/chromes-classic-new-tab-page-no-longer.html 4 comments 27/2/2014 chrome

Chrome Canary: Workaround for display issue caused by “chrome://flags/#impl-side-painting” http://parsemonkey.wordpress.com/ 4 comments 12/12/2013 chrome

Confused and lost in Google Chrome 8.0.555? about:labs was renamed to about:flags. http://omahaproxy.appspot.com/cl?os=win&channel=canary 7 comments 18/10/2010 chrome

Google's Chrome logo = Aztec Flag http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/magliabechiano/img_page012.html 2 comments 7/5/2010 reddit.com

The dumb reason why flag emojis aren't working in Chrome on Windows https://geyer.dev/blog/windows-flag-emojis/ 2 comments 3/2/2025 windows11

New Chrome Flag "Enable Windows Notifications" to hit Chrome soon. This will allow Native Windows 10 Notifications. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=516147#c91 4 comments 9/3/2018 chrome

"As of last night, there's an experimental flag in Canary to allow "click to mute" on the audio indicator on the tab in question." — Peter Kasting, Chrome Team. https://plus.google.com/u/0/114128403856330399812/posts/DJfx8K4MZyq 20 comments 30/9/2014 chrome

Master passwords coming to Chrome. At least for mac, as an experimental flag. https://plus.google.com/111361672937129861290/posts/RQmgfeons1W 6 comments 25/10/2013 chrome

Microsoft flags Firefox and Chrome for security failings, Guess what it says about IE 9 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/11/microsoft_browser_crituque/ 7 comments 11/10/2011 netsec

Enable Google Chrome's new design with one Chrome flag https://www.xda-developers.com/enable-google-chrome-new-design-chrome-flag/ 14 comments 3/6/2018 chrome

Our site was hacked and flagged by google for phishing. removed files, reported back to google and shows as clear now, but chrome users are still getting site blocked message. how can we clear this? http://focallocal.org/ 17 comments 20/3/2016 web_design

How To Enable (and Disable) Google Chrome Flags - Easy Guide! https://techobservatory.com/how-to-enable-google-chrome-flags/ 2 comments 8/2/2022 chrome

What happens when a Chrome extension changes hands, raises red flags, and doesn't document updates? https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/07/great_suspender_malware/ 3 comments 7/1/2021 programming

Virtual Desktops Available To More Chromebook Users (using Dev channel in chrome:flags) https://chromeunboxed.com/virtual-desktops-available-to-more-chromebook-users/ 4 comments 10/6/2019 chromeos

PSA: Firefox, Chrome start calling HTTP connections insecure. Password forms delivered over HTTP will get flagged as insecure. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/firefox-chrome-start-calling-http-connections-insecure/ 53 comments 25/1/2017 programming

PSA: Firefox, Chrome start calling HTTP connections insecure. Password forms delivered over HTTP will get flagged as insecure. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/firefox-chrome-start-calling-http-connections-insecure/ 97 comments 25/1/2017 webdev

PSA: Firefox, Chrome start calling HTTP connections insecure. Password forms delivered over HTTP will get flagged as insecure. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/firefox-chrome-start-calling-http-connections-insecure/ 47 comments 25/1/2017 web_design

What happens when a Chrome extension with 2m+ users changes hands, raises red flags, doesn't document updates? Let's find out https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/07/great_suspender_malware/ 13 comments 7/1/2021 privacy

This is dumb. Even AFTER you've closed the media, and force closed Chrome, it is still visible. Have to disable flag in chrome. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-disable-the-media-bar-in-windows-11-system/50875288-9a2f-4df5-b66e-2667714b3497 2 comments 24/5/2022 windows11

Chrome OS 73 Dev Channel adds Google Drive, Play Files mount in Linux, USB device management and Crostini backup flag https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/chrome-os-73-dev-channel-adds-google-drive-play-files-mount-in-linux-usb-device-management-and-crostini-backup-flag/ 4 comments 17/1/2019 chromeos

Chrome 88 rolls out dino-themed QR codes on Android and desktop(They popped up in stable starting in version 84, but you had to enable them in a flag) https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/02/04/chrome-84-brings-new-dino-themed-qr-codes-to-android-and-desktops/ 3 comments 7/2/2021 chrome

Chromium Blog: Chrome 62 Beta: Network Quality Estimator API, OpenType variable fonts, media capture from DOM elements, Payment Request API available on iOS, <data> and <time> now native interfaces, RegExp with dotAll flag, Plurality in Intl, Open Web is deader: EME and Widevine L1 https://blog.chromium.org/2017/09/chrome-62-beta-network-quality.html?m=1 4 comments 21/9/2017 webdev

Live Face Detector Using Chrome's Native FaceDetector API (make sure you've the latest update and enable the #enable-experimental-web-platform-features flag from chrome://flags) https://chirag64.github.io/live-face-detector/ 4 comments 23/3/2018 javascript