Google Chrome-specific About: URIs
| URI | Google Chrome |
|---|---|
| about:cache | Shows the content of the cache. |
| about:crash | Crashes the current rendering process. (This causes the “Aw, snap!” crash notification page to be displayed.) |
| about:credits | Displays the list of free and open source software used in the browser, and their associated licences. |
| about:dns | Displays the DNS records |
| about:flags | See about:labs |
| about:gpu | Displays information about WebGL and hardware accelerated graphics. |
| about:histograms | Displays histograms |
| about:inducebrowsercrashforrealz | Crashes the Google Chrome browser. This is designed for developers to test what happens when the Google Chrome browser crashes. |
| about:internets | On particular versions of Windows, displays a page entitled “Don't Clog the Tubes!” which renders a page with an animation of the Microsoft Windows “3D Pipes” screensaver. Does not work on Windows Vista due to the pipes screen saver no longer being supported for releases after the 2.0.169.1 release. |
| about:kill | Same as about:crash, but with a violet background color and the message “He's Dead, Jim!” Occurs when the OS runs out of memory or the browser is killed by an external cause, such as the OS shutting down. |
| about:labs | Displays a page for testing features. Moved to about:flags in Chrome Dev channel 8.0.552.11 |
| about:memory | Displays the process manager |
| about:net-internals | Provides an interface for monitoring the network usage and performance statistics |
| about:plugins | Shows installed plug-ins. |
| about:stats | Displays statistics about processes. At the top of the page, it states “Shhh! This page is secret!” |
| about:shorthang | Hangs the tab's process, making it become unresponsive. This is designed for testing the hanging protection. |
| about:version | Displays version information, same as about: |
Note: Any “about:” URI is accepted, but only a page with a blank source is returned, as with the “about:blank” of other browsers. Similar to Safari.
Note: In Chromium “about:” is usually translated to a “chrome://” URL.
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