I have seen that typing about:somekeywords in browsers address bar gives some information. What is this ? Why ? Do we have something similar for the Firefox, IE also ?
Example : Try below in chrome's address bar
about:histograms
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A:
It's a way for a browser to present 'about' style information.
And yes, we have it in all browsers. In a Mozilla based browser, try about:mozilla.
Justin Niessner
2010-04-15 12:38:30
and certain versions of IE...
ewanm89
2010-04-15 12:39:55
A:
Those are browser pages used for several different functions. Yes, IE and Firefox both have them, as well.
Click here for some information about Chrome's about pages.
Aaron
2010-04-15 12:39:46
A:
Just like "http:...", "ftp:.." and so on, the "about:..." directive represent a so called "schema", a keyword that identifies some protocol. In this case, the about schema is the protocol chrome (like any other major browsers) uses to access misc informations.
Simone Margaritelli
2010-04-15 12:40:14
A:
about: is an internal URI scheme (also known as a "URL scheme" or, erroneously, "protocol") in various web browsers to display certain built-in functions. It is not an officially registered scheme, and has no standard syntax.
I simply love about:robots
systempuntoout
2010-04-15 12:40:56