People working with big screens say that the new tab page looks funny

Feb 24, 2014 08:59 GMT  ·  By

Chrome 33 has brought on a lot of changes for users everywhere, including the permanent departure of the classic new tab page.

Along with the latest update that Google brought to the web browser, the old interface has become inaccessible as the company disabled even a small workaround that could be activated via the chrome://flags.

The Instant Extended API was there before version 33 rolled out of beta, but can no longer be found in that spot. Of course, that’s not exactly surprising since Google has been pushing the new tab page at users for a while and flags are actually experimental features that can disappear at any time.

Regardless, while Google is quite attached to the 8-slot page that hosts your most visited websites, not all users feel the same, especially since the page looks weird in larger resolutions.

It may sound picky, but it’s true. For instance, in a 1920 x 1080 resolution, the page still looks ok, even though the Google logo, search bar and eight tabs only take up about one third of the screen, leaving the rest of it all blank.

For someone who uses a resolution of 2560 x 1440, for instance, the new tab page looks absolutely ridiculous. There is so much space on that page that could be put to better use.

If you really want to fiddle with the new tab page on Chrome, you can always pick an extension from the Web Store, but you should be a bit careful about what type of permissions it requests and consider if you are willing to allow them all, since these come from third-party developers.

All the apps can currently be found from the special access tool in the bookmark bar, in the top left corner.

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