Chromium (Google Chrome’s test-bed version) now has a new tab page with a rearranged look as well as a hint at extras to come!
Removing tabs is a simple ‘hover, click ‘x” affair; you can also ‘pin’ sites and ‘edit’ their URL, too.
Browsing history and recent downloads now sit at the bottom of the tab page alongside a brand-new “recommended” section. This currently only has the title “Even more” and “What will we put here?” as it’s body — intriguing!
Site thumbnails now have different viewing options – you can have the standard ‘thumbnails’, change to a list view (above) or hide them completely. The ‘History’ and ‘Recommend’ sections at the bottom can also be hidden so no worries about over-the-shoulder snoopers!
It seems that site thumbnails will be able to be dragged around to rearrange them. This is not currently implemented but the mouse lets you ‘grab’ each thumbnail, so expect the feature to be fully finished in a future snapshot.
To enable the new tab page add --new-new-tab-page to your shortcut command. E.g., from the Terminal you’d run chromium-browser --new-new-tab-page.