A redesigned New Tab page is available to preview in the the latest Chromium browser update, along with a hint at more features yet to come!
Chromium is the test-bed for Google Chrome, the search giant’s very own cross-platform web browser for Windows, Mac OS X and, more recently, Linux.
The “recent activities” section (covering recently closed tabs and downloads) now sits at the bottom of the tab page, alongside an all-new “recommended” section which 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 (below) or hide them completely. The ‘History’ and ‘Recommend’ sections at the bottom can also be hidden, so no worries about any 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. I expect draggable thumbnails to land in a snapshot soon.
Removing tabs is a simple ‘hover, click ‘x’ affair; you can also ‘pin’ sites and ‘edit’ their URL, too.
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.