about:blank, which is basically what you suggest, is old and busted.
The "New Tab" page should be the new about:blank.

On Sep 5, 2:06 pm, Alan Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think that whether closing the last tab closes Chrome is something
> that should be provided as an optional setting.  So what to do when
> that setting is off? I think that opening a tab when the user closes
> the last tab is very odd behaviour.  Why not just close the tab and
> leave a very simple Chrome window open with the "+" button on it?  You
> closed the last tab, so you would not be surprised to have no current
> tabs open - you do however still have Chrome open and the ability to
> open a new tab.
>
> On Sep 5, 12:30 pm, "Chris Vickery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I use ctrl+w to close windows, which is why I like the last tab closes
> > thing. As an afterthought though, a happy medium would be that when
> > the last tab is closed, it goes to that nice "Hey, here's all your
> > stuff!" new tab window, and then a ctrl+w or a tab close from there
> > closes the app. That would make sense. Basically when you close the
> > last tab, it is instead replaced with the new-tab-thing, when you
> > close the last new-tab-thing then the window closes. That makes sense
> > to me, since this is indeed not a bowl of chips, as appetising as that
> > sounds right now.
>
> > -Chris
>
> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Clint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Honestly then you should close the browser window.  Think of it this
> > > way.  I have a bowl (browser window) that I put a bunch of chips
> > > (tabs) in to for a snack while I watch TV.  As I consume the chips
> > > (close tabs) I have fewer in the bowl.  When I finally eat the last
> > > chip the bowl does't disappear.  It sits there waiting for me to put
> > > more chips in it.
>
> > > If you want to close the browser, close the browser.
>
> > > That's my opinion from a User Interface design perspective at least.
>
> > > On Sep 5, 1:02 pm, "Chris Vickery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> that should definitely be optional though, because i know i wont want
> > >> that on mine. I pretty much don't close tabs until I'm done
> > >> browsing...
>
> > >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Clint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > >> > I think this has been suggested many times, but I'll second it
> > >> > anyway.  Closing the last open tab should probably force the new tab
> > >> > page to open.
>
> > >> > On Sep 5, 11:15 am, ssmiaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> >> I noticed that if you're down to one tab and you close it, instead of
> > >> >> just being reset, Chromium closes. I'd be nice to have an option
> > >> >> there, otherwise you have to create a new tab, and close the previous
> > >> >> one. It's time-consuming if you consider all the times it's done.
>
> > >> >> Regardless of this small detail, y'all have done an amazing job with
> > >> >> this browser!!! It's very Google-ish, meaning: absolutely high-
> > >> >> quality!! Even being BETA.
> > >> >> It's cleaner, faster, there's more space in it!! It saves about 20px
> > >> >> in width and at least 50px in height when compared to other browsers.
> > >> >> WELL DONE!!!!!!
>
> > >> >> Thanks,
> > >> >> Yara Mayer
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