I personally use about:blank instead of the new tab page, that page is pretty useless to me and only serves to consume resources and have an actual loading time. Some of us are power users who squeeze performance out of everything :P
On Sep 6, 5:31 am, Clint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
