Chrome's Tips and Suggestions goes active on new tab page
A while back, Google introduced several new features to Chrome's new tab page. However, only one of the two new boxes added to the bottom of the page - recent activities - was active. The tips and suggestions area only contained a note: "What will we put here?"
Well, I'm no expert, but tips and suggestions of things to browse seem like a good thing to put in a box like that.
As luck (and common sense) would have it, that's exactly what Google has done. After installing the latest Chromium nightly build the box is now populated with five recommended links. Based on my reading habits, I was offered pieces from sites like Lifehacker, Mashable, Techcrunch, and FFFFOUND!
Unfortunately, right now the tips don't change if you click through and read an item. That's something I'd like to see changed now that the feature has been implemented. I'd also like to be able to refresh the new tab page and load a whole new set of suggestions.
We'll have to wait and see what other changes appear in upcoming builds. As before, you might need to add the --new-new-tab-page switch to your shortcut to see the new version.
Well, I'm no expert, but tips and suggestions of things to browse seem like a good thing to put in a box like that.
As luck (and common sense) would have it, that's exactly what Google has done. After installing the latest Chromium nightly build the box is now populated with five recommended links. Based on my reading habits, I was offered pieces from sites like Lifehacker, Mashable, Techcrunch, and FFFFOUND!
Unfortunately, right now the tips don't change if you click through and read an item. That's something I'd like to see changed now that the feature has been implemented. I'd also like to be able to refresh the new tab page and load a whole new set of suggestions.
We'll have to wait and see what other changes appear in upcoming builds. As before, you might need to add the --new-new-tab-page switch to your shortcut to see the new version.
