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Not long ago, Google's internal Flash plug-in went primetime, making the jump to the stable channel. Its PDF counterpart, however, has taken a bit longer to materialize -- and it finally arrived in the dev channel build last month, though it was disabled by default.
Yesterday's dev channel update has flipped the switch, however, and the internal PDF viewer is now enabled by default. Interestingly, Google's official release post states a known issue where the PDF plug-in doesn't load on Linux -- yet it does on my Chromium OS install. If you happen to be running Chrome dev on Linux, let us know if the plug-in is working for you!
Apart from the plug-in change, it looks as though another big chunk of Chrome's UI will soon be moved to a browser tab. Just as they did with the bookmark manager did, Google is getting ready to move Chrome's options (or preferences) to a tab. Take the jump to see what it looks like so far!
The tabbed options page is incomplete at this point, but the Under the Hood page is functional. Basics shows all the options, but half are grayed out and Personal Stuff is still totally empty -- so I don't recommend adding the required command line switch just yet.
Also hidden behind a command-line switch is the Chrome Web Store shortcut. If you have the --enable-apps flag appended to your shortcut, you may notice this on your new tab page:
Also hidden behind a command-line switch is the Chrome Web Store shortcut. If you have the --enable-apps flag appended to your shortcut, you may notice this on your new tab page:
... But don't get too excited just yet. Right now, it merely links to the Extensions Gallery and we probably shouldn't expect to see the debut of the Web Store before apps support is enabled by default. Once that happens, however...
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Subscribe to comments216Jul 22nd 2010 8:19AM
Ooo so even Options gets its own tabbed page now too. Kewwl
FredJul 22nd 2010 8:24AM
Is it just me or with recent dev builds, has Google disabled the --bookmark-menu shortcut tag?
Lee MathewsJul 22nd 2010 8:25AM
Not just you, Fred -- I mentioned this was coming a while ago:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/07/02/google-chrome-bookmark-menu-drop-down/
FredJul 22nd 2010 8:28AM
Ouch, missed that article. Thanks for the link. Ticks me off. I like chrome because of its minimal chrome, especially on the 11" screen of my Alienware m11x. being able to relegate bookmarks to a menu instead of a toolbar was great. Hopefully there is an extension I can find to do the same thing.
Lee MathewsJul 22nd 2010 8:29AM
There are some in the extension gallery... I'll see if I can't run down a few options for you in the next day or so!
David LevineJul 22nd 2010 8:41AM
I currently use the Quick Bookmarks extension. It's quick to pop-up, you can delete and rename bookmarks through it, and it loads favicons without having to loads the websites. Another nice feature is that you can set a bookmark folder as the default so when you click on the Quick Bookmarks button, it will automatically open that particular bookmark folder.
Here's the link to it in the Chrome Extension Gallery:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ajgmnekpakhkbnhehnpkminifbpmkghg
hqrajaJul 22nd 2010 9:04AM
Hello,
Can you please tell me how to access the Plug-ins page as it appears in the screenshot you posted? All I get get to is the Extensions page.
Lee MathewsJul 22nd 2010 9:04AM
Sure, just enter chrome://plugins in the Omnibar!
hqrajaJul 22nd 2010 9:06AM
Thanks Lee :)
TomJul 22nd 2010 11:10AM
I see a Google Reader web app in the screenshot. How do we enable that? I got the Gmail, Calendar and Docs...
ErnestoJul 22nd 2010 3:28PM
It's explained here:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/07/06/more-google-chrome-web-apps/
:)
lfomartinsJul 22nd 2010 11:55AM
I am on a Mac and PDF plugin doesn't load here (got a message saying the plugin is missing). Also, preferences aren't displayed on a tab yet.
Lee MathewsJul 22nd 2010 11:55AM
It's still hidden behind a command line flag, and I wouldn't recommend flipping the switch just yet. :)
AdamJul 26th 2010 6:27PM
I get the same problem with the pdf plugin on a Mac--blank page with "Missing Plugin" message in the middle.