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Google Chrome's about:labs becoming about:flags, kill switch added
Just days ago, I wrote about an upcoming change Google had planned for the about:labs page. The goal: to make the page less inviting and clarify the fact that experimental features listed on the page could very well cause users problems.
Today, the change has landed in Chromium and will no doubt be pushed to Canary shortly. Now called about:flags, the page sports the trefoil (internationally recognized as a warning against radiation) and a bigger, scarier warning. "Please proceed with caution," the intro concludes.
In addition to the name change and new cautionary text, a command line switch has been added to allow users to launch Chrome with all previously-enabled experimental features disabled: --no-experiments. Should you happen to encounter problems browsing after enabling a feature or two, simply add the switch to your launch command and you're back to the stock set of Chrome features.
Today, the change has landed in Chromium and will no doubt be pushed to Canary shortly. Now called about:flags, the page sports the trefoil (internationally recognized as a warning against radiation) and a bigger, scarier warning. "Please proceed with caution," the intro concludes.
In addition to the name change and new cautionary text, a command line switch has been added to allow users to launch Chrome with all previously-enabled experimental features disabled: --no-experiments. Should you happen to encounter problems browsing after enabling a feature or two, simply add the switch to your launch command and you're back to the stock set of Chrome features.
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Subscribe to commentsearlsOct 15th 2010 11:26AM
What's the difference between "about:" and "chrome://"?
Android underlingOct 15th 2010 12:27PM
I find these warnings a little bit pointless. Your average user is not even going to know about this page.
TangmeisterOct 16th 2010 1:46PM
^^
Actually, you're incorrect about that. Many users DO have an interest in the direction their browser is going, and do install the Canary builds. And one of the most exciting and frequently checked features would be about:labs and/or about:flags.
SarjoorOct 18th 2010 10:26AM
Actually, Tangmeister, you're the one that incorrect.
Only the many bleeding-edge testers have an interest in their browser direction and frequently check about:labs / about:flags.
Android underling is absolutely correct that average users are not even going to know about this page.
If you count yourself as one of the frequent testers of about:flags, please recognize you are a non-average especially techie user.