Tag: Chrome Flags

New Flag in Chrome 70 Brings Tab History With a Long Press of The Back Button

July 30, 2018 Android, Chrome 70, Chrome for Android No Comments
Tab History With a Long Press of The Back Button in Chrome 70

In Chrome OS and Chrome for desktop (Chrome for MacOS, Chrome for Windows, and Chrome for Linux), if you long press the back arrow while you are on a browser page, you will get your recent browsing history for that tab.  It is a handy feature.  On Android however, when you long press the back button on your phone while in Chrome you get… nothing.  You can press the button as long as you want but it will just take you back to your previous page.

That looks to be changing in Chrome 70.

A new flag has popped up in the Chrome for Android Canary app, which is based on Chrome 70, that allows you to enable the back button on your phone to display you recent tab history.

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Chrome OS Canary Channel Flag Centers Pinned Apps on The Shelf

July 19, 2018 Chrome OS, Chrome OS Canary Channel No Comments
Chrome OS Shelf in Chrome 67

A new flag found in the Chrome OS Canary channel build (based on Chrome 70), points to a Mac-like centering of apps you have pinned to the Shelf in the platform.  The new flag was discovered by the team over at Chrome Story and the flag is named “Newest shelf design”.

As Chrome OS users know, today the Shelf is justified to the left next to the App Drawer button.  This has pretty much been the way that Chrome OS has been since the beginning.

Chrome OS Shelf in Chrome 67

Chrome OS Shelf in Chrome 67

This flag in the Canary Channel shifts it all to the center

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Pull to Refresh Comes to Chrome OS via Chrome Flag Changes

February 24, 2018 Chrome OS No Comments
Chrome OS Build 61 App Launcher

As the overlap of Android and Chrome OS continues, Google is working hard to make things more touch friendly.  This includes the browser in Chrome OS.  There are now two flags that you can change within the browser on your Chromebook that will allow you to pull to refresh the page you are viewing.  It is a handy feature, especially if you are using your Chromebook in tablet mode where you can’t easily access the refresh button.

Enabling this new pull to refresh feature is done via one or two flag changes in the browser.  The first flag is chrome://flags/#pull-to-refresh.  For a lot of users, this is the only flag you will need to change.  Once you enable it, restart the browser on your Chromebook and Bob’s your uncle.  However, if you find that you can’t get the pull to refresh to work all the time, there is a second flag you need to change.

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