Google Chrome 15 Beta now out with new tab page, more
updated 03:35 pm EDT, Fri September 23, 2011
Google Chrome 15 Beta has customizable tab page
The Google Chrome 15 Beta browser is now out for download and gets a redesigned new tab page and a newfound ability to synchronize the address/search bar history in multiple installations. The new tab page requires users navigate between apps, commonly visited sites, and recently closed windows rather than on a single page, as before. Bookmarks let users access favorites, and apps can now be arranged into customizable sections like work and productivity simply by dragging and dropping.
New app sections can be renamed as the user desires. The beta build also turns on the Javascript Fullscreen API as a default. The history of everything entered into the address and search hybrid bar, known as the OmniBox History, gets its own entry in Google Sync, letting users choose whether this gets synced to other copies of the browser. Verified sites will have the ability to install Chrome Web Store items inline.
The Dev channel is also now at version 16, with the changes less dramatic. A biggest addition is support for multi-user profiles on Mac and Windows computers. These profiles are accessed and switched within Chrome and synced with a Google account. [via Betanews]
