Chrome Test Redesign Points To Simplified Settings, Better Usability

Google is plainly looking to redesign the Settings menu in its Chrome browser for better usability. That's based on contempo reports detailing changes tucked backside an experimental flag setting in the Canary Channel.

At present, because this is in the desktop Chrome Canary Aqueduct, not every user volition have immediate access. At least not when it comes to the platform's users on more than stable versions of the browser. But the alterations do point to where the search giant plans to accept the user interface adjacent. And information technology should announced, with or without some revisions, in a future version of the browser.

What exactly has inverse for the Settings in Google Chrome?

The changes in question, of course, are in the browser for desktop platform Chrome and are ultimately a redesign of the UI for Settings. Those are the options that announced when clicking the three-dot carte at the height-right-hand side of the UI. And then after selecting "Settings."

Summarily, the company is doing abroad with some menu options, migrating them. Information technology'due south too taking the initiative to ensure that only the selected settings are shown on-click.

For example, when clicking on "Privacy and security" in the current iteration of the menu, the UI doesn't show just those settings. As shown in the images beneath, whatsoever option of a Settings category navigates to that category. But, in the case of "Privacy and security," that also ways that some options from "Safety Check" and from the theming-related "Advent" settings are likewise shown.

That's already somewhat confusing but it gets even more disruptive if a user happens to scroll up or down. Essentially, that activity navigates away from the desired settings entirely. With the change in identify,onlythe selected settings are shown. And then the options display on more of a page-like UI than a long, scrollable list-like UI.

Google is also getting rid of the above-mentioned "Safety Check" menu altogether, migrating it into "Privacy and security" alongside other related options.

When will this land?

All of the alterations here should make Chrome's Settings menu much more than intuitive for cease-users. Only that doesn't mean it'south coming soon. As noted above, information technology's presently in Chrome Canary only. And only tucked behind an experimental flag feature. Specifically, the "landing-page-redesign" flag at the "chrome://flags" URL.

Chrome Canary is soon on version 92, which isn't slated to land on Desktop platforms until July 20 — or on July 27 for Chrome OS users.