It’s a bug: New Tab Page in Chrome 44 shows 6 thumbnails instead of 8

Google Chrome’s New Tab Page by default shows 8 thumbnails for most visited sites, users on Chrome 44 has a strange experience where New Tab Page is only showing 6 thumbnails instead of 8. Don’t worry! Nothing wrong with your Chrome, it’s a bug! Will be fixed in Chrome 45.

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Chrome 44 bug: New Tab Page shows only 6 thumbnails

There is also another bug that has been reported in v44 where last thumbnail column doesn’t appear when zoom level for NTP is set to 90%,  ensure NTP is not zoomed for you and press ‘Ctrl+0’ to see it restores all thumbnails. This issue will also be resolved in the next version.

Chrome 44 showing 6 thumbnails on new tab page

Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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