Chrome experiments with the way it displays Settings

Instead of showing all Chrome browser settings, Google wants to show only one section at a time when the user navigates to it. By default, it shows the people (You and Google) section page when visited. Google is testing the redesign of the Settings landing page in Chrome Canary for Windows, Mac, Linux, and ChromeOS.

Experimental Chrome Settings page under testing

Google Chrome offers settings for users to customize, configure and control the privacy and security and the way the browser works.

Be it be syncing stuff across the devices or customizing the profile or clear browsing data, you can all do that including changing search engine or managing language settings, or resetting Chrome by visiting chrome://settings page.

When you land on the Settings page, Chrome shows all sections to you, they’re scrollable.

Chrome normal Settings page
Current Chrome Settings page

Google now wants you to show only one section at a time when you select a menu entry option.

For instance, when you select Autofill, it only shows the Autofill settings but not the remaining sections.

This applies to all other such as safety check, Privacy, and security, Appearance, Search engine, Default browser, on Startup, Languages, Downloads, accessibility,

To see the change in action, visit the Chrome://flags page in Canary and enable the “Settings Landing Page Redesign” flag.
Chrome Settings landing page redesign flag

Restart the browser and select the Settings option in the menu to see the Chrome showing only the people section.

Ging forward, an experimental version of the Settings page may allow you to access and see specific parts without needing to scroll through to the bottom of the page.

This is an experiment though, we’re not sure this makes its way into Chrome stable or not.

What’s your take on this? Let us know in the comments below

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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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