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Four virtual desks in Chrome OS
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Need more Virtual Desks on your Chromebook? You might have 8 or 16 in the future.

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments Chrome OS, Chromebooks, Productivity, User interface, Virtual Desks

I figure most Chromebook users are happy with up to four virtual desks to boost productivity. Google figures I might be wrong. Code is in the works to add eight, or potentially sixteen virtual workspaces to Chromebooks.

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Dark and light themes in Chrome OS 88 are looking good on Chromebooks

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments Chrome OS, Chrome OS 88, Customization, Dark Theme, Light theme, User interface

Over the last few weeks, code for an upcoming new light and dark theme on Chrome OS has made great progress. Take a look and you’ll see it’s now an easy switch when the feature arrives, likely in Chrome OS 88 for Chromebooks.

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Video look at the dark and light themes coming to Chromebooks

October 17, 2020October 17, 2020 Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment Canary Channel, Chrome OS, Chrome OS 88, User interface

The Chrome OS user interface is gaining a little more parity to macOS and Windows as you’ll be able to switch between dark and light modes. Here’s a first look at them.

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Chrome OS 87 eliminates media controls from the notification stack on Chromebooks

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments Chrome OS, Chrome OS 87, Dev Channel, Media, Quick Settings, System Tray, User interface

At long last, the media info and controls on a Chromebook aren’t above the notification stack. The latest Dev Channel of Chrome OS 87 moves them to your choice of two much better places from a user interface perspective.

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Chrome OS 87 may move media playback controls to Quick Settings on Chromebooks

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Kevin C. Tofel 0 Comments Chrome OS, Chrome OS 86, Chrome OS 87, Chromebooks, Kaleidoscope, Quick Settings, Settings, User interface

Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t stand the Chrome OS media playback controls showing at the top of my notification stack. Chrome OS 87 could change that, bringing media controls to the Quick Settings of Chromebooks.

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Chrome OS 86 bringing tab search to Chromebooks and it’s awesome

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment Browser tabs, Chrome OS, Chrome OS 86, Chromebooks, Dev Channel, Productivity, User interface

Are you one of those Chromebook users like me, sometimes with dozen or two open tabs? It gets tricky to navigate to the right tab but that appears to be changing with Chrome OS 86 and the new tab search feature.

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Chrome OS 86 to add Global Media Controls icon in system shelf on Chromebooks: Kaleidoscope?

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment Chrome OS, Chrome OS 86, Chromebooks, Entertainment, Kaleidoscope, Shelf, Streaming video, User interface

A new “Global Media Controls” icon looks to be arriving in the system shelf with Chrome OS 86. Might this have to do with Kaleidoscope, the reported video streaming aggregation interface for Chromebooks?

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Chrome OS 76 improves tab information visuals on Chromebooks

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments Browser tabs, Chrome browser, Chrome OS, Chrome OS 76, User interface, UX

It’s past time that when hovering over a Chrome OS browser tab, the pop-up info looks like it was designed in 2009. Chrome OS 76 brings a much cleaner looking tab hover experience on Chromebooks.

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