# I pit Google Chrome **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 13, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645 "2012-04-13T08:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/1 "2012-04-13T08:37:20Z")
I read the manifesto and it seemed like a brilliant way to reconstruct the browser. But it doesn’t seem to work all that great or be any faster or hang up less. New pages seem to hang blank for awhile before they appear. And it lacks basic functionality like being able to set the new tab page. So maybe work the kinks out before you push the hype. ymmv ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/2 "2012-04-13T09:08:33Z")
It was significantly faster than other browsers when it first launched. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/3 "2012-04-13T11:26:09Z")
Seriously, is there a way to undo a close tab? 'Cos I seem to do that a lot and it irritates the shit out of me that there appears to be no way to get it back. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/4 "2012-04-13T11:33:02Z")
I don’t know about Chrome, but firefox has tab mix plus where one can reopen the last 10 tabs one had open. I didn’t like Chrome’s response to adblock, even though it works on it now apparently. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/5 "2012-04-13T11:33:34Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Seriously, is there a way to undo a close tab? 'Cos I seem to do that a lot and it irritates the shit out of me that there appears to be no way to get it back. Right-click any of the current tabs, the option is in the context menu. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/6 "2012-04-13T12:16:40Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Right-click any of the current tabs, the option is in the context menu. Cheers. Had to be somewhere. I don’t really get on with Google’s UI decisions, but the browser is so much faster than Firefox and IE on the Windows machine I am forced to use at work. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/7 "2012-04-13T12:36:37Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Right-click any of the current tabs, the option is in the context menu. Also, if you open a new tab, at the bottom you can click “Recently closed” and a list of all your recently closed tabs pops up that you can select from. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/8 "2012-04-13T12:50:12Z")
> [@C3](#): > > Also, if you open a new tab, at the bottom you can click “Recently closed” and a list of all your recently closed tabs pops up that you can select from. Not on mine it doesn’t. Edit: Oh you mean on the bottom of the screen/page, not the bottom of the menu? Google’s genius UI designers strike again. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/9 "2012-04-13T12:58:14Z")
Yeah, bottom of the page. I’m with you on the designers - don’t get me started on gmail. ---
**Author:** ![randomface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@randomface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomface)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/10 "2012-04-13T13:36:39Z")
Ctrl+Shift+t reopens closed tabs. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/11 "2012-04-13T14:17:59Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > And it lacks basic functionality like being able to set the new tab page. The “new tab redirect” extension will do that for you, if you want. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-google-chrome/618645/12 "2012-04-13T15:52:38Z")
Although the idea of each thread having its own process has its advantages, that means each tab also uses more resources. I like to open like 40 or 50 tabs at once when I first sit at my PC at home. This works OK with Firefox, but with Chrome not so much.