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Content Browser, Sidebar Tabs in New Chromium OS Screenshots

Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in News

TechCrunch’s MG Siegler has posted some new screenshots and details on Chromium OS, saying that Google is heavily testing the operating system internally, that the zipping and unzipping of archives will be important to the platform and that there is a feature that allows one to browse without being signed into a Google account.

You can see that profiles have been added to the login screen, adding more functionality than just a sign-on form.

Of course, those who are privacy minded will appreciate the fact that you are able to browse without using your Google account, according to this screenshot.

Another recently added user interface feature has been the sidebar tabs option. You can see it in the options drop down from the wrench icons in the public Chromium releases, but this one looks more polished than I’ve seen before.

One other screenshot of interest Siegler posted was a content browser, something I had not yet seen but very much neccessary for the OS to be useful. The viewer off to the right gives it a web-like quality.

Thanks to Planktno for letting me know.

Tags: browsing without Google account, Chromium OS, content browser, MG Sielger, profile signon, siderbar tabs, TechCrunch