New Chrome Interface, i hates it!

[Dirk]

How do you disable the new Touch Optimized interface? It's awful!

That is what i see on my PC this morning.

 

[Dirk]

I'm struggling to see what the issue is.

Then why post?

There is an option in chrome://flags but it doesn't seem to do anything:

Edit Found a solution:

Go to the properties of your chrome shortcut and at the end of the target line add a space then --disable-new-menu-style

 

[Dirk]

Did you really need to ask that? You post asking for help, I say I'm struggling to see what the issue is, surely you'd understand that to mean elaboration world be required, no?

If you can't see the difference in the pictures you've got bigger problems to worry about.

Thanks for the fix, not only did the new UI look awful but it messed all my live bookmarks up, shifting them over to the right.

You're welcome. It's not a popular change from what i'm seeing here:

http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!categories/chrome/windows

 

[Dirk]

I can see the difference in the images, but the difference is quite minor in that it looks like the new interface is slightly wider spaced on the options menu, which I will reiterate, based on What's in your image, I'm struggling to see the issue. Is there more to it beyond the options menu spacing or something?

If you can't see the issue why are you posting? Do you even use Chrome, or are you just really bored?

Having to move your mouse a centimetre further to click something was definitely worthy of a thread.

From the person who brought us such gems as "DivX on the iPhone at last!"

Morfik, the arbiter of all that is Thread worthy!

Will there ever be a day when OcUK isn't full of trolls?

 

[Dirk]

Well, coming back to my thread it's nice to see that i'm not the only one that is perturbed by this change. In fact the Google Help Forums are still being flooded with complaints:

http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!categories/chrome/windows

For those of us using the fix, it might not be immediately obvious if Google reverse their decision and revert Chrome to it's former state. If anybody notices that this has indeed happened, can they post that here so that we can reverse the changes we have made?

 

[Dirk]

Google are bringing back proper spacing. The new flag is --force-fieldtrials="NewMenuStyle/Compact2/"

"Hi everyone,

Thanks for your continued feedback--we have been reading every one of your posts. As many of you have noticed, we are testing a new experience for context menu layouts, Compact2, which has decreased space between entries. Due to Compact2's success and your positive feedback on this thread about this new UI, we've rolled this menu UI out to 100% of Chrome 29 users and are looking into a solution for current Chrome 28 users.

Thanks again for all your feedback in improving Chrome,
Jacky, Div, and the Chrome Team"

http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/chrome/windows/NzOR_wVBEtI[1-25-false]

 

[Dirk]

Seems the "fix" is now in the current build, all my Chrome installs have gone back to the smaller spacing by themselves this morning.

Good to hear. Thanks!