Google Chrome – Some Nice New Features
Originally posted September 4, 2008
Jason Hiner of ZDNet posted a list of nice features of the beta Google Chrome web browser. I agree with his list of five best new features. I do have a couple of accessibility observations though.
- New Tab Page – features a page that shows thumbnails of your most visited Web sites, a list of your recent bookmarks, and a search box that allows you to search your history. Hopefully, the history tab has accessibility alt tag support for the thumbnails. This tab could be a handy navigation aid.
- Web Application Support – allows you to create desktop, start menu or quick launch icons for your web applications. Hopefully these icons are 508 compliant. This could be very helpful.
I hope this browser has assistive technology for the blind. The increased speed could help make usability better for the sighted and those with disabilities.