I opened a new tab this morning on Chrome and had quite a shock. Instead of seeing my most visited pages I got the Google search box. I also saw “Chrome has updated” across the bottom right of the browser and quickly concluded the Chrome update 29 was the culprit.
Now I know Google is a great search engine and that it also happens to make Chrome but moving me an extra click or search away from my favourite sites felt a little mean. Especially when I found no option in the settings to switch back to the old behaviour.
Luckily this super user Q&A quickly solved my problem.
- Goto
chrome://flags/
Search (Ctrl+F)for “Enable Instant Extended API”- Select “Disabled”
- Scroll to the bottom
- Click “Relaunch”