The middle row includes 3 navigation controls (Back, Forward & Stop/Refresh), a URL box which also allows direct Google web searching and a star bookmarking icon. The browser is made up of 3 rows of tools, the top layer horizontally stacks automatically adjusting tabs, next to a simple new tabs icon and the standard minimize, expand & close windows controls. Google focused on trimming down unnecessary toolbar space to maximise browsing real estate. We think Chrome improved on this further though - the simple UI hasn’t changed much since the beta launch in 2008. While this was a revolutionary area for PC users, Mac users were already used to slimline looking browsers thanks to Safari.
