Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - googlesystem.blogspot
Somewhere between Chrome 25 (beta) and Chrome 26 (dev), the browser's menu got bigger.
It's now optimized for touch interfaces even if you're using a non-touch computer. I've checked the height of the menu and it's now
580 pixels, instead of 420 pixels. That's a 38% increase and it makes the interface more difficult to use for mouse users.
When you use Chrome's sync feature, the menu's height becomes 625 pixels. Here's how a recent Chromium build looks on my 1280x800 laptop and remember that most laptops sold right now have a 1366x768 resolution:
Chrome also changed the contextual menu:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/chromes-giant-touch-optimized-menu.html
