[pachydermic]

Weird.

But c'mon... "hate it"? I think you'll get used to it. It's not really a big change in my book.

[CWIZO]

Well, I hate it :) I mean fine add this, but make the old version available as a config option or something. I really don't need a big google logo and a search bar every time I press cmd+t

[dudus]

It is optional. You can disable it here:

chrome://flags/#enable-instant-extended-api

You can also install another tab page as an extension. eg:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/x-new-tab-page/cbm...