Preview releases of Chrome demonstrate some Firefox 4-like functionality by placing options inside the browser window instead of in a popup.Google moved the Chrome bookmarks manager from a separate application window into a tab. Recently, work began on into a tab as well. While it's still not totally functional, chrome://options has come a long way in a short amount of time.moving Chrome's options menuFor the most part, all the UI elements are now active. Certain sub-menus have yet to be activated (like font settings and sync).
So why move everything into tabs, anyway? Once Google has everything sorted out and running in-tabs, future changes to Chrome's UI should be easier to implement across different platforms. Since it's Chrome itself rendering things, developers won't have to worry as much about a change looking good on Windows while breaking something on Mac, for example. The switch should also lead to a more consistent experience across Chrome's entire user base.
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