Chrome's Giant Touch-Optimized Menu

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Chrome's Giant Touch-Optimized Menu
Somewhere between Chrome 25 (beta) and Chrome 26 (dev), the browser's menu got bigger. It's **w optimized for touch interfaces even if you're using a **n-touch computer. I've checked the height of the menu and it's **w 580 pixels, instead of 420 pixels. That's a 38% increase and it makes the interface more difficult to use for mouse users.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R0z522Zv9_I/URpItM3MxbI/AAAAAAABHwE/lmcJo_rGbaQ/s640/chrome-menu-native-vs-touch.png

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 **w have a 1366x768 resolution:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3DJnrbZDSGI/URpOHZWlPmI/AAAAAAABHxc/IrLCWFqfS9o/s640/chrome-giant-menu.jpg

Chrome also changed the contextual menu:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-brR5XmbemGo/URpSl3KXtRI/AAAAAAABHy0/gSDq8NXsvJA/s640/chrome-context-menu-native-vs-touch.png

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vY1RG0DbqmU/URpUYA4RqwI/AAAAAAABHzE/neeJvKjhr0A/s640/chrome-context-menu-native-vs-touch-2.png
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