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We Approve of Chrome’s New Sad Tab Page

by Robert Quigley | 11:01 am, January 26th, 2011

We’re big fans of Google Chrome, and based on our site stats, more than a quarter of our readers are too. We’re not fans, though, of the “sad tab” page which pops up whenever Chrome blows up, as happens with some frequency whenever Google updates the browser with a few bugs still intact.

That said, we approve of the new sad tab page in the latest Chromium build, which shamelessly panders to its techy early-adopter audience by quoting Dr. McCoy.

Some foreign Chrome users report a gorier crash page with a bullet hole through the sad tab’s head. This seems excessive.

(via Unofficial Google OS)

  • Haphsaph

    I still liked “oh, snap!”

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000551831113 Avinash Dwarapu

    It IS still oh snap. He’s Dead, Jim only happens when the process is abruptly killed.

  • Nidhi

    Star Trek Lives!!!

  • Monkeyman95

    on mine he has @’s for eyes and  has his tongue sticking out. idk how to post a pic…

  • Lp_lala

    i thought something was wrong with my laptop. after i shut it down the “sad tab” he’s dead, jim came up and I was like oh no a virus. i’m glad it’s not. 

  • http://twitter.com/QC_Cosmopolite Alexis Gordon

    same here, especially since it was only up for less than a second.

  • Chrisringo99

    mine just did that i was like omg what the heck scared the living crap out of me

  • Jkasdfkjh

    phew, i shat myself thinking ti was a virus because it shut down google chrome.

  • user

    my whole computer restarted after the tab popped up……….. i hope it wasnt a virus :S

  • Cherylhunt_2005

    I just think I am tired of this and will use another one. Maybe Firefox.

  • Francisque

    That’s just a joke or a funny reference made by the devs, don’t worry guys it’s part of Chrome browser go check it out: type that chrome://kill/ in the adress bar ^^ 

  • anon

    i was looking through my husbands facebook page when this page came. scared the crap out of me. O_O when i saw the bit “He’s dead” 

  • Alisa Miller49

    what abruptly kills it??  like is there something specific that sets it off??  IS IT A VIRUS!?

  • Skeez845

    great! usere unite

  • Hws

    it mean u killed the chrome tab by task manager . Lol

  • Geinmaar

    How about ” He’s dead, Tommy! “

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4QMZIUBCXFDBNP3FUGBSFI47ZI StandingBehindTheBill

    Thank you for posting this. I was thinking my laptop was infected. Restored the device several times and spent countless hours. Nice to find an answer.

  • Anonymous

    god lol the bullet hole one in israel, kinda overload there lol

  • nothinonme

    i just let my computer go for about 6hrs so it said its dead jim

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/T5DCKTFYO3KEQ3EG4FSYAZYXJU scorpionhorse

    “Oh, snap!” is when you kill it
    “He’s dead, Jim” happens when it kills itself
    this is what i think NOW.

  • Luke

     This is why I use Firefox.


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