Lacros is Google’s new browser for Chromebooks that is set to become the primary method for browsing the web on Chrome OS. It will likely be directly responsible for extending the life of your device, and with all of the excitement surrounding it, I decided to see how it fit into my workflow in its early stages. Unfortunately, I discovered this morning that Lacros may be planning to completely kill off the most important Chromebook feature ever created and one that I specifically use a Chromebook for over a Windows device – multi-user profiles.
On Windows, the Chrome browser is used by having tons of tabs accumulated in one space and then managing them using tab groups and other tab management features. When you want to switch to another user, you click your profile image at the top-right of the browser wrapper and choose another profile to jump to. This will then open a separate instance of Chrome where you can hoard more tabs. Each instance has its own Chrome sync with bookmarks, history, passwords, and more being unique to that Google account.
