What is chrome?

‘Browser chrome’ is a euphemism for the graphical framework and elements of the web browser window.

‘Browser chrome’ is not to be confused with Google Chrome – which a web browser.

Chrome includes the web browser:

title bar

toolbar buttons: ‘Back’, ‘Forward’, ‘Stop‘, etc.

horiztontal and vertical scrollbars

status bar: the strip at the bottom of the browser window

the window frame

Browser chrome can be modified through the use of ‘skins’; (usually) third-party software extensions that can be used to customise colour, graphical treatment and interface metaphor.

Related terms: web browser.