In Chrome 36, you can no longer disable the notification icon in the menu bar

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by rootinier • 12 years ago

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ulms• 12 years ago

I'm confused about why this feature continues to ship enabled by default. AFAICT the de facto standard is to have users opt-in to menu bar icons unless the app is only a helper or intended to be used solely from the menu bar - at the very least, remembering whether it was enabled/disabled in flags between builds/updates would be acceptable, IMO.

piezosomatic• 12 years ago

The flag has been removed but you can hide the icon by using an entry in the Chrome menu.

maxharris• 12 years ago

I think I was able to turn it off this way, but I had to restart my browser to get rid of it.

The icon should definitely be off by default.

ahassan• 12 years ago

Since Chrome forked WebKit, it's been going downhill. For the past little while, with each new version of Chrome, I notice more annoyances and bugs. I recently switched back to Safari as well, and while it's not perfect, it's better than Chrome IMO.

McDiesel3• 12 years ago

I'm confused... I've been using chrome for what seems like forever... I'm on 35 now... always OSX. Never have I seen a menu bar icon for chrome... I certainly dont have one right now and I've never disabled it...

McDiesel3• 12 years ago

Given the flag is references Notification Center, though... and I do get chrome notifications there... I would assume maybe if you're on an older version of OSX that chrome does this, with the lack of the notification center?

hidamon• 12 years ago

No, I'm on chrome 35 on mavericks and see it. I've seen it for a long time now actually. You don't have this?

http://i.imgur.com/6pFdIMG.jpg

thrillgore• 12 years ago

Chrome is quickly starting to become a bullshit Google product with no real value, not even as a web browser.

In Chrome 36, you can no longer disable the notification icon in the menu bar

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