I would really prefer something other than a browser add-on for Hangouts' desktop experience, and, more importantly, receiving incoming calls. This is the prim

I would really prefer something other than a browser add-on for Hangouts' desktop experience, and, more importantly, receiving incoming calls. This is the primary reason I don't use Hangouts for incoming calls, despite having reliability issues receiving incoming calls with Skype. If I close the browser or the Hangouts window with the extension, there's no indicator to tell if it's still running in the background. With no visible feedback, like an icon in the system tray, it leaves me worrying whether it's still working. From what I tested with it, it'll keep running silently without a tray icon after the browser profile is closed, but the alert for it is a desktop notification without a sound, which is problematic. This slent alert with the window closed disappears if you click anywhere into the notification pop-up except the 'Answer' option. And when you do click "Answer", it doesn't answer, it just opens the Google Hangouts app, which turns on sound and has you click "Answer" a second time.. The solution there, I suppose, is to always have the window open or minimized, taking up important real estate, but I'm a bit opinionated about my workspace and think unnecessary windows should stay closed.