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Yep, that was me. The reasoning wasn't that we didn't like it and wanted to kill hidden features (as above, I loved it), but more that all things, even small o

Yep, that was me. The reasoning wasn't that we didn't like it and wanted to kill hidden features (as above, I loved it), but more that all things, even small or hidden ones, come with small and hidden cost, and cost is the end of large projects. It sounds a bit daft to many, but just having the code in the tree is a burden - tests run, translations need to be updated, and minor dependencies all over the place increase development costs persistently. For example, consider the staff who added the "audio indicator in tabs" functionality and how the presence of a separate tab system in the tree might cause them extra work, or how their work may inadvertently cause critical bugs in sidetabs that don't have an owner to fix it or care for it. To keep Chrome nimble we attempt to cut and trim as much as we can, knowing that that annoys some. We don't always get this right, but it's better to aspire to do fewer things well than to be generally OK with crufty bits here and there. I realize this explanation probably won't decrease the sadness, and you've probably heard something like it many times in the bug tracker, but if not, I hope it explains things a little.

granitosaurus 9y ago
I just find it sad that the world's biggest browser is afraid of extra features, because it might require extra work.
ams6110 9y ago
> To keep Chrome nimble we attempt to cut and trim as much as we can $ du -sh /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/ 346M /Applications/Google Chrome.app/ $ du -sh /Applications/Firefox.app 147M /Applications/Firefox.app/
- elaus 9y ago
  To be fair: "trimming as much as we can" doesn't mean you have to be the browser with the smallest file size on the market...
dredmorbius 9y ago
I'll keep my comments civil, but I really cannot say how absolutely evil, wrong, and arrogant that decision and attitude are, and how much I hate and despise Chrome on account of this and similar intentional design crippling and abuse. (I've filed a number of bugs on several of them, based on the experience, I simply won't bother in future. It's absolutely clear that Google's goal is to driver users such as myself far, far away. Why should I fight that?) I'll point though to the tyranny of the minimum viable user, and a rather massive Achilles' Heel Google have been manifesting of late. https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/69wk8y/the_tyranny_of_the_minimum_viable_user/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/69wk8y/the_tyr...

granitosaurus 9y ago

I just find it sad that the world's biggest browser is afraid of extra features, because it might require extra work.

ams6110 9y ago

> To keep Chrome nimble we attempt to cut and trim as much as we can $ du -sh /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/ 346M /Applications/Google Chrome.app/ $ du -sh /Applications/Firefox.app 147M /Applications/Firefox.app/

elaus 9y ago
To be fair: "trimming as much as we can" doesn't mean you have to be the browser with the smallest file size on the market...

dredmorbius 9y ago

I'll keep my comments civil, but I really cannot say how absolutely evil, wrong, and arrogant that decision and attitude are, and how much I hate and despise Chrome on account of this and similar intentional design crippling and abuse. (I've filed a number of bugs on several of them, based on the experience, I simply won't bother in future. It's absolutely clear that Google's goal is to driver users such as myself far, far away. Why should I fight that?) I'll point though to the tyranny of the minimum viable user, and a rather massive Achilles' Heel Google have been manifesting of late. https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/69wk8y/the_tyranny_of_the_minimum_viable_user/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/69wk8y/the_tyr...