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> First up is the 'new tab' chicklet in the Chrome tab bar. Somewhere around Chrome 16 the '+' disappeared from it, leaving a little ghost of a button that, to

> First up is the 'new tab' chicklet in the Chrome tab bar. Somewhere around Chrome 16 the '+' disappeared from it, leaving a little ghost of a button that, to my mind, wouldn't be recognized for what it was by a user who hadn't already formed their mental model on earlier versions of Chrome. I'd noticed this and it was very irritating! I assumed it was a bug and for whatever reason the image was missing, not that they had intentionally removed it. That's nonsensical to me, without the + being there it indicates... nothing. His point is exactly right.

foobarbazetc 15y ago
I also thought this was a bug, and that my Mac was having trouble loading the resource for the +. WTF. :)
GvS 15y ago
I thought it was some kind of problem with my custom skin, so I removed it. It didn't help so I reinstalled Chrome and after that googled for some time to find fix for it.
mattmanser 15y ago
The weird thing for me was without the + the clickable area seemed much smaller and I felt it was fiddly. But I happened to have my laptop and desktop open when the change happened and it's exactly the same size.
- australis 15y ago
  The clickable area may seem smaller, but the hit box for the button is actually larger than the graphic for the button (presumably to avoid the fiddly issue you were highlighting)
ianox 15y ago
The lack of the '+' was annoying to me at first. I don't seem to miss it anymore though, but then I do use the keyboard a lot for opening up new tabs.
- untog 15y ago
  We all know Chrome very well, though. If you launched it for the first time it's very unclear what that button does- and given that the only thing it does do is open a tab, why remove the +?
  - tubes 15y ago
    I think in a couple of months there will be a "+1" button at the top bar of Chrome so you can click it to "like" any page.. And having a "+" button next to it would've been confusing.
    - psweber 15y ago
      Mind blown. Also, I hate that you might be right.
    - sopooneo 15y ago
      Not since the end of The Usual Suspects...
  - ianox 15y ago
    Yes, good point - I can't think of any reason, let alone a good reason, to remove the '+'. Fortunately, when using the keyboard, Ctrl+T or Cmd+T tends to work the same cross-browser.

foobarbazetc 15y ago

I also thought this was a bug, and that my Mac was having trouble loading the resource for the +. WTF. :)

GvS 15y ago

I thought it was some kind of problem with my custom skin, so I removed it. It didn't help so I reinstalled Chrome and after that googled for some time to find fix for it.

mattmanser 15y ago

The weird thing for me was without the + the clickable area seemed much smaller and I felt it was fiddly. But I happened to have my laptop and desktop open when the change happened and it's exactly the same size.

australis 15y ago
The clickable area may seem smaller, but the hit box for the button is actually larger than the graphic for the button (presumably to avoid the fiddly issue you were highlighting)

ianox 15y ago

The lack of the '+' was annoying to me at first. I don't seem to miss it anymore though, but then I do use the keyboard a lot for opening up new tabs.

untog 15y ago
We all know Chrome very well, though. If you launched it for the first time it's very unclear what that button does- and given that the only thing it does do is open a tab, why remove the +?
- tubes 15y ago
  I think in a couple of months there will be a "+1" button at the top bar of Chrome so you can click it to "like" any page.. And having a "+" button next to it would've been confusing.
  - psweber 15y ago
    Mind blown. Also, I hate that you might be right.
  - sopooneo 15y ago
    Not since the end of The Usual Suspects...
- ianox 15y ago
  Yes, good point - I can't think of any reason, let alone a good reason, to remove the '+'. Fortunately, when using the keyboard, Ctrl+T or Cmd+T tends to work the same cross-browser.