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Starred by 5 users
Status: WontFix
Owner: ----
Closed: Feb 2018
Cc:
cl...@chromium.org
█ hannahs@chromium.org
EstimatedDays: ----
NextAction: ----
OS: Android
Pri: 2
Type: Bug



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chrome home UI makes it hard to get to background tabs

Project Member Reported by ojan@chromium.org, Nov 4 2017 
I <3 Chrome home, but this specific interaction regularly annoys me.

Here's the steps I need to go to in order to go to a background tab or settings:
1. Click on home screen Chrome icon
2. Chrome home opens halfway. Get confused about how there's no way to get to the background tabs
3. Swipe down
4. Click on the tab number or overflow menu as appropriate.

This keeps confusing me. It kind makes some sense when fullscreened, but it left me confused the first few times and now it just leaves me annoyed that I have to swipe down to do anything.

It's the fact that it's the default view when you open Chrome that causes this problem. Although, I think it'd be less confusing to just always show the full toolbar. Is the extra URL bar real estate really worth hiding the toolbar buttons?

Comment 1 by k...@chromium.org, Nov 13 2017

Cc: cl...@chromium.org hannahs@chromium.org
Labels: Fine-Pri-3.0 Hotlist-Chrome-Home
Owner: k...@chromium.org
Yes, I agree with the concerns here. I think our two options in my opinion are to:
a) disable Chrome Home open after inactivity (our metrics are split about what users do after Chrome Home open after inactivity)
b) add tab switcher/overflow menu to Chrome Home half state

@cleer, your opinion is a) right?

Comment 2 by ojan@chromium.org, Dec 20 2017 

Either solution fine with me. Although, they are not mutually exclusive. I don't see the benefit of hiding the menu when chrome home is open. I guess it's a bit less clutter?

Comment 3 by k...@chromium.org, Dec 20 2017 

Yes, it's less clutter but that said, I think we're open to adding tab switcher/overflow menu back.

Comment 4 by ojan@chromium.org, Dec 20 2017 

I personally find it less predictable, but like I said, either or both of the solutions you list address my main concern.

Comment 5 by k...@chromium.org, Feb 2 2018

Owner: ----
Status: WontFix (was: Assigned)
We are ending the current Chrome Home experiment and closing the corresponding Chrome Home bugs. Thanks for the feedback and support!

Comment 6 by neoexp...@gmail.com, Apr 26 2018 

Why you do that? I used chrome home the whole time and now there was an update and nothing works now.

Comment 7 by nick...@gmail.com, Apr 27 2018 

"Hey we came up with a good feature but we're too lazy to fix the bugs/improve on it so we'll just remove it completely! Genius plan!"
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