Google disabled address bar icons

[barbushin]

Hi everybody,

Since Google Chrome 49 you can see that browser now displays all installed extensions icons in toolbar. Also they disabled address bar icons API.

So now JavaScript Errors Notifier icon is always displayed in toolbar as transparent grey icon.

Stupid Google Chrome team!

They even did not notified that pageAction API is deprecated, and did not updated official API documentation.

Users really hates this update https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/48kxix/why_are_disabled_extension_icons_showing_up_in

Anyway

For now I'm going to develop new way of notifications that will be displayed as icon/tooltip/baloon inside page with error.

Any ideas what is the best way to design it?

[pjvandehaar]

Your fix is pretty good. I agree, a position: fixed balloon with a close button is probably the best approach. Stupid Google Chrome team!

[barbushin]

Here is a draft version of how new notification icon & popup will looks like (displayed in bottom right corner).

[barbushin]

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