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josh_bodner
Microsoft
MicrosoftIntroducing the new Extensions menu on the toolbar
Extensions are small applications that enhance the browser’s functionality. Once you install an extension, you can notice the extension icon appearing on the toolbar. If you have several extensions i...
Is there a flag to turn this off? I am not a fan.
Requiring this button on the toolbar in order to hide extensions has added clutter. I prefer the hidden extensions being accessible through the menu button (...).
It was frustrating seeing this new button, clicking "Hide from toolbar" and then having all my extensions added to the toolbar and no clear way to remove/hide them again ("Hide from toolbar" is dithered after doing this when right clicking on extension button). I eventually figured out how to re-hide them, but it was quite painful.
Requiring this button on the toolbar in order to hide extensions has added clutter. I prefer the hidden extensions being accessible through the menu button (...).
It was frustrating seeing this new button, clicking "Hide from toolbar" and then having all my extensions added to the toolbar and no clear way to remove/hide them again ("Hide from toolbar" is dithered after doing this when right clicking on extension button). I eventually figured out how to re-hide them, but it was quite painful.
I had literally the same thing happen to me.
It looks worse, has added clutter to the toolbar and is of no real extra use. The only benefit it has over the extensions in the menu is the oversight maybe, but it comes at the cost of an extra added button. It may grow on me in the future, but it's not an instant succes I would say.
The addons you do hide are the ones that either have no interaction or the ones that you use every 2 months. You hide them in the menu for a reason.
The fact that all addons just popup and fill your toolbar however (if you try to hide the button), is just poor design. It shouldn't be like that. Have to re-hide them is indeed very painful.
