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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...
Ebsolas
But, isn't that a bit strong what you're claiming? I've clearly spoken against how the feature is now,
but you are claiming that you have a choice about _all_ your extensions in the toolbar, or _none_ of them. And that's simply not true. You can still have a few select extensions in the toolbar, and the rest in the alphabetical menu-button. If you have the button showing, you can toggle which extensions you want directly on the toolbar or not.
The annoyance most have is that this claims to reduce clutter (for the people who were unaware you could move extensions away from the toolbar), but for the people who actually _did_ manage their toolbars, it now adds a forced button.. which is just plain annoying and backwards.. but also not more than a single button.
But, isn't that a bit strong what you're claiming? I've clearly spoken against how the feature is now,
but you are claiming that you have a choice about _all_ your extensions in the toolbar, or _none_ of them. And that's simply not true. You can still have a few select extensions in the toolbar, and the rest in the alphabetical menu-button. If you have the button showing, you can toggle which extensions you want directly on the toolbar or not.
The annoyance most have is that this claims to reduce clutter (for the people who were unaware you could move extensions away from the toolbar), but for the people who actually _did_ manage their toolbars, it now adds a forced button.. which is just plain annoying and backwards.. but also not more than a single button.
- That isn't all the extensions I have. That isn't even most of them. I have most of them hidden away. Those are just the ones I need quick access to. I used to be able to have them one click away and ordered to where I could access them quickly. Now I have to either put all of these on my toolbar or be unable to find them since I don't know the names of all of them.
- "Now I have to either put all of these on my toolbar or be unable to find them since I don't know the names of all of them."
use the new extension flyout, it shows each extension's names next to its icon, you don't have to put any of them on the toolbar.- I have probably 40-50 extensions installed. And again I don't know the names of all of them. Sure, alphabetical order would help if I happened to know what all of them were called, but I don't.
This means that I have to scroll through 50 different extensions where I can only see 14 at a time and try to figure out which of them is the right extension I need. The several that I have on the toolbar are ones that I use often enough that sticking them in such a list takes way too long. (Also I tried living with it for a week the way you are suggesting, it doesn't work for me)
