google Google Removing Close Other Tabs, Close Tabs To The Right From Chrome

[vissha]

Google Removing Close Other Tabs, Close Tabs To The Right From Chrome

 

Google plans to remove the tab context menu items Close other tabs, and Close tabs to the right, from the company's Chrome web browser.

 

Google made the decision to remove the two context menu options years ago, according to the bug on the official Chromium site, but never got it done up until now.

 

The company cites lack of use as the reason for removal. Additionally, the two context menu options add complexity too Chrome, and add additional scanning time "due to the menu length increase".

 

Google removing Close other tabs, Close tabs to the right from Chrome

 

 

Usage stats, which Google revealed in September 2016 highlight the relative usage of each context menu item of the

browser:

• Duplicate: 23.21%
• Reload: 22.74%
• Pin / Unpin tab: 13.12%
• Close tab: 9.68%
• Reopen closed tab: 8.92%
• New tab: 6.63%
• Close tabs to the right: 6.06%
• Mute tab: 5.38%
• Close other tabs: 2.20%
• Unmute tab: 1.41%
• Bookmark all tabs: 0.64%

Relative in this context means the percentage of all context menu actions by Chrome users. Close tabs to the right is listed there with 6.06% of all actions, and Close other tabs with 2.20% of all actions.

 

This makes it a more popular action than mute tab, and less than 0.60% less popular than new tab. Chrome users have other means to spawn new tabs or close them which may explain the relatively low usage stats for those actions.

 

Even close tab, and reopen closed tabs, are not too far away when it comes to relative usage of the actions.

 

It appears that the removal has been assigned in February, and that Chromium and Chrome will see the removal of the two options in the near future.

 

Side note: Google plans to remove the bookmark all tabs option as well from the browser. It is unclear however when this is going to happen, as no date has been given yet.

 

Google notes that you still have an option to close multiple tabs. Simply hold down the Shift-key, click on all tabs that you want to remove, and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-W to close the selected tabs.

 

Now You: Are you affected by the change?

 

It is interesting to note that Google thinks that these options are not used enough to keep them in Chrome

 

Source

 

Update: Read this post.

 

[humble3d]

IF IT AIN'T BROKE, WHY FIX IT...?? 

[Cypher3927]

This move is on par with Mozilla's removal of tab grouping in Firefox because, yet again, they pointed to some ridiculous metrics and decided to forgo the use of common sense. Why in the world would you remove something that is useful to your user base, especially when there is minimal need for code maintenance? It's as if they made the decision over some misguided minimalist ideals. What we're talking about are a couple of items on a right-click menu and 6.06 and 2.20 percent are actually significant statistics, especially when compared to those features still included with comparable numbers. Plus, most people won't even bother learning a lot of the functionality on offer in their favorite applications so why are they expecting ridiculous utilization numbers to justify the inclusion of useful features? I will never for the life of me understand why someone would remove something that isn't even remotely in the way and is useful to a lot of users. If one chooses not to use the functionality then that's their prerogative, but it's nice to have it should it ever be required. Personally, I use these features every day and this idiocy annoys me to no end. 

[CODYQX4]

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[Akaneharuka]

7 minutes ago, CODYQX4 said:

"Let's remove a feature because people don't use it 10 times a day and tell them to remember some absurd keyboard combo where they still have to click each tab".

 

I've never had to use an Emergency Brake, Airbags, or Hazard Lights in my car. I suppose that means removing them from all vehicles would be a good idea?

 

It will be really funny if the car company thought like that XD

 

Hey people don:t use car airbag everyday let:s remove it form the car.

[vissha]

Update: Creates Suspicion/Confusion similar to MS:

Google: No plans to remove Chrome’s ‘Close Other tabs’ and ‘Close Tabs to the right’ options
In Brief: Here is an update on this from Google side: For now, Chromium team isn’t going to remove the tab context menu options.

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WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY PLANNING TO REMOVE CLOSE TABS TO THE RIGHT.

Maybe, some day, in the future, with more data and more discussion; so that shouldn't be taken as "this will persist inevitably", only that it's not on the table right now.