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Chrome finally lets you move the address bar to the bottom, but not on Android
(www.androidcentral.com)
Wow how horrible... continues to use firefox
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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Anyways.
Why would Google code for its opponent's OS first? Not that I use Chrome, anyway. Firefox has had that feature for ages.
Google constantly does this. Never makes any sense.
The reason is probably really mundane, like the iOS Chrome team and Android Chrome team not working in lockstep or something of the sort. Like the iOS team planned it for 2023 Q4 and the Android team for 2024 Q1
Probably because safari has it that way by default.
The technology just isn't there yet
It used to be able to do it via an experimental feature, then they took that feature away. https://www.dignited.com/114084/how-to-relocate-the-chrome-address-bar-on-your-android-device/
It smacks of some VP of product development hating on the concept, despite it being optional, and wont back down over the decision. Most likely they used the navigation buttons on the bottom and this caused their great big sausage fingers a problem.
It was a joke
Yes, I was aware, just hijacking the top comment as not everybody would have been aware it was actually fucking possible in the past
Swore there was a flag that allowed you to do this years ago.
There was. It was removed a few years ago (https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/29/chromes-duet-bottom-bar-interface-is-probably-gone-for-good/).
Google removing features, and bringing them back pretending they are new. A tale as old as time.
Chromium Forks like Cromite and Brave have this feature already.
I've been using cromite for months! how did I not know about this??
how did I not know about this??
The first thing I do whenever I install anything is to go through the settings. To turn off trackers, analytics and explore the accessibility features.
Being at the bottom makes more sense on today's larger phones. I'm just so used to it being at the top it's hard to get used to it being at the bottom of the screen.
lol, if chrome isn't going to allow it on android then what's the point? Safari offers it (if it's the only feature you care about), and is a lot better then chrome.
My old windows phone did this and I loved it. I'm surprised its taking Google this long to do this. Not that I use chrome but still
Omg, why not for Android too? It's way easier to reach bottom than the top.
It never made sense to me, UX wise, to be up on handheld devices (one handed ones especially).
funny enough.. it was a feature flag to move it to the bottom on android for a while before but they removed that too
Eww
I didn't know bottom-address-bar was a thing, but I hate it
It's amazing, and there's a reason Firefox has had it as the default for years.
I hate having to reach to the top of my 7" phone to type in an address.
Why?
My initial gut reaction is that it's ugly π€·ββοΈ apparently it has its admirers, but I'm definitely not one of them
It's just about usability. Top of phones are hard to reach nowadays, so the more UI elements that are towards the bottom the better!
It's a quality of life improvement. You wouldn't worry about the looks of a screwdriver if it's better than your old one.