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Let's get the "elephant in the room" out of the way first. The constant threat of accidentally refreshing a page has turned browsing with Chrome into a headache since 2019. | Let's get the "elephant in the room" out of the way first. The constant threat of accidentally refreshing a page has turned browsing with Chrome into a headache since 2019. | ||
In spite of the abnormally high number of complaints by users suffering from accidental refreshes, Google has refused to reinstate the option to turn off this anti-feature. It seems to be part of Google's brand identity.<ref> | In spite of the abnormally high number of complaints by users suffering from accidental refreshes, Google has refused to reinstate the option to turn off this anti-feature. It seems to be part of Google's brand identity.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Please bring back ability to disable Android pull-down-to-refresh. I lost my work because the feature. [41471115] |url=https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41471115 |website=[[Chromium]] |date=16 Jul 2019 |access-date=8 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/2024.09.04-094015/https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41471115 |archive-date=4 Sep 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=No way to disable pull-to-refresh [391378124] |url=https://issues.chromium.org/issues/391378124 |website=[[Chromium]] |date=22 Jan 2025 |access-date=8 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/2025.10.07-180843/https://issues.chromium.org/issues/391378124 |archive-date=7 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Stotty |title=Wanting to know how to disable pull to refresh as it's no longer showing up in flags |url=https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/8391096/wanting-to-know-how-to-disable-pull-to-refresh-as-it-s-no-longer-showing-up-in-flags?hl=en |website=[[Google]] |date=20 Jun 2019 |access-date=8 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2025-0111-2220-13/https://support.google.com:443/chrome/thread/8391096/wanting-to-know-how-to-disable-pull-to-refresh-as-it-s-no-longer-showing-up-in-flags?hl=en |archive-date=11 Jan 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vosloo |first=Jake |title=Missing Android Chrome 75 flags disable-pull-to-refresh-effect How to disable it now? |url=https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/8152831 |website=[[Google]] |date=16 Jun 2019 |access-date=8 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2025-0701-0647-33/https://support.google.com:443/chrome/thread/8152831 |archive-date=1 Jul 2025}}</ref> | ||
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Chrome (Chromium) developer David Trainor stated: | Chrome (Chromium) developer David Trainor stated: | ||
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Leaving the swich in place as it is highly used as a command line value, but removing it to trim down chrome://flags size. | Leaving the swich in place as it is highly used as a command line value, but removing it to trim down chrome://flags size.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trainor |first=David |title=8cf3626120e3949f9718b626217bf93b8b6d2545 - chromium/src - Git at Google |url=https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/8cf3626120e3949f9718b626217bf93b8b6d2545 |website=Google Source |date=22 May 2019 |access-date=8 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/2020.04.26-183014/https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/8cf3626120e3949f9718b626217bf93b8b6d2545 |archive-date=26 Apr 2020}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
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It is unclear how this benefits the end user. | It is unclear how this benefits the end user. | ||
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=== No page title bar === | === No page title bar === | ||
If you look at Steve Jobs' iPhone 4 presentation, what do you notice that current mobile web browsers don't have?<ref> | If you look at Steve Jobs' iPhone 4 presentation, what do you notice that current mobile web browsers don't have?<ref>{{Cite web |author=CNet |title=Steve Jobs' demo fail (CNET News) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxQOPFg2mo |website=[[YouTube]] |date=7 Jun 2010 |access-date=8 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=znxQOPFg2mo |archive-date=8 Jun 2026}}</ref> | ||
A title bar! | A title bar! | ||
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=== Annoying download confirmation in incognito mode === | === Annoying download confirmation in incognito mode === | ||
In 2023, Google added an annoying prompt in incognito mode that reads ''"Download file? Anyone using this device can see downloaded files."'', which, of course, can not be turned off.<ref> | In 2023, Google added an annoying prompt in incognito mode that reads ''"Download file? Anyone using this device can see downloaded files."'', which, of course, can not be turned off.<ref>{{Cite web |author=User 6073876982652430557 |title=How to disable incognito mode, "Download file? Anyone using this device can see downloaded files." |url=https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/239227138/how-to-disable-incognito-mode-download-file-anyone-using-this-device-can-see-downloaded-files?hl=en |website=[[Google]] |date=14 Oct 2023 |access-date=8 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260531112824/https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/239227138/how-to-disable-incognito-mode-download-file-anyone-using-this-device-can-see-downloaded-files?hl=en |archive-date=31 May 2026}}</ref> | ||
Given that most smartphones are only used by one person most of the time, this message is pointless. | Given that most smartphones are only used by one person most of the time, this message is pointless. | ||
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=== No background video playback === | === No background video playback === | ||
Chrome does not allow background video playback on ''any'' website. This is a deliberate choice by Google. In 2019, they even forced the developers of the Chromium derivative "Kiwi Browser" to remove this ability, at least for YouTube.com.<ref>{{ | Chrome does not allow background video playback on ''any'' website. This is a deliberate choice by Google. In 2019, they even forced the developers of the Chromium derivative "Kiwi Browser" to remove this ability, at least for YouTube.com.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malik |first=Aisha |title=Kiwi Browser app vanishes from Google Play Store |url=https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/05/07/kiwi-browser-removed-from-play-store/ |website=Mobile Syrup |date=7 May 2019 |access-date=8 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507232416/https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/05/07/kiwi-browser-removed-from-play-store/ |archive-date=7 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davenport |first=Corbin |title=Kiwi Browser removed from Play Store due to YouTube background playback |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/05/07/kiwi-browser-removed-from-play-store-due-to-youtube-background-playback/ |website=Android Police |date=7 May 2019 |access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507180735/https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/05/07/kiwi-browser-removed-from-play-store-due-to-youtube-background-playback/ |archive-date=7 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
Google apparently wants users to not get used to background video playback on a mobile device, to match the behaviour that the YouTube app had since the beginning, even before YouTube Premium (YouTube Red) had existed. | Google apparently wants users to not get used to background video playback on a mobile device, to match the behaviour that the YouTube app had since the beginning, even before YouTube Premium (YouTube Red) had existed. | ||