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Google’s Chrome may soon allow mute tab option
Google's Chrome browser presently shows which tab is playing audio. Soon it could allow users to mute the audio on those tabs.
In a Google+ post, Google's Peter Kasting said this is in response to people's suggestions that they be able could click tabs to mute them.
But Kasting said the feature is still in early experimentation, adding they have so far included an experimental flag for it.
"This may not have even shipped in a Canary (early test) build quite yet, and we are very much not promising this UI will ultimately make it to a stable release, but we now at least can experiment," he said.
A separate article on 9to5google.com said an overview of the feature from Google’s release log indicates the change consolidates the existing media indicator UI into a new MediaIndicatorButton class.
"When the indicator is transitioned to the audio playing or muting state, the button functionality activates; and, when clicked, will toggle tab-wide audio muting. Otherwise, the view only serves to paint the indicator icon with all mouse/gesture events handled by Tab (its parent View)," it said. — Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News
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