Google’s Chrome app launcher says bye bye to Windows, Linux, Mac deskt

    Google’s Chrome app launcher says bye bye to Windows, Linux, Mac deskt

    Google’s Chrome app launcher says bye bye to Windows, Linux, Mac deskt


    Posted: 24 Mar 2016

    While Microsoft is currently working to bring extensions to its still barebones Edge browser on Windows 10, Google plans to streamline its Chrome browser in the coming months. The company announced yesterday that it will soon get rid of its Chrome app launcher on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as it found that users “prefer to launch their apps from within Chrome”.

    If you’re not familiar with it, the Chrome app launcher automatically installs as soon as you install a Chrome app from the Chrome web store (Chrome apps are glorified web apps that try to deliver an experience comparable to a native app). The Chrome app launcher uses a Start menu-like UI, and while it perfectly makes sense on Chrome OS as these are the only kind of apps that the OS can run, the launcher never made a lot of sense on other desktop operating systems.
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  1. Posts : 630
       #1

    I am a chrome user and have 30-40 extension (apps) I use all the time. But I don't have a clue what the author is talking about. So I guess I will not miss it LOL
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  2. Posts : 22,740
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #2

    Trust_No1 said:
    I am a chrome user and have 30-40 extension (apps) I use all the time. But I don't have a clue what the author is talking about. So I guess I will not miss it LOL
    Neither do I.. just a wall of text.
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  3. Posts : 2,834
    Windows 11 Home (x64) Version 21H1 (build 19043.1202)
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       #3

    I don't use Chrome at all
    But thought it was well worth posting in case anyone did use it that way
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  4. Posts : 23,195
    Windows 10
       #4

    Its like the Start Menu, but for Chrome apps

    you click the app launcher and it shows all your apps, click one and chrome opens the app up

    -applauncher.jpg
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  5. Posts : 50,055
    Windows 10 Home 64bit 21H1 and insider builds
       #5

    I use it all the time, it's such a timesaver. I'll have to find a replacement
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  6. Lee
    Posts : 4,793
    OS X, Win 10
       #6

    Sounds like the app launcher on OSX. . .really like app launcher will have to give this a try. . .:)
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  7. Posts : 263
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #7

    Very seldom I use Chrome, so it will not affect me. Hope those that use it find a work around.
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  8. Posts : 50,055
    Windows 10 Home 64bit 21H1 and insider builds
       #8

    7 Stacks seems to work on W10 although you don't get the nice transparency you get on W7. http://alastria.com/software/7stacks/
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  9. Posts : 22,740
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #9

    kado897 said:
    7 Stacks seems to work on W10 although you don't get the nice transparency you get on W7. http://alastria.com/software/7stacks/
    Thanks for the tip.. I'll check this out later on today.
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