Chrome (35+) System Tray Issues and KDE

[Sudhir Khanger]

Cool. Just switched to Chrome unstable. Do you have to right-click to
trigger the background apps? They don't seem to respond to left-click.
I have libappindicator installed.

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox at bzb.us> wrote:
> I haven't encountered anything yet that would cause me to deem it unusable.
> The more people who test out code before it rolls to stable, the better.
> Remember, however, it is called "unstable" for a reason.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Sudhir Khanger <sudhir at sudhirkhanger.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox at bzb.us> wrote:
>> > I'm using Chrome 37 and am not having that issue.
>> >
>> > On Jun 13, 2014 11:06 AM, "Sudhir Khanger" <sudhir at sudhirkhanger.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox at bzb.us> wrote:
>> >> > A couple of things I want to reiterate:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1.  If you install Chrome 37, remember the icons will be a little
>> >> > fuzzy.
>> >> > This is addressed by:
>> >> > https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=382487
>> >> > please "star" that bug report if you haven't already.
>> >> >
>> >> > 2.  Remember, if you "exit" out of Chrome, you've shutdown the
>> >> > background
>> >> > applications, which means if you reboot, they won't start because
>> >> > their
>> >> > state at shutdown was not started.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox at bzb.us> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> P.S.  There is no Google Drive application for Linux...
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Gerald B. Cox <gbcox at bzb.us>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> You need to make sure you have enabled the background apps in
>> >> >>> Chrome
>> >> >>> Settings / Advanced / System.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Sudhir Khanger
>> >> >>> <sudhir at sudhirkhanger.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Rex Dieter
>> >> >>>> <rdieter at math.unl.edu>
>> >> >>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>> > On 06/13/2014 12:29 PM, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
>> >> >>>> >>
>> >> >>>> >> Another problem I am having is that the Chrome won't start
>> >> >>>> >> automatically anymore. There is no autostart file. Do you have
>> >> >>>> >> this
>> >> >>>> >> problem?
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> > chrome has never autostart'd afaik.
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> > You mean it's not restoring as part of session management (ie,
>> >> >>>> > session
>> >> >>>> > restoring stuff that was running when you last logged-out)?
>> >> >>>> >
>> >> >>>> > -- Rex
>> >> >>>> >
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>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Chrome always auto-starts background applications like Hangouts,
>> >> >>>> Google Drive, etc.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> --
>> >> >>>> Regards,
>> >> >>>> Sudhir Khanger.
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>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
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>> >> You could use Google Drive web when offline which is packaged as a
>> >> background app. I am not talking about Google Drive for Linux client
>> >> which doesn't exist.
>> >>
>> >> Background apps are already enabled and I am not exiting Chrome
>> >> browser. I made sure I am not making any dumb mistakes, at least I
>> >> think so. This came in as a regression in Chrome Aura.
>> >>
>> >> --
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>> >> Sudhir Khanger.
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>> How "stable" is the google-chrome-unstable for you? Is it usable?
>>
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