[bhaumik]

Usage stats, from article:

- Duplicate: 23.21%

- Reload: 22.74%

- Pin / Unpin tab: 13.12%

- Close tab: 9.68%

- Reopen closed tab: 8.92%

- New tab: 6.63%

- Close tabs to the right: 6.06%

- Mute tab: 5.38%

- Close other tabs: 2.20%

- Unmute tab: 1.41%

- Bookmark all tabs: 0.64%

[FreakyT]

Part of the 6.06%!

I will definitely miss the close tabs to the right option. Interesting that Duplicate is so popular; I've never really used it for anything, ever.

[mos_basik]

I use it a lot when developing - I'll have a tab open and then I'll want another tab of the same URL except for a slightly different port number or hostname. I find it faster to duplicate the tab, make the change and hit enter than to select the URL, open a new tab, paste the URL, make the change and hit enter.

I use it so much that I finally tracked down how to do it with the keyboard: Alt-D, Alt-Enter. (Shift focus to the address bar and select its contents; open a new tab with the contents of your selection).

Then I started using a computer with a Model M keyboard with no Windows key and had to remap my i3 modifier to Alt on all my computers to fix my muscle memory. Alt-D is the default shortcut for dmenu, i3's default program launcher, and i3 intercepted shortcuts before chrome. So I eventually rebound dmenu to a totally unmnemonic Alt-C... but now I've realized that Vimium allows me to duplicate tabs by typing yyP ("yy" yank contents of address bar to clipboard, "P" open new tab with current contents of clipboard).

All this to say, I love my duplicate tabs and these 6%ers who love killing tabs (but just to the right) are weirdos.

[acuriousmind]

Thank you so much for this.

Duplicating tabs is by far my most used feature out of that menu for me and it always irked me that there was no keyboard shortcut available for it and I had to resort to using the mouse to do it (the amount of time lost hitting "Pin tab" or "Reload" by accident - I cannot even begin to tell). That being said, I didn't go out of my way to google for a workaround, either. Maybe, with all the features (or rather what's left) being taken away, I figured there was no hope (but for a dedicated extension) to achieve it.

I will now have to retrain my muscle memory to replace the ordeal before with just Alt-D, Alt-Enter - I don't think it will take long at all.

btw remember the old Opera? Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts (not to even mention customizable Mouse Gestures) - wherever did we lose all this along the way...

Is it really necessary to "optimize" a menu that is mostly unused by everyone (I agree on the point that it's a crowded menu - I'd really love to be able to configure the entries I want in there, but that option is apparently not even on anyone's mind at chrome)

[rosser]

I use "Bookmark all tabs" all the time. It's a handy way to capture a subject matter dive for later reference.

[tokenizerrr]

Guess I am both the 2.20% and the 6.06%. Will be really sad to see this go.

[ryenus]

If the reasoning is just to save menu space, there must be some prejudice against these close tab options, otherwise why not first targeting the bottom 2 least used options?

[underyx]

Well, 'Unmute tab' is not part of the default menu (you need to first mute the tab for it to become visible.)

I'd imagine 'Bookmark all' is not targeted because there's no simple alternative for it.

[UnoriginalGuy]

I really hope they don't remove mute/unmute. I absolutely love that feature. Most users don't seem to know about it.

[Rotten194]

I think most people just click the speaker icon to mute / unmute instead of using the menu options.