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Minor edit to clarify my confusion, and also so I can remove my downvote.
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edit approved Dec 12, 2014 at 20:43
Rory Alsop
edit approved Dec 12, 2014 at 20:43
Rory Alsop
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With a recent Chrome update, I now have a switch person button next to the three standard Window Title Buttons that are used all the time:

  • Minimize Window
  • Restore Window
  • Close Window

When Chrome is maximised this appears immediately between the 'new tab' and the 'minimise' buttons.

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I have mis-clicked this button over and over again today, and I wonder, is it an acceptable user experience to place application specific buttons in this sacred area, which is always used for those same three actions?

Note: I'm not a desktop developer, so I know that Chrome may be hiding the Windows Title Bar entirely, and have replaced it with this faux-title bar, but the question is the same, because to the use that region with those three buttons is the same.

With a recent Chrome update, I now have a switch person button next to the three standard Window Title Buttons that are used all the time:

  • Minimize Window
  • Restore Window
  • Close Window

enter image description here

I have mis-clicked this button over and over again today, and I wonder, is it an acceptable user experience to place application specific buttons in this sacred area, which is always used for those same three actions?

Note: I'm not a desktop developer, so I know that Chrome may be hiding the Windows Title Bar entirely, and have replaced it with this faux-title bar, but the question is the same, because to the use that region with those three buttons is the same.

With a recent Chrome update, I now have a switch person button next to the three standard Window Title Buttons that are used all the time:

  • Minimize Window
  • Restore Window
  • Close Window

When Chrome is maximised this appears immediately between the 'new tab' and the 'minimise' buttons.

enter image description here

I have mis-clicked this button over and over again today, and I wonder, is it an acceptable user experience to place application specific buttons in this sacred area, which is always used for those same three actions?

Note: I'm not a desktop developer, so I know that Chrome may be hiding the Windows Title Bar entirely, and have replaced it with this faux-title bar, but the question is the same, because to the use that region with those three buttons is the same.

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smoca
smoca
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Is the Windows Title Bar off limits for customization?

With a recent Chrome update, I now have a switch person button next to the three standard Window Title Buttons that are used all the time:

  • Minimize Window
  • Restore Window
  • Close Window

enter image description here

I have mis-clicked this button over and over again today, and I wonder, is it an acceptable user experience to place application specific buttons in this sacred area, which is always used for those same three actions?

Note: I'm not a desktop developer, so I know that Chrome may be hiding the Windows Title Bar entirely, and have replaced it with this faux-title bar, but the question is the same, because to the use that region with those three buttons is the same.