In Chrome 36, you can no longer disable the notification icon in the menu bar

I'm confused about why this feature continues to ship enabled by default. AFAICT the de facto standard is to have users opt-in to menu bar icons unless the app is only a helper or intended to be used solely from the menu bar - at the very least, remembering whether it was enabled/disabled in flags between builds/updates would be acceptable, IMO.

The flag has been removed but you can hide the icon by using an entry in the Chrome menu.

Since Chrome forked WebKit, it's been going downhill. For the past little while, with each new version of Chrome, I notice more annoyances and bugs. I recently switched back to Safari as well, and while it's not perfect, it's better than Chrome IMO.

I'm confused... I've been using chrome for what seems like forever... I'm on 35 now... always OSX. Never have I seen a menu bar icon for chrome... I certainly dont have one right now and I've never disabled it...

Chrome is quickly starting to become a bullshit Google product with no real value, not even as a web browser.