Vlad
I haven't encountered a single browser that does not call it status bar. Of course there might be a chromium fork I haven't tried. It's also worth noting that Chrome and Firefox have hidden the entire setting from the average user a few years ago. Toggling it on Firefox requires editing the custom CSS, and Chrome has a flag that needs to be edited.
It seems the default behavior of it being enabled is preferred by nearly every user and the problem arises from it being easy to accidentally toggle while going through the View
settings. Removing the shortcut alleviated the problem slightly. Nevertheless, I'd argue the best solution would be:
- Keep calling it the status bar and keep having it enabled by default
- Move the setting from
View
to the Appearance
tab in the settings window where all other bars reside (Toolbar, Bookmarks bar, Sidebar)
- Moving it to the Appearance tab would also provide more real estate for a description, making it possible to e.g. call it
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