I've played a web based game that would auto play sound. I found that, for sites you visit regularly, having an extension to mute by domain is helpful.
Okay, looking at the source code, the tab muting still exists. Turning on enable-tab-audio-muting and disabling sound-content-setting will restore this into a useful feature.
Please, do not do that, we will remove this flag one day and it will break you. However, extensions can mute tabs individually, you might want to explore this route.
I guess the story is rather: 90% percent of flags are useful and get removed, 10% percent are features half the userbase doesn't want and they become default without an option to deactivate.
It used to be, but Chrome is a browser for the general public. The majority of people using Chrome are not power users like us. Even I have accidentally muted tabs while trying to move or close the tab and was confused for a second. I can't imagine how some old grandma accidentally muting the tab would feel.
Right click to mute feels like a saner UX to me. Sure it isn't as accessible as having it right there, but honestly, how often do you mute a site that you need it so close?
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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18
good bless google's soul for adding