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August 2nd, 2012, 21:41 GMT · By

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The Chrome Wrench Icon Is Getting Replaced with a Hotdog

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One of Chrome's most iconic features (get it?) is getting the boot. The wrench icon, that's been around from the get go and served as the way to access any sort of settings or advanced features, is getting replaced by a new "hotdog" icon. That's the official name anyway, but it's probably not the one that's going to get pushed to the public.

It may look like a minor change and it is, just replace the graphics and you're done. But, for one, you have to do it for all Chrome versions across all platforms. The big problem though is that the change affects a lot more things than Chrome.

For one, a lot of documentation is going to have to get updated and references to the "wrench menu" replaced with ones to the "hotdog menu" or whatever Google ends up calling it. If anything, it looks more like a hamburger. The feature is slated to land in Chrome 22, if the team can manage it.

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Comment #1 by: Zany on 03 Aug 2012, 06:17 UTC reply to this comment

why, why, WHY????

Comment #1.1 by: arudei on 03 Aug 2012, 07:03 GMT

because from android's menu icon influence?


Comment #2 by: annoyed on 29 Sep 2012, 12:09 UTC reply to this comment

Sucks big time. nothing more ridiculous that fixing something that isn't broken


Comment #3 by: ROXY on 03 Oct 2012, 01:34 UTC reply to this comment

I WANT MY WRENCH BACK.

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