![]() ![]() Once you click the 'Create shortcuts.' a box will pop up saying something like Add to applications folder. This is where my screenshots won't come in handy because I'm on a Windows machine at the moment. Then right click on the Hangouts application and select Create shortcuts. To add the Hangouts Application to your dock, go to the Apps page. Once this is done you'll see the Apps shortcut (green circle). To enable access to your apps page from the bookmarks bar, just right click on the the toolbar and make sure Show apps shortcut (red circle) has a check mark by it. The best thing you can do is access it from the Apps page by using the apps shortcut in your Chrome Bookmarks Bar to open the application. How can I launch this app quickly and easily on-demand from Chrome? I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app several times, ditto for Chrome itself, and I have restarted both the browser and the OS. I sometimes want to run two versions of the app (one to talk to colleagues, the other to friends). I can't just launch it from Launchpad or pin it in the Dock, because I run Chrome as two different personas (work and home), and when I launch Hangouts like it's a normal OSX app, I can't control which profile it picks up. Is there another way to launch this app manually, on demand, from the browser itself? How can I add a button for it to my Chrome toolbar? The "flyup" extension adds a button to the Chrome toolbar to the right of the address (URL) field:īut so far as I can tell, the only way to launch the first version of the extension is to set it to "launch on startup" (which is unreliable, and interacts weirdly with Chrome crashes), or go Settings>Extensions>Google Hangouts (desktop)>Details>Launch App (from the Chrome Web Store): The problem I'm encountering is launching the "desktop application" app. I have both extensions installed, but I have the second one, with the conversations in separate non-standard "flyup" windows disabled, because I find them painful from a window-management and workflow perspective. Each of these is a "fly up", and they normally reside, minimized, at the bottom of the primary monitor: One, the "desktop app", which collects all conversations into a single window which can be moved around as a unit, and is subject to normal window management:Īn another, I think preferred by the Chrome/Google developers, where each conversation is in a separate "window", as is the list of conversations. There are two Hangouts extensions in Chrome Web Store, produced by Google. The only drawbacks are that you can't make basic audio calls, and Chrome always has to be open to use Hangouts.I'm using Chrome v51 (.0.2704.103, 64-bit) on OSX. ![]() It's got everything you need to easily communicate with friends, with the added bonus of some pretty cool video calling features. Hangouts is the perfect extension if you have a lot of contacts using the service. When making video calls, a larger window opens up, giving you access to all the apps and features associated with the video. The main window simply displays a list of your contacts and a search engine so that you can quickly look them up. The Hangouts interface is unobtrusive and minimalist in order to focus on what's most essential: chatting. When not in use, the window can be minimized to the notification area. Once installed, you can access Hangouts from Google Chrome in the right hand corner of the screen above the Windows task-bar. It integrates apps like YouTube and Google Drive, as well as sounds and visual effects, to let you have a little fun during calls. The videoconferencing feature allows you to make video calls with up to 10 people simultaneously, no matter which device they're connected on. ![]()
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