Tabs Speaker Icon no longer works

[dmartinp]

On Mac OS 10.14 Chrome Version 71.0.3578.98, clicking the speaker icon in the tab no longer mutes or unmutes

[ALG99]

I have the same problem. How do I go back to an earlier version of this extension?

[jaredsohn]

That was never a part of the extension. Chrome used to have a flag that allowed toggling mute on the tabs but they removed it in Chrome 71.

There is no way for extensions to hook into that.

If you want to use Chrome itself, you need to right click on the title bar and click Mute. Note that there have been problems using Chrome's mute/unmute and extension mute/unmute together since the former works on a per-site basis and the extension is per-tab.

Otherwise, this extension offers the functionality in a few places - in the toolbar, by right clicking, or via keyboard shortcuts. You can also set up automatic muting/unmuting.

[ALG99]

I think there's more to it than that. Once I disabled mutetab, I was able to hear the tab. When mutetab was active, I couldn't hear the tab even if it was whitelisted.

[jaredsohn]

This happens because MuteTab unnecessarily unmutes the tab on load. The state of things right now for this extension is that you should use it or the browser's Mute Site ability and not both. With some development work on the extension, it could be possible to use Mute Site for some tabs and Mute Tab (via the extension) for others but I think that can be confusing and I don't have a lot of time to devote toward updating this right now.