[Nexus 4 Original Android Development] Jubakuba:
I'll try again. Google has a vision for android. AOSP ROMs tend to respect that vision where possible while adding features and devices that aren't officially supported on Android version X.

The problem with features like this are...

A) Google's reason for removing the indicators was linked and explained. It's a performance hindrance...that gives no benefit to the user other than explaining "Yes, you're in the browser and loading a webpage. Congratulations, have some arrows." I simply don't understand the obsession? It's still in the indicators in your quick tiles where you can confirm all day, if you'd like, "yes, this webpage didn't materialize magically! Once again, the laws of all that is techy in the world remain unbroken!"

B) They're not coming officially. Ever. The same can be argued for many of our features...but these features weren't explicitly removed by Google only to be re-added with every Android release because a handful of users can't get it out of their heads that they need such useless things. The same goes for clear-all recents. I've explained this numerous times...but I've been on multiple ROM teams...inside others...and generally...Hey. I know what I'm talking about when I decide to open my mouth. It isn't just "lul carbon haz it they say it'z good lul" coming from me. But the conversations go "should we include kill-all recents again?" "Why? Useless and performance inhibiting." "I don't want to hear the cries about it anymore!!!" Etc. It's there because people won't stop crying about it...and because people don't understand how the system works. If you want features that do nothing but HURT YOUR PERFORMANCE for ZERO reason...we've been deciding lately...no. Not happening. Deal with the fallout now rather than the next Android version. Slim is about features that impact you. Impact your usage. Make your phone into an awesome tool...while keeping it all professional and clean. So I'll repeat it for the 5,000th time...needless features won't. Be. Added. They're not there for a reason. It would take literally 5 minutes to port both clear-all recents and statusbar indicators over...it isn't that we can't or don't have time...or like hearing how upset the few of you are...It's because it's needless bloat that makes YOUR EXPERIENCE WORSE. You can "boo hoo poor me" all you want, but if you take an HOUR. Seriously. Take an hour. Install a linux distro...find one of many guides...and once you've booted up...You'll see a little app called "Terminal." Open it. Copy the lines directly from the tutorial. You'll sync source while you go out to dinner...come back to a buildbox. Type ". build/envsetup.sh && lunch __________ [device} && make bacon" and some time later you'll have a build. Fancy that. Want your precious features? Port them. Find them on some other gerrit...and copy the cherry pick line. Paste it. DONE. Maybe some errors due to differences in the host ROM's commit to our files. Easily fixed by looking at it...doesn't take any java knowledge. ". build/envsetup.sh && lunch __________ [device} && make bacon" again and you now have those features. Congratulations. You weren't spoon-fed and your complaints can now be remedied.

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