2 cents of quirks & G+ fun (today, 7 Feb 19)

2 cents of quirks & G+ fun (today, 7 Feb 19)

Two things caught what's left of my eye today. It feels like watching a person or favorite sofa falling apart. :(

#1 Notifications (via widgets and web panel) - They've been quirky a while now (weeks) sometimes stopping altogether. For the past 10 days or so I've been noticing (on a laptop and desktop, w/Chrome) how G+ notifications have been coming (or not). First to go is the little widget on the top banner, "the bell". I noticed that some notifications were going to this "bell", particularly those from friends/sources posting via mobile (ostensibly via G+ app). On the left-side panel the "notifications" section usually, not always, had the same notifications (when notifications were coming at all). And many times this section got notices which never made it to the top-right bell/notice widget. OK, so as of a day or two ago, the top/bell notifier always puts the yellow band of impending death across the latest notice, and disappears. However, the left-side (web-version) panel notices seem unaffected. No notices about "the widget". Sporadic, but flagless. Again, like watching bones disintegrate maybe.... Sad.

#2 Weirdness: Just now, on this thing (Macbook w/Chrome) I got no notice in the main panel (left) but the bell lit up (top widget), which brought me a mobile-posted message and the butter bar warning. I checked to see/verify that the left-hand notification was playing possum now (doing nothing) for a few recent notices. And then, I noticed that 2 notices popped up - on Hangouts! - which I rarely use, but is still operational. Another playing with wires @ Google?
I can understand why some say "end the pain and do it!", though I'd still far prefer Google shake things up by (for the first time?) doing the right thing, and fixing what they broke rather than destroying a whole nation/community, the homes, and all records of existence. ("Nullified" - Gary Shteyngart) FWIW.