Actually the article is a little more involved than my subject line. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-10-04-n43.html Here are some issues he found with application shortcuts, along with my own reactions:
- Chrome generates an application context menu that’s way too crowded. For instance, I like to right-click on a program in my task bar to then choose to close it, but Chrome apps put a dozen or so entries (like “Find in page”) into this menu by default, pushing down the one I need. Understatement. This is terrible. Filed crbug.com/23787 . - With larger textarea content, Chrome’s up and downwards scrolling can show minimal lags. Firefox handles this smoothly. Didn't try to test this one, filed crbug.com/23788 . - *Sort of crucial:* Chrome won’t accept my system font definition, Fixedsys, while Firefox has no problems with it and loads it fine. Apparently Chrome doesn’t like system fonts, but the TrueType replacements I found for Fixedsys don’t look like the real thing. Anyone knows a solution? I don't understand the problem description well enough to take action here. - Chrome doesn’t inherit my system colors for its top bar, displaying it in its brighter blue (skinning Chrome mothership won’t work either). This is basically crbug.com/22334 , but I think an even better solution might be crbug.com/23789 . - *Not so nice:* The batch file to launch Chrome, itself a workaround because I didn’t know how to connect files directly with a Chrome app (and have their source path parameter be passed), briefly shows when you open it. I’m already using things like echo off, the Start command, CLS and EXIT, and a “cmd” instead of a “bat” extension to get it to close quietly (half of these superstition and the other half works?), but the window will still be briefly visible when you double click a file to edit in Netpadd B. Does anyone know how to prevent the batch window from showing, or how to launch a Chrome app directly (and pass the path)? This isn't really a Chrome bug. Seems like there must be a better solution here someone can share with Philipp. - I probably won’t be able to use the find (Ctrl + F) functionality of Chrome and will have to override it, as the text editing cursor position doesn’t jump to the found text in textareas. Firefox handles this well. Heh, I wrote this code in Firefox. Filed crbug.com/23790 . - Normally I can double-click the top left corner of a Windows app to close it, this works in Firefox-Prism apps too, but Chrome apps ignore that for some reason. Yeah, we disabled this on our main window but it makes sense on app windows. Filed crbug.com/23791 . Feel free to tackle these if you're bored! PK --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
