Sigh, resending now that I have re-added my address to Groups after it got
auto-removed :(
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Peter Kasting <pkast...@google.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Panayiotis Mavrommatis <
> panayio...@google.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if my email did reach chromium-dev,
>
>
> It didn't, so I was confused at first :)
>
> > > - Modify about:plugins for this purpose. That page is a simple
>>
> > > javascript page that iterates over navigator.plugins. Similar to
>> other
>> > > about: pages it doesn't have access to chrome internals. We feel
>> > > chrome://plugins follows the model of chrome://extensions better,
>> in that
>> > > this page cannot be inspected and allows the user to modify state
>> of the
>> > > browser.
>>
>
> To users the distinction is meaningless. I suspect (but am not sure) that
> we can write an internal handler that serves about:plugins in whatever way
> we want (e.g. as a DOM UI page with two-way communication with the browser).
>
> > > - Add the plugins to chrome://extensions -- we can do that too,
>> we'll
>> > > let Chromium devs chime in on what's the preferred option here.
>>
>
> We should definitely put the two together in whatever UI we end up with.
> Users don't perceive these differently (just try explaining to a
> non-developer how when they say "plugins" they really mean "extensions"),
> and the information to see and actions to take are pretty much identical
> with an extension versus a plugin.
>
> > > - Modify mostly PluginService (chrome/browser/plugin_service.cc)
>> > > - Will store state in the sqlite database, per user.
>>
>
> I'm not familiar with this code. Does it already use a sqlite database?
> If not it might make sense to just shove this in the Preferences file.
> This is where we list other similar data, and it avoids the overhead of
> having another file to open and read on startup.
>
> > > - A plugin is identified by its path in the filesystem. Different
>> paths
>> > > are considered different plugins.
>>
>
> Does this imply that different versions of a plugin are different plugins?
> I ask because it would be annoying to find the Flash auto-reenabled itself
> after it auto-updated. Perhaps "same name OR same path"?
>
> PK
>
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