What the difference between: ★☆☆☆☆ this extension doesn't work at all!!!! waaaah!!!!
and ★☆☆☆☆ As mentioned, this extension is incompatible with my Linux box. Bad show. Bad show. Avi On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Mike Pinkerton <[email protected]>wrote: > One viewpoint I haven't seen mentioned on this thread is from that of > the extension developer. Suppose they write, from their perspective, a > perfectly good extension that uses binary components. After being > around for a few weeks, they notice they have a 2-star rating and a > lot of angry comments saying "this extension doesn't work at all!!!! > waaaah!!!!" > > That doesn't really seem fair to the extension writer. People are > complaining because they haven't been informed and we've not put a > mechanism in place to inform them, and they take it out on the > extension in terms of a really bad rating. > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:29 AM, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe the most elegant and quick (seemingly) solution is to provide > the > > extension developers a field (in the extension gallery, not in the > extension > > itself) that will include the platform and the version. > > Going farther, you can add a check if the platform and the version (or > even > > let the developer enter the search string) exist in the user agent or > > anywhere else you can think of and show a warning next to the install > > button. > > And an automatic quick solution can be to go over the manifest (which you > > already do to search for NPAPI to add it to the approval queue) and see > if > > there is a DLL, SO or whatever Macintosh is using in them. If there is a > > DLL, add a "Compatible with the Windows platform" and so on, or the > > opposite, if it does not contain, then you surely know - "Not compatible > > with the Macintosh or Linux platforms". > > ☆PhistucK > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 03:54, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Yes, extensions that include NPAPI are a very small minority. Last > >> time I checked there were something like 5. It is a way out for people > >> who already have binary code that they would like to reuse, or who > >> need to talk to the platform. > >> > >> I don't see what the big deal is about a few extensions only > >> supporting a particular platform. As long as it is clear to users > >> (you're right, we need to do this), I think this is ok. > >> > >> - a > >> > >> -- > >> Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] > >> View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > >> http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev > > > > -- > > Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] > > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev > > > > -- > Mike Pinkerton > Mac Weenie > [email protected] > -- Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev
