I've been a great fan of Google since I first bought a computer. Until this entire involuntarily addition to the iGoogle experiment, I've been extremely loyal to Google and use many of the services they offer. One reason this is so is that Google is very good at getting a product right before releasing a finalized version. So, I'm willing to be patient with Chrome. When the Mac version is released, I'll install it and offer opinions and suggestions in the hope that they'll help improve the browser. Which, really, is all I'm trying to do, now.
On Sep 5, 3:07 pm, "Daniel Hagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was trying a Mac just the other day and the first thing I did was install > FF3 on it, so I know what you mean. > Expansion is great, but it's also a plague of development, or sorts. Once > and API is developed, you have to support what you put in the original, even > when those ideas become... Unneeded/outdated/unwanted. Or, you have to be > aggressive, which can tend to scare people off. I think this is part of the > downfall of IE (and Windows), in that they try to support everything. > > But, we need the expandability. I just hope, like Chrome itself, we can come > up with an innovative solution to it. And we need to keep in mind that this > is also a rather major component of Android. To sell to this project, I > think we're all going to have to keep in mind the mobility and resource use > factors. > > Daniel > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Paul B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No worries. > > I think you're on to something, though. Now, admitting that I can only > > go by what I read in the forums, I have a thought. > > I've been using Firefox for years. When I switched from a PC to a Mac, > > the first thing I installed was Firefox. While FF has many fine > > features, my main reason for continuing to use it is it's flexibility. > > I can customize it for exactly what I use and need. Admittedly, Chrome > > is in Beta, but I think that the more flexibility it offers, the more > > you can customize it for your needs, the more likely people are to try > > it. So, I think your ideas have merit and those who are working on > > Chrome should include and expand on them. > > > On Sep 5, 2:06 pm, "Daniel Hagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I did see that, and I'm looking for a solution for you. > > > Someone mentioned bookmarkinghttp://www.google.com/bookmarks/orsetting > > it > > > as your homepage. That's a simple, yet not very elegant, solution. > > > > Also, manipulating Bookmark's API is fairly easy, and producing an XML > > file > > > with the bookmarks is a URL away. So if we had an XML bookmark importer, > > > you'd be set. > > > But that doesn't solve syncing with Bookmarks. It allows download, but > > not > > > easily upload (a Javascript bookmark to automatically add the current > > viewed > > > page might work alright, but is less than ideal). > > > > I'm looking at different possibilities of designing a Google Bookmarks > > > integration. First thing that comes to mind is, of course, just using all > > > the bookmarks and labels in the account, downloading them and displaying > > > them in the bookmarks bar. A starting point, maybe, but not necessarily > > the > > > best choice. We could make a "live folder" that is synced up with the > > server > > > and only bookmarks within it are synced. This might make more sense for > > > organization and privatizing bookmarks (some bookmarks may be for work, > > some > > > for home, and the mixing of both may not be desired). > > > > Also, there's handling the Google Account. The toolbar takes care of this > > > with the status/login feature on the right side of the bar. I don't think > > we > > > want something like that. My gut instinct is to suggest adding a "Google > > > Features" tab to the options dialog for the browser. This would allow the > > > user to specify authentication details and check mark the services s/he > > > would like to integrate, bookmarks being one of them. It would also be a > > > good idea to have an area for specifying when and how often to sync. > > > Especially if this is going to be used on Android. A user might be just > > fine > > > with syncing up his bookmarks every time s/he starts up 'Droid, but that > > > takes bandwidth, and I think all users would be glad if we assisted in > > > limiting the excessive bandwidth usage. Do you do it daily? Weekly? I > > think > > > it would be fair to say that every time a user adds a bookmark, that the > > > whole list is updated. Also (I'm not sure of this, because I haven't > > looking > > > into Bookmark's API too much yet), it might be possible to check the HTTP > > > Modified header of the bookmark XML file, or some such tool to see if a > > full > > > sync is needed. Of course, I'm quibbling about minuscule data amounts. > > The > > > whole XML file is no bigger than most HTML files, but data optimization > > > begins at the bottom. > > > > Sorry for the long message. I started by trying to answer the below > > reply, > > > but this turned more into my writing out my thoughts on such an > > integration. > > > Anyone have comments on my proposal? > > > > -Daniel > > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Paul B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Daniel, > > > > Perhaps you didn't notice that I said I'm on a Mac and there is no > > > > version of Chrome for Mac, yet. However, since my primary reason for > > > > wanting to have the toolbar is because I store all of my bookmarks on > > > > it, if there is a way to simply have those bookmarks imported directly > > > > to Chrome, that would work for me. > > > > > On Sep 5, 12:18 pm, Daniel H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I just grabbed the source last night trying to find out just how easy > > > > > it would be to implement Google Bookmarks (and potentially other > > > > > services. I'm still looking around, though. (And VC++ 2008 Express is > > > > > baulking at the project files. Looks like I'm missing some .vprops > > > > > files. :-/) > > > > > > But since this thread is about the toolbar, and not JUST bookmarks... > > > > > What do we WANT from the toolbar, and how much is it really needed? > > > > > > I for one really like the clean appearance of Chrome right now, and > > > > > I'd hate to add a lot of mess to the system. Bookmarks are easy, as > > > > > there is already a well designed application of them included > > already. > > > > > Word highlighting and searching is fairly well taken care of with the > > > > > internal page search (have you tried it? I love the highlighting on > > > > > the V. scrollbar). The rest of the features are automatic linking, > > > > > spell checking, and buttons. > > > > > > So what say you? Anything besides bookmarks that you're dying to > > > > > have? :-) > > > > > > -Daniel > > > > > > On Sep 5, 11:10 am, Paul B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I would think that the toolbar would be a must. Especially for > > someone > > > > > > like me. I use Firefox (Since Chrome for Mac isn't out, yet) with > > the > > > > > > Google toolbar and I store ALL of my bookmarks in the toolbar. It > > > > > > would be a real pain to have to have both browsers open and have to > > > > > > open each of roughly 150 bookmarked sites in FF so that I could > > copy > > > > > > and paste them into Chrome, just to bookmark them. > > > > > > > On Sep 5, 11:03 am, tommylemong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Any plans to implement Google Toolbar into Chrome. Obviously as > > an > > > > > > > option, I for one like Google Toolbar. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
