Cthulhu wrote: > It's entirely unclear to me whether feature requests should be posted > here or on the issue tracker, but this one seems to be the place, so > here goes. > It's generally better to also open a bug, as it will be showing, unlike this email, which is good for a head up and proposals.
(...) > With this specific feature, it would be possible to have several Gmail > application links in one's start menu / quickstart bar / desktop, each > one opening a different e-mail account. Expanded to Chrome in general, > for example through either bookmarks or a flag that can be set in a > new Chrome tab, one could have several tabs opened to different Gmail > accounts - or other sites where one could have multiple simultaneous > logins - without one affecting the other. > > I personally don't need a history feature when I have Gmail opened, > and besides, when I navigate away from the Gmail page - for example > when clicking a link - Chrome will, instead of re-using the Chrome > window in application mode, open up a new tab in the 'main' Chrome > process. The regular Chrome operation - store history, cookies and > whatnot in a central repository - would then be resumed from that > point on. > Point one. > I personally think that something like that would be neat and > convenient, and would boost productivity and the need to re-login to > various websites, mainly e-mail websites. > > I know, it's currently already possible to have multiple instances of > Gmail open using incognito mode, but that one doesn't keep you logged > in after you close the window, so unless you have Gmail open all day - > which normal people shouldn't, ;) - that's not really a proper > solution. > Point two. What you're describing on point two is basically the ability to launch Chrome using different profiles. Then you would be logged to one different account on each Chrome instance [treating Chrome as a whole, the multiprocess design makes the language complex ;) ]. You would probably also want the ability to customize the window title to differenciate between them. The second point is a jail, you restrict that Chrome instance to a set of domains and establish other links to be open with a foreign app (normal Chromium). I envision a use for Internet banking inside a secure environment. So you could configure for gmail an enviroment similar to this: Title: Account [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home page: www.gmail.com Domains: www.gmail.com, accounts.google.com, gmail.google.com Protocols: Any Action with foreign links: chrome.exe %1 Images from foreign sites: Load And I could have the following for my bank: Title: Mega bank official access Home page: www.mybank.com Domains: www.mybank.com Protocols: Only HTTPS *Certificate must be: 0xbaadbeef Action with foreign links: Drop Images from foreign sites: Don't load Don't allow other processes to join this chrome session. Secure memory Use skin Foo. So for tranferring money or checking my account, I would use a different shortcut, effectively launching a different, "banking browser" (although the same file as chrome and updated at the same time as the main one). That approach would make me immune to phising, as far as I never tried to access using the normal browser (I could even blacklist it, to avoid errors). The better part is that "open this other program to go to your bank" is a concept that anyone can follow. And we are moving the 'look if the shown image is the one you chose' to the desktops. Banks should encourage and facilitate this, providing the needed configuration, which is the only complex part. It also has the benefit of being completely backwards compatible, and doesn't need any change on the way my bank works. I can use it even if they don't want me to! Of course, once I have started using a special browser, I'd like moving to client certificates attached to the profile, instead of text passwords. But getting my bank to support that would be harder :P --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
