Hey there, I believe most of your ideas could be done as extensions. Chrome Extensions are currently under develop, so in time you will see some of those implemented by users worldwide. http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 1:09 PM, bh77soft <[email protected]> wrote: > > I suppose i should not make a new topic which can lead to several > possible discussion threads, but here's a list of things I'm still > missing from Chrome. All these features are available on other > browsers (all I.E. based, i never use FF). I've been using them a lot > in those browzerz and I can assure you that I cannot live without > them :D jk > So here we go: > -- function: Save a list of currently open tabs as a session, > accessible at any future date (like IEPro); > -- option: Block opening of new tabs that are duplicates of other > existing tabs (in the same window), and use Shift to bypass this; > -- option: Open new tabs either (1) right after the current tab, or > (2) at the end of tab-line; > -- function: Order tabs by site (grouping tabs from same domain, not > automatically but on user request); > -- UI: Show page title in Chrome's titlebar (why is title-bar > completely missing?!) > -- function: Per-tab enabling/disabling of script, flash, images, and > other non-html technologies > -- option: Do not allow websites to hide my toolbars or to block/ > hijack right-mouse event (context menu) > -- function: A button to go up one level (go to parent url, like > Google toolbar has a button for) > -- addon/engine: Mouse gestures (special Chrome addon? Standalone > gMote is good but has limitations) > -- engine: Easier support for user scripts / Greasemonkey (i can't > get it to work at all though...) > -- addon/engine: Support for Google Toolbar !! Come on Mr.Google, at > least SOME of the functions should be available in a Chrome version of > the Toolbar... > -- function: Highlighting search words in current page, and keep the > hilighting active on all subsequent pages in the same tab > -- UI: Movable toolbars (so i can put on a single line the bookmarn > bar and the address bar with all its buttons) > -- UI: Optional docking of links bar to left (with vertical text) > -- UI: Custom icons for bookmarks and bookmark folders (helps > distinguish similar script-bookmarks, or similar pages) > -- UI: Skins (or an optional "spartan" Classic-Windows looks, where > buttons and controls take 30% less space than the stylish XP/Vista) > -- UI: Disable the speed-dial showing on new tabs, option to open > homepage instead (even better, put a user-modifiable speed-dial). The > algorithm for automatically choosing the speed-dial pages seems HIGHLY > incoherent, as it keeps displaying thumb-pages to places i haven't > visited in weeks. Not to mention this can be a privacy issue as > well... > -- UI: Show a longer list of recently closed items (put a menu with > at least 20 entries, why only 3 ?!) > -- option: Remember more items for recently closed items (up to 100) > -- UI: Open new homepage-tab by middle-click on the homepage button > (as opposed to homepage on current tab, on left click), just like any > link opens in a new tab on middle-click > -- function: Delete individual pages and/or sites from the entire > history (across all months) > -- function/UI: Add "open selected text as link" to context menu for > text-selection > -- engine/UI: The Inspect Element or the Source window should present > listings of: all embedded pictures, all links (sorted by type, by site > or by page order) > -- engine: A portable version, readily downloadable and usable. > -- engine: Option to set _only_ the Cache folder to a different > folder on local harddisk, outside of the user profile (e.g. %sysdrive%/ > Temp/myChromeCache/), in order to avoid thrashing my USB drive for > portable Chrome/Iron, but also to move the cache to a dedicated "swap" > location > -- function: Lock current tab against accidental closing (also, add a > shortkey) > -- UI: Longer line for url hint ("status bar") > -- UI: Optional status bar with various live connection info (active > SSL, downloading speed, tab count, RAM usage ....) > -- UI: Permanently show the search bar _next to_ the address bar > -- UI: Optional display of tabs on multiple rows (with a minimum tab- > width in pixels) > -- function: Boss key :-) > > If you're still reading, i'm currently using workarounds to (very) few > of the above missing features: > > 1. for the UP button, i use this script bookmarklet > javascript:var m=location.href.match(/(.+:\/\/)([^\.]+\.)((?:[^\.\:\/]+ > \.)*(?:[^\.\:\/]+)(?:\:\d+)?)(?:(\/(?:[^\/]+\/)*)(?:[^\/]+\/?))?/);void > (location.href=m[1]+(m[4]==null||m[4]==""?m[3]:m[2]+m[3]+m[4])) > > 2. for mouse gestures, I use gMote, but it cannot recognize 180* > changes in direction (e.g. Up-Down, L-R or R-L) > > 3. for new-tab with homepage, i middle-click on a homepage bookmark. > That is, when i remember i have it there on the links bar... > > These are my workarounds, but even so they are not as good as > integrated features can be... > > Looking forward to the stable version 2. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
