On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Jim Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Excellent news Erik! Do we have any time frame on when extensions will > actually be available in Chrome? Nope, but you can watch our progress here: http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/developers/design-documents/extensions As well as on the chromium-dev mailing list. Erik > > Thank you! > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Erik Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Meok <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Apr 24, 12:11 pm, Erik Kay <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This kind of thing will likely be best supported as an extension. >> >> We're thinking through what kinds of UI surfaces can be exposed, so >> >> hopefully this kind of smooth looking integration will be possible. >> > >> > Great. Is Google planning to release any "official" extensions to get >> > the ball rolling or is it all up to the community? >> >> At the minimum we'll have a number of sample extensions, some of which >> will probably be useful. We've tried to design the system so that >> it's possible for Chromium developers to use it as a way to prototype >> new features, so I expect to see some of those as well. I also >> anticipate that other teams at Google will create extensions (there >> are plenty of examples to choose from), but I have no clue which ones >> or when they'll happen. >> >> >> >> > Another thing I think would be really cool is >> > if we could use CSS to theme the internal pages as well. For example, >> > if I'm making a black theme, I can make the background of the New Tab >> > Page black too, and the History and Download pages etc. >> >> We've explored this, but it's problematic. The issue is >> compatibility. Unlike traditional APIs, when you allow content >> scripts and CSS into the page, the entire page becomes the API. We >> still think we can come up with a way to make this happen, but we >> don't have a plan to allow CSS in the short term. We may allow simple >> controls like color or background images though. You'll have to wait >> and see how things go here. >> >> Erik >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > Will Rogers <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/will_rogers.html> - > "I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
