Also Glen Murphy of Chromium has started work on native themes: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list?can=2&q=label:Themes
On Apr 26, 1:36 pm, Erik Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-document... > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
