The feature/resource bloat problem is one of the problems that I believe Chrome is intended to avoid... I suspect it may be one of the reasons it's taking so long for extension support in the mainstream (Beta) version.
I think in terms of (minimizing) resources, I think that bookmarklets are best, because they only have a significant impact on resources when they are clicked, so I tend to prefer having them vs. plugins and extensions, if I can get the same functionality or features. Extensions (and maybe user scripts) probably consume RAM regardless of whether they are being used, and both RAM and CPU while being used. Plugins could (should) be designed to quit and release RAM after use, but my bad experience with Adobe Flash suggests to me that this is not always done, and may not be common practice (since RAM is viewed as relatively inexpensive, and the plugin can start up faster the second time if it's already in memory). It'd be nice if the Chrome developers could confirm this, and make recommendations on using bookmarklets vs. user scripts vs. extensions vs. plugins. On Sep 22, 6:16 am, jadavis01 <[email protected]> wrote: > I have had the exact same experience! I have about 15 bookmarklets > that work well on Chrome in my bookmarks bar. I pretty much don't > even try scripts/bookmarklets that are labeled as "for Greasemonkey". > I have tried using Firefox 3.7 (new pre-beta version I think) again > just to see how things are. I find Firefox now loads almost as > quickly as Chromium and renders pages almost as quickly as Chromium, > BUT, it eats up WAY more system resources, especially as more and more > extensions are added. Just my experience... your mileage may vary. > > On Sep 21, 10:43 pm, Fx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sep 20, 1:06 pm, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have some ideas. Maybe the extension system could be just > > > bookmarklets that automatically run on specified sites at start up or > > > other specific events. What if bookmarklets could contain newline > > > characters. What if there was a bookmarklets folder to the far left of > > > your bookmarks bar that looked like a gear icon. > > > Extensions and bookmarklets are a little different. Most bookmarklets > > developed for IE, FF, and/or Opera I've tested work fine w/o > > modification for Chrome. I keep my most frequently used ones on the > > bookmark bar, and less frequently used ones in a folder on the > > bookmark bar. > > > I've had mixed success with the extensions developed for Chrome. Some > > work well, others don't. It's an evolving situation.... > > > I've had almost no success with Greasemonkey scripts on Chrome. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
