Wouldn't' binary extensions make them platform dependent, or could they be compiled down to some byte code all versions of chrome/chromium could interpret?
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 2:34 PM, sebastian.zim <[email protected] > wrote: > > Extensions with precompiled scripts in them has advantages other than > load time. It would allow developers to hide the source code from > users, which could be important in an extension which encrypts > passwords, for instance. Anyway, I think that it would make a > noticeable difference to the time it takes chrome to load. > > On Aug 23, 4:12 pm, Uriel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see zero point in this. How insanely huge is your extension that > > load time is an issue at all? > > > > Even with dozens of extensions I doubt this would be even barely > > possible to measure, and the extra complexity involved would add costs > > of is own. > > > > uriel > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Aaron Boodman<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It is a good idea, and definitely something we've thought about > > > before. We don't want to get too far down in optimizations before > > > having the features working, but it would be something to keep in mind > > > in the future. > > > > > - a > > > > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:06 AM, > > > sebastian.zim<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> If you could compile scripts in an extension when it was being packed > > >> and the store the files as machine code that could really speed up the > > >> extension loading time. If you think that installing scripts in > > >> machine code is of questionable security then we could compile the > > >> scripts as the extension installs and the store them on the computer > > >> as machine code (I don't think it is a security concern anyway because > > >> the extension process is sandboxed). > > > > >> What do you think? > > > -- Jack David Baucum http://maxolasersquad.com http://www.myspace.com/mlsquad --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" 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-extensions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
