That is a really cool idea. Unfortunately, I don't think that we have the APIs yet to implement it. We would need either a download API [1], or an http intercept API [2]. Neither of those are planned for the near term, but we will keep your use case in mind when it comes time for new features.
[1] http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/downloads-api [2] http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions/browse_thread/thread/fb8c1f28c4a63670/a28a27a94b4374a8 ) - a On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Dylan Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm working on an extension that, among other things, formats json > responses to make them readable. > > A problem I'm having is that Chrome seems to always download files > with unrecognized content-types, such as application/json. > > Is there a way to get around this so my extension can render the > response? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
