I also made a Date/Time extension and am currently a bit confused about the recommended way to just show info... At least if we could also render HTML in the buttons, not just images...
On Oct 14, 6:22 pm, NathanBdot <[email protected]> wrote: > This is very disappointing. I think it would be a better solution to > make the toolstrips always on the top (--show-extensions-on-top) as > the default (like here:http://bit.ly/5nZFm). This provided an > excellent UI that fit well with the current setup and had all the > functionality of the toolstrips. I believe Browser Actions are great > tools as well, but each serve different purposes. Take the Time > extension (see the same link) as a simple example. There is simply no > way to replicate that with a BrowserAction. > > On Oct 14, 12:51 am, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Not on the mac yet :(. Windows has it, linux will have it soon. We'll > > update here or on the release blog when there is news. > > > - a > > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Edwin Khodabakchian > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think that this is a good design decision. Is there a mac build > > > which already has support for the browser action so that we can start > > > to port our extensive? > > > Thanks, > > > Edwin > > > > On Oct 12, 2:41 pm, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hello all, > > > >> As a few of you have noticed from changes in the bug system, we've > > >> decided > > >> to replace toolstrips with a new extensions UI surface area: browser > > >> actions<http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/BrowserActions> > > >> . > > >> Here is what they look like: > > > >> [image: browser_action.png] > > > >> A browser action is a 19px image button that shows up in the main Chrome > > >> toolbar to the right of the omnibox. They can be rendered from a static > > >> set > > >> of images in your extension, or you can render them dynamically using the > > >> HTML5 canvas. > > > >> They can also optionally have a popup, which is implemented using HTML, > > >> similar to how toolstrips worked. > > > >> We will be disabling toolstrips before the beta release of Chrome 4, so > > >> we > > >> encourage extension developers to start converting their extensions to > > >> use > > >> browser actions soon. We'll be updating the docs in the coming weeks with > > >> details. > > >> Even though we are still in the dev channel of Chrome, where everything > > >> is > > >> subject to change, we try to avoid ever breaking APIs. So we didn't come > > >> to > > >> this decision lightly. The reason we did it that we got a lot of negative > > >> feedback about the toolstrip shelf across the bottom of the browser. Many > > >> users did not like the wasted space, particularly when only one extension > > >> was installed. > > > >> When we stepped back and thought about the use cases, we came to the > > >> conclusion that most extensions don't really need to show complex UI in > > >> the > > >> toolbar -- a single button with an expandable area is usually sufficient. > > >> This also had the advantage of being a more prominent location and > > >> fitting > > >> better with Chrome's sparse aesthetic. > > > >> While we understand this change is frustrating and won't work perfectly > > >> for > > >> every extension, we think it is for the best, and are excited to see what > > >> you can do with it. > > > >> If you want to get started even before we finish the docs, you can take a > > >> look at our samples, which have already been converted: > > > >> - > > >> > > >> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/exte... > > >> - > > >> > > >> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/exte... > > >> - > > >> > > >> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/exte... > > >> - > > >> > > >> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/exte... > > >> - > > >> > > >> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/exte... > > > >> I'll post on this mailing list as the browser action API solidifies and > > >> the > > >> documentation is completed. > > > >> - a --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
