Hey Robert, I'm a last pass user (and evangelist I might add...) thanks for all your guys hard work on this great software. (somebody get this man that info bar!)
On Oct 19, 10:05 am, Robert Billingslea <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Eric, > > I am a member of LastPass, so an example of clipboard usage would be to copy > newly generated passwords. > > I had considered all of these options for mole replacements, but I can see > some drawbacks with all of them: > > 1) animated icon is far too easy for the avg user to miss (in my opinion) > and doesn't allow easy distinctions between disparate events w/o the need > for the user to click (We are currently using moles as a notification bar > replacement until APIs are added) > > 2) writing a div in the content script has 2 issues for us: > a) Depending on what is in this window, it poses a potential security > risk. This data is available to javascript on the page. > b) complicated because it inherits the css of the page. Not a showstopper, > but requires us to be meticulous in assigning styles to every element or it > can be rendered differently depending on the page. > > 3) Most of what we are doing is pertinent to the current page (eg, giving an > option what login or form fill profile to choose, so it doesn't make sense > to be on a new page). > > I think exposing an API to simply open the browser action popup (very > similar to how moles work) would fix it for us. > > Thanks for the consideration, > Bob > > > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Erik Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Robert Billingslea > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We implemented our extension using the toolstrip and moles and now are > > > looking to replace it with browser actions. > > > I haven't come across any APIs for mole replacement > > > (specifically chrome.toolstrip.expand), are they currently available or > > > still in the works? (We need to pop the overlay not just when a user > > clicks > > > on the button, but also when events occur in the content script). > > > Hi Robert. There's no direct replacement for what you're looking to > > do. Here are a few alternatives though: > > - Rather than causing a popup automatically, instead animate a browser > > action icon with some status and let the user click on it to see the > > popup. > > - Do the popup as an overlay in the page (since you've already got a > > content script there). > > - Create a new window when you need a popup (window.open()) > > > > A second (unrelated) question, are there any ways to access the > > clipboard? > > > Not at the moment, but this is on our radar. Could you give me an > > idea of your specific use case? > > > Erik > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
