This decision is really bothering me. Despite your claims otherwise Browser Actions are a decidedly _not_ elegant solution.
Consider the case that I want to build an extension that checks the current page for a variety of different web analytics script tags (Google analytics, Omniture, Website Optimizer, others), parse them for useful info (acct number, check implementation errors, etc), and if found display an icon with an optional text snippet for each. Now, imagine GA code and Omniture codes both exist on a given page. Let's take it from a user's perspective. In the ideal scenario two icons would be displayed side by side alerting the user with a simple glance that both are found. This is a zero click operation. If I want to add a unique onClick to each icon, let's say to pull up that user's account for each tool, it would be a 1 click operation. There is no way to get the same user experience with the current implementation. To accomplish the same with BrowerActions at best I would have to have many many permutations of icons and a minimum two click experience - one to find out both codes existed and another to jump to the account. This seems like a rather Apple-like move. *You are sacrificing utility for the sake of asthetics!* The user has made a conscious decision to download and install this plug-in. It's not as if I'm doing some driveby irreversable plug/in installation that will rapidly consume precious screen realestate. If they don't like my design decisions they can uninstall it. By limiting my development options this way you are also limiting user choice. Consider the Google Android analogy. Isn't one of the Android selling points to developers it is more flexible than the iPhone? (The recent Droid commercials mockingly say so). And by extension more flexibility means more developers means a healthier plugin ecosystem means more users? Please please consider my use case above. Gabe On Oct 13, 3:07 pm, Harutyun Amirjanyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > We actually do have an option to hide the toolstrip in the current > > implementation (ctrl+alt+b). > > it's really hard to access > > > people who do want their extensions visible, but don't want to lose > > the entire strip of vertical real-estate. > > but there are extensions which don't need to be always at top, so > it would be better to have smaller toolstrip on the right side of > screen > similar to statusbar on the left, which will appear on mouseover > and users will be able to move extension buttons between main toolbar > and this small one --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
