I can't think of any hacks to detect this - I guess the best you could do today is provide a "reset to defaults" button on your options page. Maybe someone else has a clever idea though.
We've talked about giving some APIs to give information about an extension's install state (install time, version, events you can register for when an autoupdate happened, etc.) but haven't done any formal specs yet. On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Don Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm…one problem with this behavior is that extensions are relying on the > purging of localStorage to detect whether an extension was newly installed. > > One comment in the bug was a suggestion that if the extension wanted to > purge data it could do so on re-install. Catch-22. Or is there some other > means of detecting a new install? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > *From:* Antony Sargent [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:57 AM > *To:* Don Schmitt > *Cc:* Chromium-extensions > *Subject:* Re: [chromium-extensions] localStorage persisting across > uninstall / reinstall > > > > http://crbug.com/27938 > > > > Most likely we'll add an option in the uninstall confirmation dialog. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Don Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I must be missing something: When I uninstall my extension, shouldn't all > of the extension's localStorage be removed? > I am picking up old localStorage values across uninstall / reinstall. > (reproduced with Chromium 32327 and dev channel 4.0.249.0) > > Thanks! > > > -- > > 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]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=. > > > -- 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.
