Why do you think Gears cannot be used in extensions? I believe (did not try) it can. It has all of the functionalities a regular webpage has - and more. Are you talking about an incompatibility with Gears itself (because of the scheme, for example)?
☆PhistucK On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 02:43, Guy Wyant <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible to create a application shortcut > from within an extension? > I know that I could do it with the Gears Desktop API (using > desktop.createShortcut): > http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_desktop.html > But I'm pretty sure you can't use Gears in extensions. > > This functionality would be very useful to use in extensions in > general, but is also the necessary next step for one very handy one > I'd like to develop. > 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=en. > > > -- 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.
