Ah, I found what I was thinking of: "Gears checks the URL of the page that's trying to use it (to check if that origin has permission to use Gears, and prompt the user if necessary). Gears restricts the URLs to http and https currently, so it refuses to work with any other protocol (like chrome-extension)." from http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions/browse_thread/thread/cfad119d4f440612/6d31772e4936da32?show_docid=6d31772e4936da32 And that seems pretty conclusive, sadly. That's why I wondered if there was an alternative.
On Dec 16, 12:08 am, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%2Bunsu > > [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.
