One excellent use case i was thinking about when i asked for the idle state is making an in-browser screensaver for my Clock extension. This could also allow for general purpose screensavers that can 'tap' into the power of the web and which opens up a lot of possibilities..
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Daniel Wagner-Hall <[email protected]>wrote: > A tab idle API would be *amazing* > > On 12/16/09, Erik Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Idle" turns out to be a complicated concept (tab idle? app idle? > computer > > idle? tab hidden? window inactive? how long is idle?). Yes, > internally > > Chrome has all of these concepts. Exposing an API for them is > complicated, > > but you're not the first one to ask about this. > > > > Erik > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Teo [GD API Guru] > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Does Chrome have an internal idle detection mechanism? (which could be > >> exposed in an API sometime in the future? :) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Teo > >> > >> -- > >> > >> 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]> > <chromium-extensions%[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]<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]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > > -- Teo www.teodorfilimon.com Romania, Europe (GMT +2) -- 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.
