I am not sure that should be blocked. It is not supposed to include personal information, since you cannot really change the files there (unless you use NPAPI, but then you could put it in a whole other directory and also not worry).
☆PhistucK On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 07:56, Erek Speed <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the response. I haven't done much more with the cross > extension stuff since it's for extending the primary functionality of > the app, but I'll probably do a thorough exploration in next few days > and will use that experience to possibly file some bugs/feature > requests. > > Another thing I'm planning on trying out is accessing data from > another extensions local directory. I'm sure that should be blocked > for security reasons though. > > Just thought I'd post the original question to see what people's > thoughts were since I was working on other parts at the time. (Though > moderation ended pushing my messages to last night) > > Thanks for the comments, PhistucK. > > Erek > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:44 PM, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think there is no way to initially get a permanent ID of some sort > > currently, you will have to change it every time (if it changes, I am not > > sure it does) and change it after you upload for the first time > > (alternatively, your can create a localStorage value that will only be > set > > on the unpacked extension, searching for that value will tell the > extension > > to use the local ID and not the official ID, for development purposes). > > This sounds like somewhat of a mess and you probably should file a bug > > regarding this situation at crbug.com. > > I believe it could take a few milliseconds, but probably nothing more > than > > that (since it works over the RAM and not over the hard disk drive). You > > could test it yourself. > > I think there is simply no response and nothing happens, try it yourself. > > ☆PhistucK > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 11:37, Erek Speed <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I have a situation where I have a main extension which computes > >> results based on various data sets. I want to let users install > >> various data sets as separate extensions for convenience sake. Then > >> using cross-extension messaging I can query these data sets and > >> produce the appropriate results. > >> > >> First, in order to test this, I need extension IDs. But I don't get > >> those until I upload my extensions. Is there a way to use the ids > >> while using the load extension from folder functionality? > >> > >> Furthermore, how fast should I expect the messaging to be. For > >> instance, if I wanted to pass over a large 20-30mb string would that > >> be unwieldy? > >> > >> Finally, if I send a message to something that doesn't exist is there > >> a specific response? It seems like maybe nothing will happen. > >> > >> 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.
