Just use chrome.tabs.executeScript(). When there is an error, run a script that creates a div popup on the page to inform the user.
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Alex Bennee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to notify the user when my extension can't contact an > edit_server [1] for my It's All Text clone. > > Currently I use setTitle() and update the hover text for the button on > the tab bar. However this is less > than optimal. What is the best practice user notification method? > > Can I trigger a popup html display for a period of time from a > background.html based extension script? > The docs seem to point at popup.html being automatic [2] which I don't want. > > [1] http://github.com/stsquad/emacs_chrome > [2] http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/getstarted.html > > -- > Alex, homepage http://www.bennee.com/~alex/ > > -- > > 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. > > > -- 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.
