Those are good use cases. I'm sorry that we don't have anything better to offer you at this time than an iframe. I wonder if the ability to create a browser-action like popup in the content area would be helpful here.
Adam On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Min Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically I'm trying to emulate one of the following effects: > > a) xmarks smarter search > http://www.xmarks.com/about/features > > b) coolpreview's site preview > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2207 > > or even the simpler > c) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/189 > > In the case of xmarks, the content is injected based on browsing > preferences, and I want that (and any other data used to determine > where/what content to inject) to be kept private. > > On Jan 7, 5:05 pm, Adam Barth <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Can you explain at a higher level what you're trying to achieve? >> > There might be another way to achieve the same thing. >> >> > Adam >> >> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Min Huang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I was afraid of that. >> >> >> I briefly considered iframes, but the problem remained that a sneaky >> >> webpage could still change the iframe's src attribute and mess me up. >> >> >> -Min >> >> >> On Jan 7, 4:30 pm, Adam Barth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This effect is difficult to achieve. The only way I can think of to >> >>> do it is with an iframe to a domain your control. You can also use an >> >>> iframe to a data URL if you don't want to involve a server. >> >> >>> Adam >> >> >>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Min Huang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > Hello, I would like to inject content into a webpage's DOM; however, I >> >>> > do not want said webpage to have access to any of the injected >> >>> > content. There is a means of doing this in Firefox via XBL and >> >>> > anonymous content (eg the file input element is composed of a text >> >>> > input and a button input, but the individual text and button inputs >> >>> > are not accessible directly). >> >> >>> > If this is not possible, I would be happy with some mechanism to >> >>> > overlay content onto a webpage or the browser (similar to how XUL >> >>> > panels work in Firefox). >> >> >>> > Can anybody help? >> >> >>> > 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]. >> >>> > For more options, visit this group >> >>> > athttp://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 >> >> athttp://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. > > > >
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