Some of what you suggest is already implemented in Chrome. From the page menu, you may choose "Create application shortcut". The shortcut created on your desktop will open the web application you are running, without the Chrome tabs and the Omnibar (address and search bar) and menu buttons. Making a window with non-rectangular shape is not currently implemented. It would be neat, though.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Windows Media player has the ability to show WMP in a "Windowed" mode > or non-windowed mode. > > Ever notice how the in-browser apps for Google docs look kind of > strange in that there are TWO menu bars (when you view it in Firefox, > that is)? One for the browser, and one for the Google docs > application. This is just looks plain ugly and redundant...not to > mention the fact that it makes the actual usable area of the > application smaller than it should be. > > So, my suggestion is to put into Chrome the ability to hide the > browser, such that only the application is showing...i.e., show Google > docs (or maybe some web-app based media player) in a "non-windowed" > view. > > The ultimate trick, though, would be to allow the browser to hide for > not only applications that are rectangular, but ones that have much > more complex shapes, too! I think that one of the major annoyances I > have with web-apps is that they must run inside of a browser window. > If Chrome could somehow make it appear that it is not in a browser by > simply hiding the browser...that would be awesome! Of course, just > like WMP, you could make it so that if you hover over the top left > corner of the app for a couple of seconds, the browser would appear. > > Anywho...I think this would be a very critical step in developing web- > apps...as it would give them the feel of regular apps. I can tell you > now that unless web-app based apps can at least look as if they have > ditched the browser, I don't think they'll be as popular as actual > desktop apps. > > I'm a .Net developer...a beginner that is...so my suggestion is that > perhaps there can be a standard added to the HTML standard (or > something like this) such that you can specify a vector graphics > outline of your app, and perhaps the web browser can interpret it, and > set the outline for the app in non-windowed mode. > > I dunno...there could be better ways of doing this. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
