My problem with extension has been the lack of an active maintainer repeatedly. So while I agree that extensions would be probably the most elegant solution I'd like to see official extensions developed and supported by Google (and possibly bundled with Chrome).
On Jan 7, 6:13 pm, Antony Sargent <[email protected]> wrote: > These features seem like great candidates for extensions. An > extensions framework is currently being worked on: > > http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Josh Roesslein <[email protected]> wrote: > > Google would probably add these features into their build of chromium. I > > don't see this being open sourced with the rest of the browser, but we will > > see what happens. > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Matrus <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> Since this is "the" Google browser it would be at least nice if Chrome > >> supported some Google services out of the box. At the top of my head > >> I'm thinking about: > > >> +Notification about new mails in GMail > >> +Notification about new messages in Google Reader > >> +Ability to directly upload images to Picasa (for instance, via Right- > >> Click) > > >> It's unlikely that such simple features would add "bloat" Chrome while > >> being convenient at the same time. > > >> On Jan 6, 12:48 am, krtulmay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > You seem to say "email/rss client" together like they are one thing, > >> > which of course they are not. An email reading client and an RSS > >> > reading client are two totally separate things. Both such clients may > >> > come bundled together in Opera, but they are still two separate > >> > things. > > >> > What you're asking for is to add two more software components to > >> > Chrome which will only make it bloat more and become less efficient. > >> > I don't think that's such a great idea.... > > >> > On Jan 5, 3:11 pm, knyght7 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > I know this feature has been suggested before, but it is the only > >> > > feature that keeps me from using Chrome Exclusively. > > >> > > I would love to see an email/rss client built directly into the > >> > > browser: (see Opera). > > >> > > It makes it so much easier to see all the incoming mail/new rss posts > >> > > off to the side as you are browsing. Opera's mail client is THE > >> > > biggest reason I even have opera on my computer. I like having my > >> > > mail in view as I am browsing the internet. > > >> > > For me, the less I have open the better. I'm not a big fan of > >> > > outlook/live mail, thunderbird is okay. If there was someway to > >> > > incorporate the features of these email clients into the browser, > >> > > that would easily load settings for gmail (and other pop/imap > >> > > accounts) as well as feeds, I would more than likely make Chrome the > >> > > only browser I use. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
