Am I able to make the extension forward compatible, by adding the new properties to the manifest.json as well?
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Aaron Boodman <a...@chromium.org> wrote: > Awesome, I used it, it worked :) > http://twitter.com/aboodman/status/4895109999 > > <http://twitter.com/aboodman/status/4895109999>I am working on the change > to allow up to 19px or maybe 21px icons and hope to have it in the next > release. Also, Erik recommends that you use window.close() to close the > popup on submission. > > The next release changes the browser action API slightly, to be more like > this: > http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/BrowserActions > > <http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/BrowserActions>... which will > break you. Luckily you have autoupdate set up! > > Great to see this. Very encouraging, thanks for sharing. > > - a > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Dan <d...@dancryer.com> wrote: > >> I've just made use of the new browser actions API to create a twitter >> 'tweet this page' extension. I'd really appreciate some feedback on it if >> anyone's interested? >> http://www.dancryer.com/2009/10/google-chrome-twitter-extension-tweetpage >> >> It's a bit rough around the edges, but I think it works quite well as a >> browser action. :) >> >> >> <http://www.dancryer.com/2009/10/google-chrome-twitter-extension-tweetpage> >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Aaron Boodman <a...@chromium.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> As a few of you have noticed from changes in the bug system, we've >>> decided to replace toolstrips with a new extensions UI surface area: browser >>> actions <http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/BrowserActions>. >>> Here is what they look like: >>> >>> [image: browser_action.png] >>> >>> A browser action is a 19px image button that shows up in the main Chrome >>> toolbar to the right of the omnibox. They can be rendered from a static set >>> of images in your extension, or you can render them dynamically using the >>> HTML5 canvas. >>> >>> They can also optionally have a popup, which is implemented using HTML, >>> similar to how toolstrips worked. >>> >>> We will be disabling toolstrips before the beta release of Chrome 4, so >>> we encourage extension developers to start converting their extensions to >>> use browser actions soon. We'll be updating the docs in the coming weeks >>> with details. >>> Even though we are still in the dev channel of Chrome, where everything >>> is subject to change, we try to avoid ever breaking APIs. So we didn't come >>> to this decision lightly. The reason we did it that we got a lot of negative >>> feedback about the toolstrip shelf across the bottom of the browser. Many >>> users did not like the wasted space, particularly when only one extension >>> was installed. >>> >>> When we stepped back and thought about the use cases, we came to the >>> conclusion that most extensions don't really need to show complex UI in the >>> toolbar -- a single button with an expandable area is usually sufficient. >>> This also had the advantage of being a more prominent location and fitting >>> better with Chrome's sparse aesthetic. >>> >>> While we understand this change is frustrating and won't work perfectly >>> for every extension, we think it is for the best, and are excited to see >>> what you can do with it. >>> >>> If you want to get started even before we finish the docs, you can take a >>> look at our samples, which have already been converted: >>> >>> - >>> >>> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/extensions/samples/buildbot/ >>> - >>> >>> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/extensions/samples/gmail_browser_action/ >>> - >>> >>> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/extensions/samples/set_page_color/ >>> - >>> >>> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/extensions/samples/mappy/ >>> - >>> >>> http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/extensions/samples/test_browser_action/ >>> >>> I'll post on this mailing list as the browser action API solidifies and >>> the documentation is completed. >>> >>> - a >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-extensions@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
