Bummer. ☆PhistucK
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 08:37, Guy Wyant <gwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah, I found what I was thinking of: > "Gears checks the URL of the page that's trying to use it (to check > if that > origin has permission to use Gears, and prompt the user if > necessary). > Gears restricts the URLs to http and https currently, so it refuses > to work > with any other protocol (like chrome-extension)." > from > > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions/browse_thread/thread/cfad119d4f440612/6d31772e4936da32?show_docid=6d31772e4936da32 > And that seems pretty conclusive, sadly. That's why I wondered if > there was an alternative. > > On Dec 16, 12:08 am, PhistucK <phist...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why do you think Gears cannot be used in extensions? > > I believe (did not try) it can. It has all of the functionalities a > regular > > webpage has - and more. Are you talking about an incompatibility with > Gears > > itself (because of the scheme, for example)? > > > > ☆PhistucK > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 02:43, Guy Wyant <gwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone know if it is possible to create a application shortcut > > > from within an extension? > > > I know that I could do it with the Gears Desktop API (using > > > desktop.createShortcut): > > >http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_desktop.html > > > But I'm pretty sure you can't use Gears in extensions. > > > > > This functionality would be very useful to use in extensions in > > > general, but is also the necessary next step for one very handy one > > > I'd like to develop. > > > Thanks! > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Chromium-extensions" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > chromium-extensi...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<chromium-extensions%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com><chromium-extensions%2Bunsu > bscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > 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 chromium-extensi...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<chromium-extensions%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > 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 chromium-extensi...@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.
