So far, milestone 4 replaces the themes promotion with an Extension / Bookmark Sync promotion. The theme promotion is only available on milestone 3 stable which will be gone by next year.
On Dec 16, 7:21 am, PhistucK <phist...@gmail.com> wrote: > But for the first five runs, I think there is a promotion regarding themes. > Or maybe there is not anymore. Maybe they toggle it. > > ☆PhistucK > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:54, Meok <meok...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Don't read me wrong. I like the separation of the two, but the > > discover-ability and accessibility of the Themes vs the Extensions > > leaves a lot to be desired. > > > Milestone 3 came with a Themes promotion on the NTP, but after that, > > how's a standard user to know that themes are available via the last > > option on page 2 of the Options dialog box? > > > You can see that the browser has Extensions by just clicking the > > wrench menu. Granted, extensions are way more useful than themes but > > themes are not to be overlooked in terms of their importance to the > > user. > > > I don't like it when major features are no discoverable. I had many > > friends that were using Firefox for months before I showed them it had > > tabs. I thought "What's the point to using Firefox without tabs?", but > > then how was an IE6 user supposed to know tabs were there when there > > was no "new tab button"? > > > I will conduct my own case study. I will put a couple of new users in > > front of an already installed Chrome browser and ask them what > > features are evident to them. > > > On Dec 16, 2:01 am, PhistucK <phist...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Actually, they do separate the two. For extension development, obviously, > > it > > > will state both of them, since they are built the same way technically > > and > > > that is exactly what the developers are interested about. > > > But, they are separated. For example, a theme cannot have other > > > functionalities and a regular extension cannot include a theme, too (for > > > now). They are also installed in a different fashion, as you said. > > > > Also, Chrome 3 came out with Themes, not 'theme extensions'. Chrome 4 has > > > Extensions and Themes. > > > > Yes, both of them will be in the extension gallery, but themes will have > > a > > > separate section in the (near?) future. > > > > ☆PhistucK > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 03:08, Meok <meok...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > About 3, what do you consider regular users? The most internet users > > > > are coning from IE and Firefox. > > > > > People coming from IE don't know anything about Extensions or Themes > > > > and will see them as whatever you present them as. > > > > > People coming from Firefox already see Themes as Extensions, and are > > > > accustomed managing them together. > > > > > In our Extension documentation, we clearly state that themes ARE > > > > extensions, and the devs have said that the themes will be hosted in > > > > the Extensions Gallery with the extensions. It seems logical that > > > > "regular" users will expect everything they install from the Gallery > > > > to work similarly. Since themes are not retained after you choose a > > > > new one, it seems logical and easier to simply show the current one in > > > > the extension list. It's only ONE item, and it makes it easier reset > > > > to the default theme. > > > > > On Dec 15, 11:29 am, PhistucK <phist...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > About 3, regular users do not see themes as extensions. They also do > > not > > > > > need to know the folder. > > > > > > About 5, there is a link. Go to the bottom of the page, there is a > > "Get > > > > more > > > > > extensions >> <https://chrome.google.com/extensions?hl=en-US>" > > there. > > > > > > ☆PhistucK > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 17:05, PAEz <cdkp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > 3. Plus I could find out what directory its in. > > > > > > 4. Display how many comments for an extension in the developers > > > > > > dashboard > > > > > > 5. Have a link on the extensions page to the extensions homepage or > > > > > > gallery page > > > > > > 6. Make the theme_ntp_attribution clickable with a homepage setting > > > > > > > On Dec 15, 11:38 am, Meok <meok...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Loving the extension system and developing some stuff but these > > > > things > > > > > > > are major concerns for me and I'm sure others as well..... > > > > > > > > 1. Should be able to pin a browser action bubble so you can click > > > > > > > elsewhere without closing it. > > > > > > > 2. Should be able to click the developer's name in the gallery to > > see > > > > > > > all the extensions from that user. > > > > > > > 3. The current theme should be shown on extensions page so you > > can > > > > > > > easily update or disable it (restores default). 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