Definitive date for google chrome extensions

[imsobored17]

Nicholas Moline noticed an interesting session from Google I/O, a developer conference that will be held in May.

Developing extensions for Google Chrome

"Learn how Google Chrome makes it easy to write extensions using the web technologies you already know. This talk will cover the basics of the extension system (distribution/packaging, installation, updates), as well as the different APIs to enhance with the browser."

We can assume that Google Chrome will add support for extensions before May 27th, when the conference starts.

A recently published document explains the process model for extensions. The latest developer versions of Google Chrome already supports user scripts, which could later become part of more complex extensions.

"Chromium extensions will follow a multi-process architecture to share the same kind of stability and security that regular web pages have in Chromium. All of an extension's code runs in a single process, separate from the browser (with the exception of user scripts which run in whichever renderers they apply to). Extension code can communicate with user scripts, and vice versa, through a message passing API."

There's also a list of APIs that includes support for changing the theme, customizing toolstrips and buttons, manipulating the download system, interacting with the history and bookmark system, adding support for sidebars and status bars.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/02/g...ensions-by.html

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time for a faster and more efficient browser to take over

Edited February 5, 2009 by John S.
title edited - trolling comment removed

[sweetleaf]

What google adds add-ons and everyone will flock to them. I don't think so. It has to do with what you prefer.

[+John. Subscriber¹]

Sticky this thread?

[sweetleaf]

Sticky this thread?

+1 LOL

[Ci7]

even if they had plugin , i wont switch ;there plugin system wont mature suddenly in a one night .

they have to do a hell of a job to persuade me to switch

[brentaal]

Something tells me those extensions won't be able to block Google Ads. If they will be able to block Google Ads, then Google's also going to die out by June. ;)

[Anatolian]

FF will always stay...

[imsobored17]

Hello Troll.

/thread

im just posting news, with a little bias maybe but having used both google chrome is far supirior

in a few months google chrome allready got 1 % market share and opera has been here 10 years and not even at 1

firefox took a LONG time to get to where it is

google chrome gets advertised on youtube in a few more years you will wonder why you ever used firefox

[Ci7]

Something tells me those extensions won't be able to block Google Ads. If they will be able to block Google Ads, then Google's also going to die out by June. ;)

the blocker would block all ads except google ads :p

[John S. Veteran]

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[imsobored17]

thanks for the title change i didnt mean to troll i just like google chrome better

[Pretend]

Thanks John S for fixing the title :)

[sweetleaf]

What does the comparison of google chrome and opera have to do with FF?

[imsobored17]

What does the comparison of google chrome and opera have to do with FF?

showing how hard it is to get anywhere in the market

firefox was extremly slow to start off

i remember hating changing to firefox 0.7 from internet explorer

it was horrid for me in the beginning

give chrome a few years and firefox will start to fall behind i think

[ViZioN]

im just posting news, with a little bias maybe but having used both google chrome is far supirior

in a few months google chrome allready got 1 % market share and opera has been here 10 years and not even at 1

firefox took a LONG time to get to where it is

google chrome gets advertised on youtube in a few more years you will wonder why you ever used firefox

You're were posting news yes, but with a lot of bias.

Anyway, personally I don't see Chrome taking over any time soon. I don't see much in Chrome to make me switch from Firefox.

[FiB3R]

There would have to be a lot of very specific add-ons for me to switch.

[John S. Veteran]

It would have to be cross-platform to be a serious contender, right now it's Windows only.

[imsobored17]

It would have to be cross-platform to be a serious contender, right now it's Windows only.

logically once add ons are enabled multi plat will be next

in the chromium FAQs (open source coding behind google chrome) they said multiplat is going to be a feature

[LOC Veteran]

FF will always stay...

People said the same thing about Netscape/Mosiac and Linx etc, and what, 10 people still use them now?

FF may be around for awhile, but assuming it'll survive for all time is not gonna happen. :)

I can't wait for extensions for Google Chrome.

[SMELTN]

yeah FF dead isn't going to happen, it may actually take some of the market, but not kill FF

[Srugie Veteran]

I will always prefer my Firefox to Chrome!

[imsobored17]

I will always prefer my Firefox to Chrome!

have you even tried chrome?

i was using the firefox minefields and got tired of crashing and slow speeds and i jumped onto google chrome as soon as it came out in sept and havent looked back

ive gotten use to no ad block plus but by may chrome will imo be the best browser BY FAR

sure you can love your extensions but i just want SPEED in my browsing

[Phantom Limb]

have you even tried chrome?

i was using the firefox minefields and got tired of crashing and slow speeds and i jumped onto google chrome as soon as it came out in sept and havent looked back

ive gotten use to no ad block plus but by may chrome will imo be the best browser BY FAR

sure you can love your extensions but i just want SPEED in my browsing

Firefox, slow? Really?

I mean, don't get me wrong, they have some great ideas for Chrome, not that I believe they've all come to fruition yet, but saying Firefox is slow is kind of silly.

[sweetleaf]

Well Minefiled was the beta. How can you base it on that? I am using Firefox 3.1b and it runs just fine.

[imsobored17]

Firefox, slow? Really?

I mean, don't get me wrong, they have some great ideas for Chrome, not that I believe they've all come to fruition yet, but saying Firefox is slow is kind of silly.

it is slow

chrome is faster then opera, and opera is FAR faster then firefox

@sweetleaf

i have used firefox since 0.7