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Chromium Extensions Design Document
D' Technology Weblog —
... about the new design document, discussing what the extension system should look like in Chromium and thus Google Chrome: “Chromium can’t be everything to all people. People use web browsers in a variety of environments and for a wide variety of jobs. Personal tastes and needs vary widely from one user to the next. The feature needs of one person often conflict directly with those of another. Further, one of the design goals of Chromium is to have a minimal light-weight user interface, which itself conflicts with adding lots of features.” ...
Google reveals Chrome extensions plan
Webware.com —
... And guess what? Google's dependence on advertising notwithstanding, one of the extension examples the company points to is the ability to block advertisements.
The Chrome extensions document, spotlighted Saturday by Google programmer Aaron Boodman, doesn't include a timeline, but it does shed light on why the project is a priority for Chromium, the open-source project behind Chrome.
"Chromium can't be everything to all people," according to the document. "User-created extensions have been proposed to solve these problems: the addition of ...
Google Chrome Browser To Support Customization
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... from Aaron Boodman, a Google programmer working on Chrome. The design document outlines areas that would have to be addressed, such as application programming interfaces to connect extensions to the Chrome engine. Under the heading "use cases," Google lists some types of extensions that the company would like to support in Chrome, such as ad and ...
Google Delivers Plan for Chrome Extensions [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
... Boodman’s post includes a link to a design document intended for developers who want to build extensions for Chrome. Many people who had been wondering if it would be easy to fork extensions for Firefox to Chrome’s Chromium core may be encouraged by attention paid in the design document to “users coming from other browsers who are used to certain extensions that they can’t live without.” The design document also cites several popular Firefox extensions as examples of good add-ons for Chrome, including ForecastFox, ...
On Google Chrome's Future Support for Extensions
Google Operating System —
Google published a document that details how extensions will work in Google Chrome. "Chromium can't be everything to all people. People use web browsers in a variety of environments and for a wide variety of jobs. Personal tastes and needs vary widely from one user to the next. The feature needs of one person often conflict directly with those of another. Further, one of the design goals of Chromium is to have a minimal light-weight user interface, which itself conflicts with adding lots of features." ...
Google cannibalizing their assets? Isn’t it a bit early for that?
The Next Web —
... Listed in the Chromium Developer Documentation are several references to an ‘AdBlocker’. Is is part of “some types of extensions that we’d like to eventually support” in Chrome, according to the document. Now I know the principles behind innovation and cannibalizing your assets but I’m still surprised that Google would invite people to build one for Chrome. ...
Google Chrome and the extension conundrum
Between the Lines —
... Google appears to be on the extension bandwagon for its Chrome browser, but that also opens a Pandora’s box. In an extensions document ( ...
Extensions Coming for Google Chrome
OStatic blogs —
... on add-ons for Chrome, including a link to a design document for proposed extensions. It looks like many Firefox extension developers will be able to easily deliver their tools for Chrome. ...
Extensions Coming for Google Chrome [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... on add-ons for Chrome, including a link to a design document for proposed extensions. It looks like many Firefox extension developers will be able to easily deliver their tools for Chrome. ...
Once Extensions Arrive on Chrome, Firefox Should Worry
SitePoint —
... a document from Google that outlines where the company plans to go in terms of extensions for their Chrome web browser. Though the document doesn’t offer any specific time line regarding when extensions are coming, it does outline a number of use cases and specific extensions that Google would like to support. ...
Best Browser Extensions and Add-ons to Install in Google Chrome?
Mashable! —
... Google has already announced eventual support for Chrome extensions, some of which include the ones mentioned above. Hopefully sooner than later, Google will announce a library for Chrome extensions and add-ons ready to be installed. ...
Google's Shiny Plans for Chrome
Tech Observer —
... "The feature needs of one person often conflict directly with those
of another. Further, one of the design goals of Chromium is to have a
minimal light-weight user interface, which itself conflicts with adding
lots of features. User-created extensions have been proposed to solve
these problems," the developers wrote in a Chromium design document. "We should start by building the infrastructure for an extension system that can support different types of extensibility." ...
Google Takes Chrome Out of Beta
ReadWriteWeb —
... According to Google, the next step in the development of Chrome will be the addition of an extension architecture similar to Firefox's. Google is also planning to release Mac and Linux versions soon. ...
Google Ships Chrome 1.0–Now For the To-Do List
Technologizer —
... do, however, have a little list of new features that I hope are on Google’s Chrome agenda. More platforms. I use OS X more than Windows these days, and I like browsers I can use on both operating systems. Which, come to think of it, is all the major ones except Chrome. Given the high volume of Mac aficionados at the Googleplex, I’m hoping that the Mac edition is actually nearly done, and that Google will spring it on us as a happy surprise before we know it. Extensions. Google’s working on them , but it sounds like they’re still in the figuring-it-all-out stage, and once ...
Coming Soon: Google Chrome Extensions
Mashable! —
... The Chrome team has already published documentation outlining general goals and principles for how they believe the extension system should operate. High on the list of reasons that adding extensions to Chrome is important is that it will make the browser more attractive to “users coming from other browsers who are used to certain extensions that they can’t live without.” ...
Extensions Coming in May for Chrome: Look Out IE [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... officials "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." As I've written before, this, along with the delivery of Mac and Linux versions of Chrome, will kick the browser into high gear, with Internet Explorer facing many problems.
Google has already made plans for encouraging and delivering Chrome extensions available. In this post, goals and guidelines are summarized. And this post delves into the exact ...
Extensions Coming in May for Chrome: Look Out IE
OStatic blogs —
... According to Google officials "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." As I've written before, this, along with the delivery of Mac and Linux versions of Chrome, will kick the browser into high gear, with Internet Explorer facing many problems.
Google has already made plans for encouraging and delivering Chrome extensions available. In this post, goals and guidelines are summarized. And this post delves into the exact ...
Chrome Extensions Likely by May
SitePoint —
... We know that extensions are a priority for the Chromium team (Chromium is the open source project that backs Google’s Chrome web browser). Google engineers wrote in a design document a couple of months ago that they would like to create an extension infrastructure that is able to support “an open-ended list of APIs over time, such as toolbars, sidebars, content scripts (for Greasemonkey-like functionality), and content filtering (for parental filters, malware filters, or adblock-like functionality).” ...
Extending Google Chrome
Google Operating System —
One of the presentations from the first day of Google I/O was about Google Chrome's extension system. There aren't many improvements since the last post about Chrome extensions, but the presentation explains some of the advantages of Google's system: * extensions are collections of web pages that use HTML, JavaScript, CSS, so they're not difficult to write * you don't need to restart the browser after installing an extension * the extensions are updated automatically, so you'll always have the most recent version * Chrome's extensions will work in ...
The First Google Chrome Extensions: Block Ads, Check PageRank, and Use IE8 Accelerators
ReadWriteWeb —
... conference this week, one of the presentations from Day 1 was on the subject of Google Chrome's extension system. The long-awaited feature will finally deliver what Firefox and IE users have had for ages: a way to add more tools, services, and additional features to the browser. ...
