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Switch from browserActions to pageActions #307

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Please describe the feature or enhancement in as much detail as possible:

Instead of always showing the Minimalist button on the toolbar, why not have it 
show up as an interactive icon in the omnibox only on pages affected by 
Minimalist (e.g. Gmail, or Google Reader, etc...).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andrew.a...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2013 at 2:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
When I first started the extension I would have disagreed with you. Chrome's 
development guidelines state that extension which can act on all pages should 
be browser actions, not page actions. However I'm realizing that MOST people 
are not using my extension from the developer mindset of "I can click the 
Minimalist Icon to create a script for this page quickly.". They are using it 
from the consumer perspective where page actions make much more sense...

So, I will definitely consider this for a future release, I think it makes a 
lot of sense.

Relevant documentation:
  * http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/browserAction.html
  * http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/pageAction.html

Original comment by anst...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2013 at 4:40