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jusio / storage-area-explorer

Extension for Chrome with allows to inspect storage area of Chrome Packages Apps
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when i click the Storage Area icon, i just get redirected to the Storage Area Explorer Webstore page #21

Open st333v opened 8 years ago

st333v commented 8 years ago

when i click the Storage Area icon in the extension bar, i just get redirected to the Storage Area Explorer Webstore page, shouldn't that open the storage area explorer?

can't figure out how to use the extension

using chrome Version 51.0.2704.84 m and SAE 0.4.2

st333v commented 8 years ago

Ah, i figured out how to use it now, you need to open the dev tools then click the "Storage Explorer" tab. The icon in the extensions bar is a bit confusing in that case...

Another problem i am having is i wish to explorer the storage area for a browser extension...

_UPDATE_ Ah, i figured that out too, you need to first open the background page for the extension, then select the "Storage Explorer" tab.

Excellent extension, but could do with a little better documentation on the webstore page, that explains how it is used. A sentence or 2 on how to use it would be great for new users, thanks.

ionutbaban commented 7 years ago

Since there is no browserAction attached to the icon, I believe it should be removed and avoid future confusion

jusio commented 7 years ago

I'd like to do it, but chrome displays a browserAction for every extension regardless if there is a browserAction defined for extension (you can see the same thing for React devtools). It can't be removed or hidden programmatically, only user has power to hide it.

ionutbaban commented 7 years ago

You are right the user can use the Hide in Chrome menu feature, but he'll still see all the hidden icons when opening the Chrome Settings Menu.

I remember reading somewhere that if you remove the browser_action block from your manifest.json the extension will not have an icon, but this changed last year and all extensions must have an icon. See more here http://stackoverflow.com/a/37521405/3029422

jusio commented 7 years ago

Yep, chrome team was worried about malicious extensions which would just seat silently in chrome and will send user data somewhere, so they forced all extensions to have an icon.