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Parity Chrome Extension
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New Tab idea #76

Open CraigglesO opened 7 years ago

CraigglesO commented 7 years ago

An idea I am toying with. Every-time you open a new tab it loads this...

I was sick of not having a converter for the primary crypto-currencies/usd/sterling/euro. Also it's nice to have conversions for the accounts you own and details.

I need to add a graph to the last one.. (in the works) Also I want to smooth the transition between mini-apps

I am also considering dropping the icon set I made. maybe use something cleaner and simpler to go with the font...

Should I simplify the coloring too? I really like the softer colors for day/night. Maybe I can set it to change to a darker theme after checking if its night time.

It would be nice to find a setting so that people can choose to have a separate extension for newTab and just want this extension for its other properties, but I have not found it yet.

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Just for kicks I'll show you the first go: alt-4

CraigglesO commented 7 years ago

Inspired when I was out on a run. Get to the ui via a click on the logo! Don't have to type 'localhost:8180' anymore.

it's the little things ;)

Thinking I should hide the top-left and top-right unless mouse hovers in the region... just really make the new tab not feel cluttered and not in your face if you aren't interested in using.

If it's the first time using the app, it will show a dialog:

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tomusdrw commented 7 years ago

Looks pretty cool! Will have some time to do proper code review on Monday. Do we want it bundled with current extension?

CraigglesO commented 7 years ago

I dunno. That's the big question that I will leave up to you. Won't hurt my feelings either way. It clashes a bit with the current ui... But on the up side, it's really easy to deactivate if people don't want to use it as the default newTab (chrome settings).

Personally, I will be using it regardless. I really needed a goto quick converter for GBP and BTC and currency details to keep tabs without always having to keep multiple websites open. And it's just nice to know what my wallet value actually is. Everything I added, I just really wanted myself. I would like to add more details to the details page. Especially a graph... All in good time.

I'm all ears if there are other details you would like to see / ui-ux changes you would like to be implemented.

tomusdrw commented 7 years ago

I'll have a look next week how to integrate this and perhaps be able to build two separate extensions from single code base.

CraigglesO commented 7 years ago

I almost want to change the ui design again. I'm never satisfied with my work.

gavofyork commented 7 years ago

any movement here?

CraigglesO commented 7 years ago

This was fun! But since it didn't receive positive reception, I assumed it wasn't something other people would want so I never polished it.

Should I close it?

tomusdrw commented 7 years ago

I still want to integrate that somehow, but IMHO it should be a separate extension. Need to figure out the build for it. Although we can also create a separate repo and keep it there.