ChromeSkel - Chrome Extension Bootstrapping Template

http://www.bitfalls.com/2012/11/chromeskel-chrome-extension.html

by swader • 14 years ago

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polskibus2• 14 years ago

This is a good idea, but at the same time it shows a weakness of chrome extensions' design. If there is a need for such a skeleton app, then the technology stack should have it built in - so that a template is not needed at all!

imjared• 14 years ago

Really? I see it more as a framework, similar to any other language's or technology's. To make a bit of a reaching analogy, I don't think HTML is weak just because Twitter's Bootstrap is useful. If you want to roll your own solution every time, have at it. But if you want to have a great starting point, this looks like it could help speed things up.

polskibus2• 14 years ago

That's not a good analogy. With chrome extension you (almost) always need a background.html, background.js, popup.html, etc. Perhaps chrome extensions would be better if you started by defining a class or writing functions without unnecessary html tags and files. This is a bit different than html and bootstrap where you often dont need most of the framework.

powatom2• 14 years ago

Thank you for implementing an annoying pop-out utility box directly over the vertical scrollbar.

EDIT: Upon refresh, this problem disappeared. Odd :/

swader4• 14 years ago

That's actually Google's template, I'm sorry about that. I am told they're "working on it" thought I cannot understand why it would take them so long to fix a float. The blog is hosted on Blogger.com, and the default template does this while on the home page, but when you enter the article itself, it gets fixed.

powatom2• 14 years ago

Weird, such an irritating bug when your scroll-wheel is broken (like mine is!). I haven't checked out Blogger for ages though, so apologies, I thought it was a custom template!

ytNumbers• 14 years ago

A nice contribution. However, Site Advisor considers this web site to be a risky site.

swader4• 14 years ago

I had no idea! Thanks for the heads up, I have contacted SiteAdvisor's support about the issue.

ChromeSkel - Chrome Extension Bootstrapping Template

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