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Google follows Apple and launches its first D2C store for selling chrome laptops and accessories. Seems that Google chose London as their entry point to the european market.

October 10th, 2011 | Category: Chrome | Leave a comment

We can now develop Chrome OS applications that include parts developed in C\C++. You can find more information about the Chrome OS Native Client SDK at http://code.google.com/chrome/nativeclient/. The code written in C\C++ can render 3D graphics, interact with the mouse, play rich media, run on multiple threads and even access the memory directly. The end [...]

October 6th, 2011 | Category: Chrome | Leave a comment

When developing an extension for google chrome web browser we can create an icon that will be displayed within the URL address text box. We can create that icon to be displayed when the web page meets specific criteria. The criteria is in our full control. The following video clip presents a simple extension that [...]

April 21st, 2011 | Tags: Chrome, Chrome Extension, Extension, google, Page Action | Category: Chrome | Leave a comment

When developing an extension for the google chrome web browser we can include in our extension a web page through which the user will be able to configure the extension. The following video clip explains how to do it. The slides as well as the source code are available for free personal usage at www.abelski.com.

April 21st, 2011 | Tags: Chrome, Extension, Options Page | Category: Chrome | Leave a comment

The applications we develop for the Google Chrome web browser are actually web applications that the user conceived as installed ones. In the Google Chrome Extensions Development course I dedicate one topic to the development of applications for the Google Chrome web browser. This video clip presents the user experience involved with installing an application [...]

April 20th, 2011 | Tags: Application, Chrome, google, Google Chrome Web Store | Category: Chrome | Leave a comment

Content scripts are files in JavaScript that execute in the background and refer the web pages the web browser renders. Using the DOM the content scripts can read the data of those web pages and introduce changes into them. Two famous examples for extensions that use content scripts are the Facebook Unfriends and the Facebook Facemoods. Those two [...]

April 20th, 2011 | Category: Chrome, JavaScript | Leave a comment

I have recently completed to develop the abelski google chrome application. You can find it for free at Google Chrome Web Store. The current version provides a very similar experience to the one you know when browsing the abelski web site. In the future I plan to add a tighter integration with the google chrome web [...]

April 20th, 2011 | Category: Chrome | Leave a comment

The possibility to interact with the desktop in HTML5 is currently still in its early stage. The specification that should allow that are still in their draft state. Nevertheless, when developing an extension for the Chrome Web Browser we can already do it. The following video clip explains how to do it. You can find [...]

April 19th, 2011 | Tags: Chrome Browser Extension, Desktop Notification | Category: Chrome, HTML 5 | Leave a comment

I am working these days on the development of a professional course for learning how to develop extensions for the google chrome web browser. I have just completed to develop the first topic. It includes two video clips that guide how to develop a simple extension.

April 19th, 2011 | Category: Chrome | Leave a comment