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Message from discussion Proposal: extension API: activating extensions through Omnibox
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Aaron Boodman  
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 More options Feb 22 2010, 3:55 pm
From: Aaron Boodman <a...@google.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:55:57 -0800
Local: Mon, Feb 22 2010 3:55 pm
Subject: Re: [chromium-dev] Re: Proposal: extension API: activating extensions through Omnibox
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On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Peter Kasting <pkast...@google.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Zoran Rilak <zoran.ri...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> what if the extensions don't register as AutocompleteProviders
>> themselves, but are offered through an internal provider which knows
>> about extensions' keywords (or names)?  That'd keep the ranking system
>> flexible.

> That doesn't really buy you very much.  If you allow extension-provided
> items to intermix, you still have to solve the same issues (whatever ranking
> affordance we give extensions becomes something we have to map consistently
> to the "real" rankings forever after), and even if you don't, you at least
> have to solve extensions ranking against each other.

> This whole area is a total minefield.

Sheesh, don't be such a downer :).

I've sketched out some of my thoughts in more detail (thanks Zoran for
inspiring me to think about this again), here:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYUOdFfLVYFRZGZqNnQ2N2RfODFnMzg2a2N...

I think the idea of entering a mode that exclusively interacts with
the extension solves some of the issues, but maybe I'm just not seeing
them.

Peter, Zoran, I've given you edit access explicitly so that you can
comment. Anyone else, just request access and I'll approve it.

Thanks,

- a


 
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