Window management issues with Chrome apps

[Abhinav Asthana]

I have been trying to get users to update to the new Chrome app version of Postman for a while. Unfortunately a lot of users are complaining about window management issues (esp. on Windows 8). For ex. a user posted this review today:

"I've used the old version of Postman for ages and this, unfortunately, is a step backwards. The only choice of display is between a lightbox (too small and background page is distracting), and full screen (too big). Uninstalled and am sticking with the old version, which is still 5 stars in my book."

I checked out the Windows 8 mode but apparently that has issues too: https://github.com/a85/POSTMan-Chrome-Extension/issues/433

Are there better ways to handle the window which opens up which I am missing? Also, do Chrome apps remember the last window size which was set or can I implement this using the storage API?

Would love to hear ideas from the community here.

[Mounir Lamouri]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2014, at 21:39, Abhinav Asthana wrote:
> Also, do Chrome apps remember the last window size which was set
> or can I implement this using the storage API?

If you pass an id while creating the window, the size and positions will
be restored.
See:
https://developer.chrome.com/apps/app_window#type-CreateWindowOptions

-- Mounir

[Ben Wells]

Sounds like you're hitting crbug.com/224924

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[Abhinav Asthana]

A user pointed me to this fix: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15684879/chrome-packaged-app-window-maximizes-to-full-screen-on-windows-8. Does this work consistently across all platforms?