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--- chrome/common/extensions/docs/faq.html (revision 68334)

+++ chrome/common/extensions/docs/faq.html (working copy)

@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@

<li><a href="options.html">Options Pages</a></li>

<li><a href="override.html">Override Pages</a></li>

<li><a href="pageAction.html">Page Actions</a></li>

- <li><a href="themes.html">Themes</a></li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>Browser Interaction

@@ -204,6 +203,7 @@

</li>

</ul>

</li>

+ <li><h2><a href="apps.html">Packaged Apps</a></h2></li>

<li><h2><a href="tutorials.html">Tutorials</a></h2>

<ul>

<li><a href="tut_debugging.html">Debugging</a></li>

@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@

<ul>

<li><a href="manifest.html">Manifest Files</a></li>

<li><a href="match_patterns.html">Match Patterns</a></li>

-

</ul>

</li>

+ <li><a href="permission_warnings.html">Permission Warnings</a></li>

<li><a href="api_index.html">chrome.* APIs</a></li>

<li><a href="api_other.html">Other APIs</a></li>

</ul>

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@

<ul>

<li><a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/webstore/docs/index.html">Chrome Web Store</a></li>

- <li><a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/apps/docs/developers_guide.html">Installable Web Apps</a></li>

+ <li><a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/apps/docs/developers_guide.html">Hosted Apps</a></li>

<li><a href="themes.html">Themes</a></li>

</ul>

</li>

@@ -310,33 +310,35 @@

<p>

If you don't find an answer to your question here,

try the

-<a href="http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-extensions">group</a> or the

+<a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/webstore/faq.html">Chrome Web Store FAQ</a>, the

+<a href="http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-extensions">group</a>, or the

<a href="http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=113909">gallery help</a>.

+

</p>

<h4>General</h4>

<ul>

<li><a href="#faq-gen-01">What are Google Chrome Extensions?</a></li>

- <li><a href="#faq-gen-02">What technologies are used to write extensions for Google Chrome?</a></li>

+ <li><a href="#faq-gen-02">What technologies are used to write extensions for Chrome?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-gen-03">Are extensions fetched from the web every time the browser is loaded?</a></li>

</ul>

<h4>Development</h4>

<ul>

- <li><a href="#faq-dev-01">How can I set up Google Chrome for extension development?</a></li>

+ <li><a href="#faq-dev-01">How can I set up Chrome for extension development?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-02">Can I make cross-domain Ajax requests in an extension?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-03">Can I use 3rd party web services in my extension?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-04">Can I use OAuth in my extensions?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-05">What UI controls can I create for my extension?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-06">Can I load DLLs in my extension?</a></li>

- <li><a href="#faq-dev-07">Can Google Chrome Extensions encode/decode JSON data?</a></li>

+ <li><a href="#faq-dev-07">Can extensions encode/decode JSON data?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-08">Can I store data locally in my extension?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-09">How much data can I store in localStorage?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-10">Can I create an options menu for my application?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-11">Can two extensions communicate with each other?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-12">What debugging tools are available to extension developers?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-13">Can extensions use Google Analytics?</a></li>

- <li><a href="#faq-dev-14">How do I determine which version of Google Chrome is deployed to which channel?</a></li>

+ <li><a href="#faq-dev-14">How do I determine which version of Chrome is deployed to which channel?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-15">Can I add a content script to chrome:// URLs?</a></li>

<li><a href="#faq-dev-16">Why do wildcard matches not work for top level domains (TLDs)?</a></li>

</ul>

@@ -351,17 +353,17 @@

<h3 id="faq-gen-01">What are Google Chrome Extensions?</h3>

<p>

- Google Chrome Extensions are applications that run inside the Google

+ Google Chrome Extensions are applications that run inside the

Chrome browser and provide additional functionality, integration with third

party websites or services, and customized browsing experiences.

</p>

-<h3 id="faq-gen-02">What technologies are used to write extensions for Google Chrome?</h3>

+<h3 id="faq-gen-02">What technologies are used to write extensions for Chrome?</h3>

<p>

- Google Chrome Extensions are written using the same standard web

+ Extensions are written using the same standard web

technologies that developers use to create websites. HTML is used as a

content markup language, CSS is used for styling, and JavaScript for

- scripting. Because Google Chrome supports HTML5 and CSS3, developers can

+ scripting. Because Chrome supports HTML5 and CSS3, developers can

use the latest open web technologies such as canvas and CSS animations in

their extensions. Extensions also have access to several

<a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/api_other.html">JavaScript APIs</a>

@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@

<h3 id="faq-gen-03">Are extensions fetched from the web every time the browser is loaded?</h3>

<p>

- Extensions are downloaded by the Google Chrome browser upon install, and

+ Extensions are downloaded by the Chrome browser upon install, and

are subsequently run off of the local disk in order to speed up

performance. However, if a new version of the extension is pushed online,

it will be automatically downloaded in the background to any users who

@@ -385,9 +387,9 @@

<h2>Development</h2>

-<h3 id="faq-dev-01">How can I set up Google Chrome for extension development?</h3>

+<h3 id="faq-dev-01">How can I set up Chrome for extension development?</h3>

<p>

- As long as you are using a version of Google Chrome that supports

+ As long as you are using a version of Chrome that supports

extensions, you already have everything you need to start writing an

extension of your own.

You can start by turning on Developer mode.

@@ -396,8 +398,7 @@

<p>

Click the wrench icon

- and select <b>Extensions</b> from the <b>Tools</b> menu

- (or from the <b>Window</b> menu on Mac).

+ and select <b>Extensions</b> from the <b>Tools</b> menu.

If there's a "+" next to "Developer mode",

click the "+" so it turns into a "-".

Now you can reload extensions,

@@ -415,14 +416,14 @@

<h3 id="faq-dev-03">Can I use 3rd party web services in my extension?</h3>

<p>

- Yes. Google Chrome Extensions are capable of making cross-domain Ajax

- requests, so they can call remote APIs directly. APIs which provide data

+ Yes. Extensions are capable of making cross-domain Ajax

+ requests, so they can call remote APIs directly. APIs that provide data

in JSON format are particularly easy to use.

</p>

<h3 id="faq-dev-04">Can I use OAuth in my extensions?</h3>

<p>

- Absolutely, there are extensions which use OAuth to access remote data

+ Absolutely, there are extensions that use OAuth to access remote data

APIs. Most developers find it convenient to use a

<a href="http://unitedheroes.net/OAuthSimple/js/OAuthSimple.js">JavaScript OAuth library</a>

in order to simplify the process of signing OAuth requests.

@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@

Extensions use HTML and CSS to define their user interfaces, so you can use

standard form controls to build your UI, or style the interface with CSS,

as you would a web page. Additionally, your extension may add buttons

- to the Google Chrome browser itself. See

+ to the Chrome browser itself. See

<a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/browserAction.html">browser actions</a>

and

<a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/pageAction.html">page actions</a>

@@ -445,12 +446,13 @@

Yes, using the

<a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/npapi.html">NPAPI interface</a>.

Because of the possibility for abuse, though, we will review your extension

- before hosting it in the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery.

+ before hosting it in the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery

+ or Chrome Web Store.

</p>

-<h3 id="faq-dev-07">Can Google Chrome Extensions encode/decode JSON data?</h3>

+<h3 id="faq-dev-07">Can extensions encode/decode JSON data?</h3>

<p>

- Yes, because V8 (Google Chrome's JavaScript engine) supports

+ Yes, because V8 (Chrome's JavaScript engine) supports

JSON.stringify and JSON.parse natively, you may use these functions in your

extensions

<a href="http://json.org/js.html">as described here</a> without including

@@ -460,11 +462,11 @@

<h3 id="faq-dev-08">Can I store data locally in my extension?</h3>

<p>

Yes, extensions can use <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage/">localStorage</a>

- to store string data permanently. Using Google Chrome's built-in JSON

+ to store string data permanently. Using Chrome's built-in JSON

functions, you can store complex data structures in localStorage. For

- extensions which have the need to execute SQL queries on their stored data,

- Google Chrome implements

- <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/">client side SQL databases</a>

+ extensions that need to execute SQL queries on their stored data,

+ Chrome implements

+ <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/webdatabase/">client side SQL databases</a>,

which may be used as well.

</p>

@@ -476,7 +478,7 @@

<h3 id="faq-dev-10">Can I create an options menu for my application?</h3>

<p>

You can let users set options for your extension by creating an

- <a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/options.html">options page</a>

+ <a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/options.html">options page</a>,

which is a simple HTML page that will be loaded when a user clicks the

"options" button for your extension. This page can read and write settings

to localStorage, or even send options to a web server so that they can be

@@ -492,7 +494,7 @@

<h3 id="faq-dev-12">What debugging tools are available to extension developers?</h3>

<p>

- Google Chrome's built-in developer tools can be used to debug extensions

+ Chrome's built-in developer tools can be used to debug extensions

as well as web pages. See this

<a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/tut_debugging.html ">tutorial on debugging extensions</a>

for more information.

@@ -508,9 +510,9 @@

this.

</p>

-<h3 id="faq-dev-14">How do I determine which version of Google Chrome is deployed to which channel?</h3>

+<h3 id="faq-dev-14">How do I determine which version of Chrome is deployed to which channel?</h3>

<p>

- To determine which version of Google Chrome is currently available on each

+ To determine which version of Chrome is currently available on each

of the different platforms, visit

<a href="http://omahaproxy.appspot.com">omahaproxy.appspot.com</a>. On that

site you will see data in a format similar to:

@@ -536,7 +538,7 @@

channels are <code>canary</code>, <code>dev</code>, <code>beta</code>,

and <code>stable</code>.

The two four-part numbers at the end of each line represent the range of

- versions of Google Chrome currently deployed to that platform-channel

+ versions of Chrome currently deployed to that platform-channel

combination.

</p>

@@ -592,7 +594,7 @@

<p>

While developing an extension, you may find behavior that does not

match the extensions documentation and may be the result of a bug in

- Google Chrome. The best thing to do is to make sure an appropriate issue

+ Chrome. The best thing to do is to make sure an appropriate issue

report is filed, and the Chromium team has enough information to reproduce

the behavior.

</p>

@@ -615,8 +617,8 @@

extensions are filed under <strong>Feature=Extensions</strong>, so to

look for an extension bug related to the

chrome.tabs.executeScript function (for example), search for

- "<code>Feature=Extensions Type=Bug chrome.tabs.executeScript</code>" which

- will give you

+ "<code>Feature=Extensions Type=Bug chrome.tabs.executeScript</code>",

+ which will give you

this list of results</a>.

</li>

@@ -670,8 +672,8 @@

extensions are filed under <strong>Feature=Extensions</strong>, so to

look for an extension feature request related to keyboard shortcuts

(for example), search

- for "<code>Feature=Extensions Type=Feature shortcuts</code>" which will

- give you

+ for "<code>Feature=Extensions Type=Feature shortcuts</code>",

+ which will give you

this list of results</a>.

</li>

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