Chrome's Web Store is full of "Sync" Extensions. Every one of them focuses on front-end data like bookmarks and tabs. What about the back-end data? Has anyone come across an extension that acts as an alternative to chrome.storage.sync? Of course I've searched google using a few dozen different search terms, but everything circles back to bookmarks and tabs. Any help would be appreciated.
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I want to build a task-specific web browser. For example, when the user uses that browser, the program should give options like these:
What is your interest today? Please select from the following:
computer science
data science
web development
psychology
biology
social media
etc.
After the user selects their interest, the browser should allow the user to search or study only those selected content types, so the user cannot get diverted from their task. The purpose of this browser is to avoid time-wasting. Because whenever someone tries to study or do some professional work, they get diverted by opening social media tabs and movies.
Which programming language will be suitable for making this browser?
You could do this by making a custom version of an existing browser, as guest271314 suggested, but that would require far more effort than necessary. All you need to make is a browser extension, such as a Firefox Add-on or a Chrome Extension. Browser extensions are usually written with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Each browser needs to have an extension made individually, but you can usually share a lot of the code between them. Read the linked documentation for help creating an extension for each browser.
There are already existing browser extensions like you describe that prevent you from visiting sites that you put on a list ahead of time, such as StayFocusd and WasteNoTime. Maybe you just want to use one of those extensions instead of writing a new one.
I know that Apple products like the iPad or the iPhone have trouble with flash apps.
What web development tools should I use in order to avoid compatibility issues when creating a website? My only constraint is that the languages must provide for interactivity and animation - such as in jQuery.
HTML, CSS, and PHP are a few that I can think of that will behave on 99% of all internet enabled devices.
What tools & languages are available to use when creating a website intended to be viewed on any device's internet "explorer"?
Should I just stick to HTML, CSS, & PHP? I want a certain level of interactivity so that, for example, a user can hover over images and have pop-ups containing data to appear... or when an object is clicked, an action can happen without a page reload.
Can someone point me in the right direction and help me develop a list of languages that are all-device friendly?
I am familiar with programming in several web-focused languages, I'm just wondering which ones to stay away from. Certain ones will limit the devices that can view the site and besides that constraint, the site needs to be interactive and animated.
HTML, CSS, PHP, JQUERY are truly your best bet for developing for a wide range of devices. If the scope of devices is the main goal I would stay away from using HTML5 and CSS3. You still may run into problems using much jquery with IE7 below. Mobile browsers on the other hand are much more advanced or up to date with standards then desktop browsers. I would suggest creating two versions of your application. One dedicated to running on mobile devices and one for desktop browsers. It is a shame apple wouldn't support flash applications. If all you need is hoovers for interaction you won't even need jquery / but for the other it will be useful.
The "Web" is a name for the concept of having interlinked documents accessible over the internet. Therefore, to have a website you really only need a document able to link to other documents, namely HTML.
HTML is not really a programming language or a tool though, it is a document format.
If you want to make a website you need use HTML to Markup what you're writing. Then you use CSS to format different sections of the document you marked up.
PHP though, is completely separate from this, PHP is for creating dynamic HTML, or any document on the server side.
If you want to achieve a flash-effect on a site you use Javascript to modify the page content (HTML) and appearance (CSS).
If you need to learn HTML/CSS I would highly recommend http://htmldog.com/
As per the question, HTML CSS and Javascript are pretty much the only mobile-browser compatible method for website content as they don't need plugins.
What exactly are you trying to do?
I'm working on a project for class. To create a website and a website for mobile users. The site is to recongize the type of device/browser accessing the page and send the appropiate form. So if I was to visit the site on IE8 it will direct me to the mainpage for IE8, if I was to access the site with a mobile device it will direct me to the mobile website main page automatically.
Also, I need to design the website for at least two different screen sizes.
I'm coding in HTML5, I do not know the type of server the site will be hosted on. The use of Javascript is extra credited. The project details are to "design a small mobile web site. The web site should be tested on one or more mobile devices. The iPod Touch device will be used as the base for testing."
I know how to do 8/10 of the requirements (except the two mentioned). I looked at W3C and didn't find anything.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Do a Google for:
CSS Browser Detection
JavaScript Browser Detection
Also you should think twice about creating multiple sites - with basically the same content - or creating proper stylesheets that are referred from the same site.
Hope that get's you the other 2 requirements
NOTE: Since this is homework I won't post any links...
I suspect that ServerFault isn't the best place for this question...but aside from that, your question is a little vague. A google search for "designing a mobile website" turns up what looks to be several pages of relevant information. If you first try working with the information in those documents and then come back with specific questions (e.g., "I tried this and it behaved this way instead of the way I expected") you're apt to get better answers.
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I am experienced in HTML and JavaScript but have never made a (real) Chrome Extension (other than the "Hello World' tutorial).
What I want to do is make an extension that adds functionality to viewing images. Basically I want a pieice of JavaScript to load when you go to a .jpg, .png, ect. page.
I couldn't get much out of the "Hello World" tutorial or the Docs and I've looked at code from XML Tree, but I'm having trouble understanding it.
I don't know where to go from here.
Since you're experienced in JavaScript and HTML, tell you what the best source is?
http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted.html
Documentation
The above link (Chrome Extension Documentation) is so simple to read once you get a hang of it. For example, I didn't know JavaScript when I created my first Chrome Extension (Reload all tabs). I recommend you to read the docs (will only take you an hour), and follow the steps that you need.
Make sure you understand the different UI's you can tap to
Browser Actions: You use browser actions to put icons in the main Chrome toolbar.
Context Menus: You use context menus to add items to Chromes context menu.
Desktop Notifications: Use desktop notifications to notify users that something is important.
Option Pages: If you want an options page, this is your guy!
Page Actions: If you want to override certain pages (New Tab, History, Bookmark Manager)
Make sure you realize there are many browser interactions that you can tap into:
Bookmarks: Access to your bookmarks
Cookies: Access to Cookies
History: Access to History
Management: Access to Extension Management
Tabs: Access to your Tabs
Windows: Access to your Windows (which has Tabs).
Make sure you understand the difference between Background Pages and Content Scripts, and their limitations.
Make sure you realize there are some neat functions in the Chrome.* API.
Make sure you understand permissions.
Many more
145 Chrome Questions I answered on Stackoverflow
If you want more examples, I have answered many questions regarding Chrome Extensions that might help you get started (145+ Questions Answered), for example, here are some of the more recent ones:
Content Script Skeleton
Send data from Background Page to Content Script
Communication with the embedding page, Simple fetching of the pages JS variable
Taking Screenshots in Chrome
Walkthrough building an extension
Executing JavaScript when a user clicks on a browser action.
How to capture selected text and send it to a web service
Walkthrough how to create an extension to access Disqus Comment Box
Walkthrough how to highlight the DIV that the mouse if hovering over
Walkthrough how to move to the top of the page extension
Walkthrough how to create a bubble overlay when you select text.
etc and 120 more answers for Chrome Extensions, the above is what I copied from the results on the first page. So a search in Google will get you many results.
Real open source extension I created
If you want to see real source code of the extensions I have written (some are super small, some are super big):
Reload all tabs extension
Open link in a foreground tab extension
HTML5 Haptics Chrome extension
Set Wallpaper extension
Prayer times extension
Facebook friend exporter extension
Proxy Anywhere extension
Resources
If you still want more resources, you can:
Read the documentation.
Read the Official Chromium Extension Mailing list
The unofficial Internet Relay Chatroom #chromium-extensions on irc.freenode.net
Google (Will bring you to Stackoverflow, or Quora)
I hope this helped!
well it’s not that tough to create a chrome extension ,anyone who has a basic understanding of HTML,CSS,Javascript can actually make one!
If you want to make a extension I have wrote an article on Medium it might be useful here's the link
Also I have attached my code on github here’s the link
Keep Learning!
Good morning, eveyrone
I'm working on an application using Google Earth and I had two questions.
The first question involves the pop up window. I want to get an external website to appear in this bubble. I can either hardcode the website into the description of the placemark or use an iFrame. Are there any other options I can use to get a website into Google Earth?
Second question: I want to ensure that the user, at all times while using my kml, has access to certain buttons. Is there a way without querying web application every few seconds to ensure that the button remains available to the user?
Thank you for your time.
The answer to you first question is no - other than loading the html directly or using an IFRAME there is no way to display markup in the content balloons.
I am not sure what you mean in you second question, are you developing a web-based application using the Google Earth Plugin - or a kml layer for use in the google earth application. Either way you should not have to query anything to make sure a button is visible.