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authormihaip@chromium.org <mihaip@chromium.org@0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98>2012-07-12 20:08:45 +0000
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Merge 146424 - Extension release notes for Chrome 20 (What's New).
Review URL: https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10736018 TBR=mihaip@chromium.org Review URL: https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10701160 git-svn-id: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/branches/1180/src@146426 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98
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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ made in recent releases.
</p>
<ul>
+ <li> <a href="#20">Google Chrome 20</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#19">Google Chrome 19</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#18">Google Chrome 18</a> </li>
<li> <a href="#17">Google Chrome 17</a> </li>
@@ -23,12 +24,63 @@ made in recent releases.
<li> <a href="#6">Google Chrome 6</a> </li>
</ul>
+<p class="note">
+ <strong>New version of packaged apps:</strong><br>
+ There's a new version of
+ <a href="http://developer.chrome.com/trunk/apps/about_apps.html">packaged apps</a>
+ in the <a href="http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel?">dev channel</a>.
+</p>
+
<p>
In addition to the changes listed below,
check out the
<a href="experimental.html">experimental APIs</a>.
</p>
+<h2 id="20"> Google Chrome 20 </h2>
+
+<h4> New APIs </h4>
+ <ul>
+ <li>The
+ <a href="storage.html">storage API</a>
+ lets you store, retrieve, and
+ track changes to user data.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+<h4> Manifest changes </h4>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Manifest version 1 was deprecated in Chrome 18
+ and will be phased out according to the
+ <a href="manifestVersion.html">Manifest version 1 support schedule</a>.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+<h4> Additions to existing APIs </h4>
+ <ul>
+ <li>The <code>chrome.contextMenus</code>
+ <a href="contextMenus.html#method-create">create()</a> and
+ <a href="contextMenus.html#method-update">update()</a>
+ methods now have an <code>enabled</code> parameter.</li>
+ <li>The privacy API's <a href="privacy.html#property-services">services</a> object
+ now has a <code>spellingServiceEnabled</code> setting.</li>
+ <li>The <code>chrome.tabs</code>
+ <a href="tabs.html#method-executeScript">executeScript()</a> and
+ <a href="tabs.html#method-insertCSS">insertCSS()</a>
+ now accept a <code>runAt</code> parameter.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+<h4> Changes to existing APIs </h4>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>The <code>sendRequest()</code> method
+ has been deprecated in favor of the
+ <code>sendMessage()</code> method for both the
+ <a href="extension.html#method-sendMessage">extension API</a> and
+ <a href="tabs.html#method-sendMessage">tabs API</a>.</li>
+ <li>The <a href="external_extensions.html">external_extensions.json file</a>
+ has been deprecated in favor of individual
+ <code>&lt;extension-id&gt;.json</code> files.</li>
+ </ul>
+
<h2 id="19"> Google Chrome 19 </h2>
<h4> New APIs </h4>
@@ -108,6 +160,10 @@ check out the
you can use the new
<a href="background_pages.html">background.scripts</a> property
and Chrome will generate a background page for you.
+ <li>The new
+ <a href="manifest.html#web_accessible_resources">web_accessible_resources</a>
+ field specifies the paths of packaged resources
+ that are expected to be usable in the context of a web page.
</ul>
<h4> Additions to existing APIs </h4>
@@ -183,7 +239,7 @@ check out the
to specify that your app requires 3D graphics support
in order to use features such as CSS 3D Tranforms or WebGL.
</ul>
-
+
<h4> Additions to existing APIs </h4>
<ul>
<li>The new
@@ -202,7 +258,7 @@ check out the
by adding the <code>supported_locales</code> attribute
to the <code>external_extensions.json</code>.
</ul>
-
+
<h4> Changes to existing APIs </h4>
<ul>
<li>The methods <code>getAllInWindow()</code> and