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It is essentially like running Google Play Music in your Chrome browser, but as a native standalone app with some extra controls, nicer styles, and without havi
by zzalpha 9y ago
It is essentially like running Google Play Music in your Chrome browser, but as a native standalone app with some extra controls, nicer styles, and without having to use Flash.
So why not just deliver this as a plugin for Chrome that reskins Play with alternative stylesheets and so forth? At least then my OS can use COW to share memory across Chrome processes instead of requiring a dedicated WebKit instance just for Play.
- pmsaue0 9y agoThat sounds cool... I've not tried making a plugin before. Do you know of a good reference / demo? Another reason that I wanted a standalone app, is that I hate when I have to flip through tabs or browser windows to find Google Play. I much prefer having the app by itself. Thanks!
- zzalpha 9y agoProbably logical to start here! https://developer.chrome.com/getstarted https://developer.chrome.com/getstarted
- tw04 9y agoPlease don't. Sometimes I just want to listen to music. Having to open chrome means several gigs of memory and 30 tabs.
- stephenr 9y agoElectron effectively means opening Chrome anyway. Also: you do know that you can close tabs right?
- tw04 9y agoNo, it doesn't. Electron doesn't open chrome and tabs. It opens a unique chrome process. And yes, I'll just close all my other work and have to reopen manually later to have a music player...