What's New in Extensions?
This page lists the API and manifest changes
made in recent releases.
Google Chrome 7
New APIs
- All users can now install
apps;
packaged apps can use extension APIs
- The management API
lets you work with installed apps and extensions
Manifest changes
- Introduced split incognito
mode as the default for installable web apps
(also available to extensions)
- The tabs API
create() and update() methods
no longer require the "tabs" permission, removing one common cause of
scary dialogs
Google Chrome 6
New APIs
- The context menus API allows you to
add context menus to pages or specific objects on a page
- The cookies API allows you to manage the
browser's cookie system
- The idle API allows you to detect when the
machine's idle state changes
New experimental APIs
- The omnibox API allows you to
add functionality to the browser's address bar
- The infobars API allows you
to add a UI panel across the top of a tab
Additions to existing APIs
Manifest changes
- The geolocation permission
gives an extension access to the user's physical location
- Match patterns can now select all
schemes or all URLs
- Access to file:/// URLs no longer triggers the "access to your machine"
security warning, but now requires user opt-in from the extensions
management page