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by zzalpha 3318 days 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.
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pmsaue0 3318 days ago
That 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!

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zzalpha 3318 days ago
Probably logical to start here!

https://developer.chrome.com/getstarted

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tw04 3318 days ago
Please don't. Sometimes I just want to listen to music. Having to open chrome means several gigs of memory and 30 tabs.
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stephenr 3317 days ago
Electron effectively means opening Chrome anyway.

Also: you do know that you can close tabs right?

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tw04 3314 days ago
No, 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...
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