Chrome Extension – Status-bar Calculator v0.1.9

So I ported the Status-bar Calculator over to Chrome. It took me a little under 2 hours.

Chrome extensions are shaping up to be a gagillion times easier to create than FF extensions were back when I started doing them four years ago. I actually re-wrote the entire thing from scratch. It functions completely differently, relying entirely on the eval() function to do all of the math (where the FF version jumps through some crazy hoops).

The Chrome version has something I’ve wanted for a long time: history.

It’s not persistent yet, but while you are in a “session” the equation history keeps building below the box so you can see where you’ve been if you are plugging away at a list and lose your place.

As with the FF version, it’s MIT license. Steal it, or hack on it and contribute back to me (I’ll definitely credit you and much appreciate it).

You can check out the source code here or on Etherpad here.

I’m looking forward to really fleshing this thing out and making it rock for whenever extensions make their public debut in Chrome. Oh, yeah, btw, you have to install the developer beta of Chrome to get extensions…

About the Author

Christopher McCulloh

E-Commerce developer at Finish Line Co-Author of HTML, XHTML and CSS All-in-one Desk Reference for Dummies Graduated from IU with a Bachelors of Media Arts and Science and a Certificate in Applied Computer Science. Tech Editor for Building Facebook Applications for Dummies and Building Websites All-in-one for Dummies 2nd Edition. Creator and maintainer of the Status-bar Calculator Firefox Extension Three years professional experience in Java E-Commerce Development and four years professional experience with PHP for a combined total of seven years professional JavaScript/HTML/CSS experience

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