Chrome Bitcoin Extension Bounty(260 and more BTC were paid.)

[Bitquux]

Thanks for your comments, everyone. I'll try to respond to most of them here...

I highlighted a bitcoin address and click on send bitcoin but nothing happens.

The balance of my bitcoin wallet shows though.

I guess I didn't read this thoroughly the first time. You might need to turn on notifications. I know this can be annoying, but it is a first test version.

This is a dirty hack, although this does not seem as it. It will ruin the caching of images, at least.

I suggest use a new tag:

<bitcoin amount="100" address="17v4AR81oFJLAG8jHDKJKNKjSvY2QAmf1V">
<img src="100BTC.png">
</bitcoin>

Yes, it is pretty dirty. It was the easiest thing I could think of that I can access with javascript the way Chrome processes the dialog menu click. I'll have to mess around and see if it's even possible to access something like the address= parameter you suggest.

Bitcoin Extension Options
JSON-RPC Server: http://
Username:
Password:


The plugin can read files in the user's system? I would like to avoid entering any password entering and addresses

Yes, but it is limited by Chrome. It's for storing options specific to the extension. If you want to avoid entering a password, you can't exactly use the JSON-RPC. If you want it to use a service like mybitcoin.com, you will have to enter a password and a captcha every time you do something. Any time you enter input it could be stored or forwarded to a dozen other sites and you'd never know. I do intend to open up the source, though.

I'm going to make some updates and see if I can fix the send dialog so it doesn't have to use notifications. Then I'll post the source, ugly as it is.

[kiba]

Thanks for your comments, everyone. I'll try to respond to most of them here...

I highlighted a bitcoin address and click on send bitcoin but nothing happens.

The balance of my bitcoin wallet shows though.

I guess I didn't read this thoroughly the first time. You might need to turn on notifications. I know this can be annoying, but it is a first test version.

How do I turn on notification?

[Bitquux]

How do I turn on notification?

Hmmm, should be:

(Wrench) -> Options -> Under the Hood -> Content Settings -> Notifications

I think they're enabled by default though, so that might not be the problem.

[kiba]

How do I turn on notification?

Hmmm, should be:

(Wrench) -> Options -> Under the Hood -> Content Settings -> Notifications

I think they're enabled by default though, so that might not be the problem.

No effect.

[bitcoinex]

related: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=55.0;all URI-scheme for bitcoin

[Bitquux]

No effect.

Hmm, ok. Try right-clicking the little pumpkin picture beside my post and see if you get anything when you click the Send Bitcoins option from there (I set it up as previously described). In the mean time, I'll looking back through the code to see if I can find what went wrong. If you're up for it, I might send you the code to load raw and see if you can get debut info when it fails for you.

Edit: Also check what happens (if anything) when you select some text other than a bitcoin address and choose Send Bitcoins.

[kiba]

No effect.

Hmm, ok. Try right-clicking the little pumpkin picture beside my post and see if you get anything when you click the Send Bitcoins option from there (I set it up as previously described). In the mean time, I'll looking back through the code to see if I can find what went wrong. If you're up for it, I might send you the code to load raw and see if you can get debut info when it fails for you.

Edit: Also check what happens (if anything) when you select some text other than a bitcoin address and choose Send Bitcoins.

Double no such luck.

[Bitquux]

Ok. I'll switch it to open a new tab or window and see if we can get it to work that way. Might be a day or two. Things got busy.

[Bitquux]

I've updated the extension so it doesn't use notifications anymore. Instead, it creates its own little box in the upper right of your browser tab. Please let me know if this works for you or not, or if you encounter any odd behaviors.

[kiba]

I've updated the extension so it doesn't use notifications anymore. Instead, it creates its own little box in the upper right of your browser tab. Please let me know if this works for you or not, or if you encounter any odd behaviors.

Error validating address string.

[Bitquux]

Error validating address string.

Well I'll consider it a step in the right direction. Are you still getting your balance when you click the icon? If not, are your options still set after the upgrade?

[kiba]

Error validating address string.

Well I'll consider it a step in the right direction. Are you still getting your balance when you click the icon? If not, are your options still set after the upgrade?

Oh, I forgot! Didn't start my bitcoin daemon. Will do and test again.

[kiba]

Error validating address string.

Well I'll consider it a step in the right direction. Are you still getting your balance when you click the icon? If not, are your options still set after the upgrade?

Oh, I forgot! Didn't start my bitcoin daemon. Will do and test again.

No luck, anyway.

[Bitquux]

No luck, anyway.

What OS / Chrome version are you using?

[kiba]

No luck, anyway.

What OS / Chrome version are you using?

Archlinux distro. Chrome version 6.0.472.62.

[Bitquux]

So both OS and version could be a factor. I'll try and see if I'm using some new or experimental feature.

[alidor]

Hey! Amazing work on the Chrome extension. I just tried it:

It works from this forum but not from the (secured) Chrome extensions page - from where I downloaded it.
If I click on a *bad* address there, it does give the usual error message but a valid address (ie yours) shows nothing. Odd.
It sends fine from this forum though. (enjoy your Bitcoin btw - don't spend it all at once)

Ubuntu Meerkat, Chrome 8.0.552.18 dev

[Bitquux]

Hey! Amazing work on the Chrome extension. I just tried it:

It works from this forum but not from the (secured) Chrome extensions page - from where I downloaded it.
If I click on a *bad* address there, it does give the usual error message but a valid address (ie yours) shows nothing. Odd.
It sends fine from this forum though. (enjoy your Bitcoin btw - don't spend it all at once)

Ubuntu Meerkat, Chrome 8.0.552.18 dev

Thanks for the feedback. Glad it's working. I just added explicit access to https, but the address on the extensions page still won't work because Chrome recognizes the extensions gallery and won't run scripts on it, so I've taken my address off of there.

[sandos]

This certainly works well enough for powerusers, and I (almost) sent 40 btc.

It would be much nicer if it was possible to automatically detect BTC addresses and mark them somehow, instead of having to select them.

[Cdecker]

This is a dirty hack, although this does not seem as it. It will ruin the caching of images, at least.

I suggest use a new tag:

<bitcoin amount="100" address="17v4AR81oFJLAG8jHDKJKNKjSvY2QAmf1V">
<img src="100BTC.png">
</bitcoin>

or

<bitcoin amount="100" address="17v4AR81oFJLAG8jHDKJKNKjSvY2QAmf1V"/>

for built-in into plugin "pay" buttion

Incredibly bad idea, as suggested above microformats is the way to go, since it's standard compliant XHTML 1.0 strict and it is easy to process.