Tag: omnibox

Articles and experiments related to omnibox.

Omni Launch: Launch Installed Web apps from the URL bar

This blog post introduces Omni Launch, a Chrome extension I built that lets you quickly launch installed web apps directly from the URL bar. Just type "go", followed by a TAB or SPACE, and then the app name. The extension searches your installed apps and provides suggestions as you type. I also explained the development process, which only took about 20 minutes, including setting up the manifest, hooking up event listeners for omnibox input changes and selections, and using the Management API to fetch and launch apps. The code is available on GitHub.

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