n00dle / chrome-ssb-osx

Simple script for making Chrome-based SSBs (single site browsers)

chrome-ssb

Simple script for making Chrome SSBs on OS X

This is an update of Bracken King's original script published in this 2010 article.

I've updated it a bit to work better:

• Allow spaces in all variables
• Properly Trim spaces for easy drag and dropping of icon paths
• Properly look for Chrome location in /Applications (it uses the first one it finds)
• Make the new App wherever it's called from
• Your Profile is placed in the correct location (in the Bundle) no matter where you move the app

Usage

• Place chrome-ssb.sh in your path or somewhere convenient to call from
• Run chrome-ssb.sh wherever you want
• You can also move the created app anywhere you want without issues

Note: Finder may not pick up the icon (shows up as invisible) if you have the creation target folder active/open. You can make it show up by moving the App to a different folder. If you know a workaround, please send a pull request...

Notes

• This script now makes a copy of the 'Google Chrome' launcher executable stub at application start (it is pretty small, about 13KB) instead of symlinking to solve 10.9 compatibility issues (see #22). The executable points to a specific version of the Google Chrome Framework (../Versions/[VERSION]/Google Chrome Framework.framework/Google Chrome Framework).
• Copying the launcher executable instead of symlinking will break OS X Gatekeeper's code signing. This shouldn't normally be a problem, but is discussed in depth in Issue #23

TODO

• Better Icon Processing
  • http://www.amnoid.de/icns/makeicns.html
  • http://superuser.com/questions/133784/manipulate-mac-os-x-file-icons-from-automator-or-command-line

License

Do as you will