ukoms

I wouldn't say it's a waste. First, take a look at this - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9342131/chrome-extension-load-a-backgorund-js-each-time-the-page-reloads. Google Chrome extensions engine allows us to make two different types of background pages - persistent...

http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/event_pages.html - just looked at point 7 ;) they are capable to affecting context menus :)

Nah, don't worry :) http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/faq.html#faq-dev-02 - see this :) afterall - if chrome extensions couldn't handle ajax requests no plugins such as fb notifiers or gmail notifiers could work :)...