title: Load remote webpage in background page: Chrome Extension
body: <p>Is it possible to load a remote webpage into a background page using a chrome extension?</p>
  
  <pre><code>"background": {
      "page": "local.html"
    }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>works, but </p>
  
  <pre><code>"background": {
      "page": "http://...."
    }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>fails with the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Could not load background page http://....
  </code></pre>