As I develop a chrome app, my goal is to store all configuration defaults in json file(s) alongside other assets. I am currently using AJAX requests to load them, but I'm wondering if there is a more efficient way to handle this. Is there perhaps an option in the manifest that could help? Alternatively, I could consider putting settings in another .js file, although that doesn't seem like the cleanest solution.
Edit: Just to note, I am utilizing jQuery in my project as well, in case it offers any convenient features for this situation.