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Chrome removed the ability to install third party extensions. You have to install them through the Chrome store, even if you have the source. It's really stupi
by Houshalter 10y ago
Chrome removed the ability to install third party extensions. You have to install them through the Chrome store, even if you have the source.
It's really stupid. So many of the extensions I use have annoying bugs that I'd totally fix if I was allowed.
- nebulous1 10y agoYou can still do it, you just have to jump through some more hoops. You have to be able to if you think about it, otherwise you couldn't develop an extension Edit: having done a bit of reading, the above may be incorrect now
- Houshalter 10y agoWell if I remember correctly, they make it really annoying. Like you can only have one developer extension at a time, and you need to set it up again every time you restart chrome. I doubt most people will bother.
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- nebulous1 10y agoJust did some testing. Chrome stable 54.0.2840.59 on linux. Put on OP's extension from source and an extension of my own that was already in there. No issues. Then I packed both of them and installed them both packed, again no issues. You're not crazy though, the internet seems to agree that there was an issue.
- iza 10y agoI believe the restrictions only apply to Windows and Mac builds not Linux. https://blog.chromium.org/2015/05/continuing-to-protect-chrome-users-from.html https://blog.chromium.org/2015/05/continuing-to-protect-chro...