what about people like me who can't or wont pay the 5$ webstore fee? I suppose the only option left for me (and people like me) is to do what mrng suggested an

what about people like me who can't or wont pay the 5$ webstore fee? I suppose the only option left for me (and people like me) is to do what mrng suggested and instruct users to download the unpacked version and install it manually via dev. mode. edit: it seems like there there is another way on http://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2664769&p=crx_warning http://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/bin/answer.py?hl=e... (click on "Steps on adding extensions from other websites"). it makes things better, but it still complicates things for the user. way to go, google.