They're walking a fine line, though, because Chrome extensions are the cousins of ChromeOS apps, which is an ecosystem they obviously want to promote. While I'

They're walking a fine line, though, because Chrome extensions are the cousins of ChromeOS apps, which is an ecosystem they obviously want to promote. While I've never released any of them, the extensions I've built on on the Chrome API have been a sheer pleasure, if somewhat limited in capability compared to Firefox plugins.