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>Installing an app not from the appstore is almost impossible for a non-savvy user. I would post a video demonstrating step-by-step how to install non-approved

>Installing an app not from the appstore is almost impossible for a non-savvy user. I would post a video demonstrating step-by-step how to install non-approved apps in Chrome. Download the app. Open chrome://extensions. Tick Developer mode. Drag the app from your Download folder to the extensions page. Enjoy those nicely summarized ratings! Actually, here are two existing videos on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf9mthhfzpY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf9mthhfzpY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVj_FJwI2Rw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVj_FJwI2Rw Hopefully, if a user is savvy enough to get into Yale, those instructions would suffice.

Shish2k 13y ago
Finding the instructions when you know what to look for is easy; the hard part is knowing that it's possible and to look for it at all
erichurkman 13y ago
Just be aware that your instructions may have to change soon; Google is slated to start blocking all local extensions unless users install the Dev or Canary channel builds on Windows [1]. [1] http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/11/07/google-block-local-chrome-extensions-windows-starting-january-limit-installs-chrome-web-store/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/11/07/google-block-local-c...
- pjmlp 13y ago
  There will be always the alternative of writing a pure desktop application for such things.
- hobbes300 13y ago
  That's fine, I suspect the %age of Windows users at Yale is fairly small.
- cynwoody 13y ago
  Sounds like a matter† for the MSFT legal department. I'm rarely in MSFT's corner, but this would an exception. †http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act
  - pgeorgi 13y ago
    Only to be told that they have to open up their Windows 8 Store App installation model as well? I don't think so. The no-freedom-to-install-whatever-you-want movement is deeply entrenched in the IT behemoths.

Shish2k 13y ago

Finding the instructions when you know what to look for is easy; the hard part is knowing that it's possible and to look for it at all

erichurkman 13y ago

Just be aware that your instructions may have to change soon; Google is slated to start blocking all local extensions unless users install the Dev or Canary channel builds on Windows [1]. [1] http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/11/07/google-block-local-chrome-extensions-windows-starting-january-limit-installs-chrome-web-store/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/11/07/google-block-local-c...

pjmlp 13y ago
There will be always the alternative of writing a pure desktop application for such things.
hobbes300 13y ago
That's fine, I suspect the %age of Windows users at Yale is fairly small.
cynwoody 13y ago
Sounds like a matter† for the MSFT legal department. I'm rarely in MSFT's corner, but this would an exception. †http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act
- pgeorgi 13y ago
  Only to be told that they have to open up their Windows 8 Store App installation model as well? I don't think so. The no-freedom-to-install-whatever-you-want movement is deeply entrenched in the IT behemoths.