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Re: Show HN: Fuzzy finder for Chrome tabs and windows

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Post by Houshalter » Sun, Jan 10, 2016, 7:12 PM UTC

sina wrote: post #10

Houshalter wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That worked, but when I restarted chrome, it was automatically disabled: https://i.imgur.com/zDEdoeK.png The button to enable it on the extensions page is greyed out with a warning.

Are you in developer mode? If not, enable "Developer mode" and try again. It's at the top of the chrome://extensions/ tab.

I am in developer mode. It still doesn't let me use third party extensions. Here's a screenshot http://i.imgur.com/d5y8icz.png?1

Doing some more research, it looks like Chrome started doing this awhile ago to prevent malware, supposedly. You can now only get extensions through the Chrome web store.

Re: Show HN: Fuzzy finder for Chrome tabs and windows

#12

Post by sina » Sun, Jan 10, 2016, 7:48 PM UTC

Houshalter wrote: post #11

sina wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you in developer mode? If not, enable "Developer mode" and try again. It's at the top of the chrome://extensions/ tab.

I am in developer mode. It still doesn't let me use third party extensions. Here's a screenshot http://i.imgur.com/d5y8icz.png?1 Doing some more research, it looks like Chrome started doing this awhile ago to prevent malware, supposedly. You can now only get extensions through the Chrome web store.

Hmm. I'm not sure what is wrong. I don't have a Google store developer account, otherwise I would have published it there.

Try this as a workaround:

  - clone the repo
  - go to chrome://extensions/
  - enable "Developer mode"
  - Click on "Load unpacked extension..." and select the cloned directory

The advantage of this method is that you will be able to upgrade the extension in the future with a git-pull!

Re: Show HN: Fuzzy finder for Chrome tabs and windows

#13

Post by Houshalter » Mon, Jan 11, 2016, 12:50 AM UTC

sina wrote: post #12

Houshalter wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am in developer mode. It still doesn't let me use third party extensions. Here's a screenshot http://i.imgur.com/d5y8icz.png?1 Doing some more research, it looks like Chrome started doing this awhile ago to prevent malware, supposedly. You can now only get extensions through the Chrome web store.

Hmm. I'm not sure what is wrong. I don't have a Google store developer account, otherwise I would have published it there. Try this as a workaround: - clone the repo - go to chrome://extensions/ - enable "Developer mode" - Click on "Load unpacked extension..." and select the cloned directory The advantage of this method is that you will be able to upgrade the extension in the future with a git-pull!

This may only be an issue on windows. I will try your method, but I think extensions installed this way are also automatically disabled on restart.

I'm not asking you to publish it on the store just for me. I think the store is bullshit. They charge money from publishers, let in tons of malware, have automatic updates, and don't let people inspect the source.