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0 pointsHoushalter10y ago0 comments

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.

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sina10y ago

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

HoushalterOP10y ago

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.

sina10y ago

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!

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sina10y ago

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

HoushalterOP10y ago

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.

sina10y ago

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!

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse