Browser extension resources

Firefox has done it before Chrome some time ago: most addons evaluating Javascript code which is not included in the addon package will get a very hard time from Firefox reviewers. Currently, it is still possible with Chromium based browsers. However and webstore-wise there is a strong chance for your addon to stay significantly longer in the "pending review" status  (weeks?) if the review system detects any sign or evidence of remote code execution. With the arrival of manifest V3 (currently under development) , calls to eval("jscode") , new Function("jscode") and chrome.tabs.executeScript({code: "jscode")) won't work anymore. Let's face it, there is no solution to this problem and this will impact all the scripting addons, among them the famous TamperMonkey with 10M+ users... but you can still benefit of the JS syntax and (partially) workaround those limitations in certain situations. Here is how...  What if you used a sandboxed js inte...

Crx format is a zip  archive format with a special header (more details here ) used for chrome addon packaging (quite similar to .xpi files fr Firefox). But used for what ? Initially, it was a nice way for exchanging addons among people especially in the dev phase. But ...  Google people have now forbidden the installation of addons from local files (you got to use the store!). Various sources suggest using a less restrictive version of Chrome like Canary or dev version but as of today those versions present the same symptom. So what ? well go back to the source ie chromium project, download a version from  https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium .

Many extensions developers wonder about the methods to reach their customers. Posting an extension on the chrome store and relying on spontaneous user acquisition from there is almost as efficient as throwing a bottle in the ocean... Indeed and as of mid 2017, if you post a new extension on the chrome store, it will be part of the 56K+ already existing extensions. Good luck: Category          Total Accessibility 5071 Blogging 940 BY google 64 Dev tools 5369 News & weather 1860 Photos 1323 Productivity 18914 Search tools 3205 Shopping 2633 Social & communications 7061 Sports 833 Fun 9655 Total 56928 EDIT: Since date this article was orignally published, there have been a couple of initiatives to distribute more precise data about the subject. You'll find here and here two very interesting reports by Will...