Timeline for My question was marked as off-topic, I believe it is not
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| Mar 10, 2013 at 17:21 | comment | added | jmort253 | @JourneymanGeek - Google decided that it needs to protect us from all the evil developers out there in the world because users are simply too ignorant and easily fooled into installing malicious software. While it's true you can drag and drop a downloaded crx into the extensions page, when you try to download a CRX, you get a warning telling you extensions can only be installed from inside the web store. Most regular users probably won't know how to install an extension. However, Mostafa is developing an SE extension, which means most users will be like yourself, a power user and more.... :) | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 7:54 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek | Actually, I was under the impression it was just a matter of dragging and dropping it in | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 7:07 | comment | added | Mostafa Shahverdy | Installing chrome extenssions from outside of web store is nearly impossible | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 7:04 | comment | added | jmort253 | @MostafaShahverdy - I'm not sure I'd be able to help in this manner, just for fear of violating the law in the US, but if you're building an extension for SE, consider hosting it on Github and then posting it on Stack Apps. It's not quite the same as the Chrome Web Store, but this is a good start. You'll definitely get some exposure. :) You should also contact Google on Google Groups and see if there is a way to get rid of the $5 fee for developers in your country. Hope this helps! | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 7:01 | comment | added | Mostafa Shahverdy | I asked some programmers to pay this and instead I would work remotely, nobody acceptet. Currently I am developing some sort of stack exchange alarm. I have already developed some other axtenssions that due to this problem I left them away ... :( | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 6:58 | comment | added | jmort253 | Just curious, have you found anyone who would volunteer to pay the $5 on your behalf, sort of as a gift? What does your extension do exactly? | |
| Mar 10, 2013 at 6:53 | history | answered | jmort253 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |