Google Chrome doesn’t support extensions yet, but that hasn’t stopped Google from launching a program allowing developers to submit their own.
Google Chrome extensions are already supported by the current developer version and are expected to roll out for all Chrome users by the end of the year.
The Chrome Extension Gallery isn’t exactly thrilling to look at – it’s a form to submit extensions. But Google is laying down the groundwork for a range of thirty-party extensions to compete with Firefox’s massive range of add-ons.
When Google Chrome Extensions launch officially, the Chrome Extension Gallery will let you search and browse the available extensions. Google’s asking developers to add videos to explain what their creations actually do.
Perhaps taking a leave out of Apple’s new “apps reviewed by robots” policy. Google says extensions will be reviewed before they’re published but the “process is fully automated”.
Understandably, Google’s guidelines outlaw copyright infringement, bigoted content and extensions that “enable unauthorised downloading of streaming content or media”.
Let us know if you’ve been testing Google Extensions in the developer version.
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