Chrome Extensions Site Now Open for Uploads
Google has opened up its gallery for developers to share Chrome extensions.
Google has opened up its gallery for developers to share Chrome extensions, a step that soon should make it easier for people to customize the open-source browser.
So far, only uploads are permitted. Google plans to let some testers use the gallery to download extensions, too "in the next few days," Lei Zheng (programmer and "gallery master") said. "We are making the upload flow available early to make sure that developers have the time to publish their extensions ahead of our full launch."
One feature of Google's system is that add-ons are automatically updated on Chrome users' computers once the developer uploads a new version.
For developers, the extensions gallery comes with a set of terms and conditions.
One nugget in the legalese: expect Google to use a rating system, as it does for other sites including Android applications and YouTube videos. It's all part of Google's philosophy of using user data to help automatically manage its Web properties in a way that, the company hopes, will be helpful to those who use its sites.
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