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Chrome Extensions gallery taking shape, landing page now invites devs
If you're trying to get an extension gallery for your web browser off the ground, it's important reach out to developers. After all, they're the ones who will be creating the snazzy addons you plan to showcase.
So it's not surprising to see the change which took place in the Chromium nightly build recently. When you visit your extensions page and click the link to browse the gallery, you won't see the "coming soon" puzzle piece anymore.
Instead, you'll be asked to sign in with your Google account and then whisked over to the developer dashboard. Google offers the following explanation to clarify what you're looking at:
So it's not surprising to see the change which took place in the Chromium nightly build recently. When you visit your extensions page and click the link to browse the gallery, you won't see the "coming soon" puzzle piece anymore.
Instead, you'll be asked to sign in with your Google account and then whisked over to the developer dashboard. Google offers the following explanation to clarify what you're looking at:
Are you a developer? If so, the add button will allow you to upload your project. The developer agreement offers a few words about the gallery itself:The Google Chrome Extensions gallery is currently in limited beta release to allow developers to upload their extensions. If you are a developer, you can upload your extension here. If you are looking to find and install extensions, please check back here soon!
Most of the agreement is pretty standard redistribution/liability/takedown-related policy, though it does reveal that Chrome users will be allowed to rate extensions on the Gallery site. I think we expected that, since you can do it on the Firefox add-ons site.The Gallery is a publicly available site on which Developers can publish Products for distribution and use in connection with Google Chrome. In order to publish Products on the Gallery, you must acquire and maintain a valid Google account.
The full gallery policies are available on this page in case you plan on submitting an extension.
It's apparent that the push is on - it's just a matter of time before the Chrome Extensions Gallery opens its doors to the public.
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Chris Finke said 10:32PM on 11-23-2009
I've been playing with Chrome extension development, and while they've built in a few nice developer features that I wish Firefox had (instant reload of extension code for one), I haven't been able to work for more than a few minutes without the browser crashing. :-(
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