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		justinschuh on June 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome limits off-store extension installs Chrome has supported inline extension installation for a few versions now: https://developers.google.com/chrome/web-store/docs/inline_i... That should address any user confusion, while still hosting the extension in the WebStore. It also saves the hosting bandwidth and guarantees that your extension updates over a pinned SSL channel, which protects your users in case your key is ever compromised.

dzohrob on June 10, 2012 | [–]

Thank you, I hadn't come across this yet. This should mitigate the changes to the user flow.

kcbanner on June 10, 2012 | [–]

Very cool.

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