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1 <h1>Extensions Quality Guidelines FAQ</h1> | 1 <h1>Extensions Quality Guidelines FAQ</h1> |
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3 <h2 id="one">1.) What is the new policy?</h2> | 3 <h2 id="one">1.) What is the new policy?</h2> |
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5 <p> | 5 <p> |
6 To maintain the quality of the Chrome user experience, | 6 To maintain the quality of the Chrome user experience, |
7 we recently launched a new policy requiring Chrome extensions | 7 we recently launched a new policy requiring Chrome extensions |
8 to have a single purpose. | 8 to have a single purpose. |
9 We are also introducing the new | 9 We are also introducing the new |
10 <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2014/03/protecting-user-settings-on-windows.ht
ml">Settings Override API</a> | 10 <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2014/03/protecting-user-settings-on-windows.ht
ml">Settings Override API</a> |
11 to allow extensions to manage important Chrome settings on Windows. | 11 to allow extensions to manage important Chrome settings on Windows. |
12 Beginning with the July 2014 release of Chrome, | 12 Beginning with the July 2014 release of Chrome, |
13 the Settings Override API will be the only approved path | 13 the Settings Override API will be the only approved path |
14 for offering settings changes to Chrome users on Windows. | 14 for offering settings changes to Chrome users on Windows. |
15 In addition, starting with the May 20, 2014 release of Chrome, | 15 In addition, starting with the May 20, 2014 release of Chrome, |
16 we <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2014/02/make-sure-to-get-your-extension-in.
html">have begun to require</a> | 16 we <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2014/02/make-sure-to-get-your-extension-in.
html">have begun to require</a> |
17 that extensions in Chrome for Windows be hosted in the Chrome Web Store. | 17 that extensions in Chrome for Windows be hosted in the Chrome Web Store. |
18 Starting in Chrome 44 in July 2015, | 18 Starting in Chrome 44 in July 2015, |
19 extensions in Mac are also required to be hosted in the Chrome Web Store. | 19 extensions in Mac are also |
20 </p> | 20 <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2015/05/continuing-to-protect-chrome-users-fro
m.html">required to be hosted in the Chrome Web Store</a>.</p> |
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22 <h2 id="two">2.) Why did Google launch a “single purpose” Chrome extensions poli
cy?</h2> | 22 <h2 id="two">2.) Why did Google launch a “single purpose” Chrome extensions poli
cy?</h2> |
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24 <p>For an overview of the policy announcement, please read this | 24 <p>For an overview of the policy announcement, please read this |
25 <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2013/12/keeping-chrome-extensions-simple.html"
>Chromium blog post</a>.</p> | 25 <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2013/12/keeping-chrome-extensions-simple.html"
>Chromium blog post</a>.</p> |
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27 <p>We launched this policy because | 27 <p>We launched this policy because |
28 multi-purpose extensions can crowd your browser UI | 28 multi-purpose extensions can crowd your browser UI |
29 and slow down your web browsing sometimes significantly. | 29 and slow down your web browsing sometimes significantly. |
30 Speed and simplicity have always been part of Chrome's core principles, | 30 Speed and simplicity have always been part of Chrome's core principles, |
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387 A search extension. | 387 A search extension. |
388 It has multiple features, including this dropdown, | 388 It has multiple features, including this dropdown, |
389 but all of them are related to the narrow subject matter of search. | 389 but all of them are related to the narrow subject matter of search. |
390 </p> | 390 </p> |
391 | 391 |
392 <img src="{{static}}/images/extension2.png" | 392 <img src="{{static}}/images/extension2.png" |
393 width="680" | 393 width="680" |
394 height="425" | 394 height="425" |
395 alt="Image of search extension"> | 395 alt="Image of search extension"> |
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