From ComputerWorld: Google this week began barring Chrome users from installing add-ons offered by third-party websites, the last steps toward making the company's own market the only available source for browser extensions.
"We continue to receive large volumes of complaints from users about unwanted extensions causing their Chrome experience to change unexpectedly - and the majority of these complaints are attributed to confusing or deceptive uses of inline installation on websites (emphasis in original)," James Wagner, the extensions platform product manager, wrote in a post to a company blog.
Inline installations originated as a convenience for add-on developers. Rather than direct their customers to the Chrome Web Store, developers were able to offer the extension from their own websites. The add-on was still hosted by the Store, but users weren't forced to leave the developer's site to install them.
Wagner spelled out the death of inline installation, saying it would take effect in three phases.
The first, which began June 12, banned inline installation of all newly-published extensions. Any that try will instead redirect to the Chrome Web Store, Google's e-mart for browser add-ons and Chrome OS apps.
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