Description :

This firefox extension will allow you to use google chrome extensions inside firefox.

How to install this Firefox extension :

• Open your firefox, and download the Firefox extension here.
• The firefox comes with a preinstalled Google Chrome extension, called « readme ». Since it’s a Google Chrome extension, you can download it & install it in Chrome (same code ). get it here.

How to install a google chrome extension inside Firefox :

• Go to https://chrome.google.com/extensions?hl=en-US.
• Download an extension package.
• extract it (it’s a zip file, maybe you have to rename the crx file to a zip file).
• Go to your firefox profile folder (something like « C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\86tc9fbi.default\ » under windows).
• Go to the folder « extensions\googlechromeextensions@matoeil.fr\extensions\ ».
• Create a folder here, name it has the extension key preferably (something like « okngcjknhihjbpiencaanffnfcdlafic » for example).
• copy & paste content of previously extracted package into this new folder.
• That’s it. Just restart firefox now.

If you click on the « tools » menu, « Google Chrome addons » submenu, You’ll see extensions currently installed (for instance, the readme extension and your new installed extension).

Now, that’s going on :

Since it’s a early alpha release of Google Chrome extensions manager for Firefox, everything isn’t supported or you’ll find some glitches.

This is a list of that is currently supported :

• manifest file (close to be complete)
• background pages
• options pages
• browser actions
• content scripts
• match patterns
• every html5 API supported by firefox (like localStorage…)
• these chrome API :
  • browserAction
  • extension
  • tabs
  • windows
• If you’ve installed Dom inspector, you can inspect extension views from the extensions page

This is a list of that is not currently supported :

• these chrome API :
  • bookmarks
  • pageAction
  • in browserAction, actions on a specific tab id (but every method are working if you don’t use tab id in parameter
  • in extension, onConnectExternal, onRequestExternal and LastError
  • in tabs, detectLanguage, onAttached & onDetached
• NPAPI plugins
• themes
• override pages
• internationalization
• autoupdating
• packaging
• external extensions
• installation/uninstallation, activation/desactivation of extensions

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