Jan 25, 2018. Among them are the lack of extension support (on PCs and Macs), a reduced set of preferences, limited ability to display the desktop version of some (but not all) websites, and the ability to make Chrome the default browser in iOS (as Apple does not allow it, instead making Safari the default browser system-wide; in macOS, this is no problem at.
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Thanks to Scott DeVaney, who first reached out to me, and “zephyr” from the mozilla Add-ons Editors team and maybe others, who reviewed the extension, DownThemAll! is now listed as a Recommended Firefox extension.
The old DownThemAll! (up to version 3.0) was a long term recommended add-on, too, and I am happy that the WebExtension now is as well.
Recommended means that the mozilla team did a thorough review of DownThemAll!, both in code and basic functionality, and found no issues that would put users at risk, and that the extension does not contain any nasty surprises like undisclosed user tracking either (DownThemAll! does not include any tracking, of course, but now you got it confirmed by mozilla).
It also means that future updates will be thoroughly reviewed by mozilla as well before they get published.
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Existing users do not have to do anything, as updates are automatic. New users on Firefox will now see the Recommended badge on the Add-on listing page.
And every user gets to see this when opening the Add-ons page in their Firefox:
As more and more people are asking us for a DownThemAll! version for Google Chrome:
Extension Get Them All Chrome Videos
We won’t support Google Chrome (and Chromium for that matter) in the near future, if ever.
There are multiple reasons not to support Google Chrome (at the moment):
Getthemall For Chrome
Downloaded Chrome Can't Find It
Thanks for your interest in a dTa! version for Google Chrome, but we have to pass at this time.
Nils Chrome Download Windows 10
Update 2009/12/11:
Here is Giorgio Maones take on the Chrome extension system, with some explanation why there are no NoScript or decent ad-blockers for Google Chrome yet: http://hackademix.net/2009/12/10/why-chrome-has-no-noscript/ Comments are closed.
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