The small software programs that enable customized browsing experience, Chrome Extensions, which hitherto can be installed from multi-vendor sources, will soon be restricted to the Chrome Web store.
While the software extensions offer such nifty capabilities like: ad blocking and better tabs management, in addition to Chrome browser's swift performance, with clean interface and easy synchronization with mobile devices, that has made the browser very popular.
Google will be removing the ability of "inline installation" that allow other sources to offer installation of extensions as a result of the growing malware concerns, so that users must have to resort to the Chrome Web Store for adding an extension to Chrome.
Albeit, the initial plan was that Chrome Extensions can be installed from any source, but Google cited the increasing malware issues for the reversal of its stance.
The Chrome Web Store been managed by Google itself, offers the necessary background checking to ensure available software are free of malicious codes, that can serve as a conduit for spyware that allow hackers to steal personal banking information from your computer.
Google in a bid to stem the tide, will be offering a three-phase plan to make the Chrome Web Store the only gateway for Chrome extensions.
The first phase, stated on June 12, all new extensions can't be installed inline any more. While the second phase, coming up on September 12, will have inline installation disabled for existing extensions. And all other sources that offer inline installations will redirect to the Chrome Web Store for installation.
Finally, developers will be required to update their websites with a December deadline to rid their codes of the inline installation.
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