It is confirmed that the extended function of Microsoft's browser "Edge" also works in Chrome

Microsoft's new browser "Edge"Astonishing specifications that take over the extensions of Chrome · Firefox altogetherAlthough it is known to be known to exist in the opposite direction, there seems to be backward compatibility, a user has successfully ported Edge extensions to Chrome and made it work.

Running Microsoft Edge extensions in Chrome | BAV 0.com
http://bav0.com/running-microsoft-edge-extensions-in-chrome/

Microsoft's Edge Extensions can run on Google's Chrome - MSPoweruser
http://mspoweruser.com/microsofts-edge-extensions-can-run-on-chrome/

I confirmed this behavior because software developerBavo Luysterborg(Bav 0). On March 15, 2016 Bav 0 discovered on the Microsoft page that the. Ee files for the Extensions for the Edge "Microsoft Translator", "Reddit Enhancement Suite" and "Mouse Gestures" were released earlier than planned .


I immediately downloaded each file and tried it with Edge, but it seems that it did not work. Next, based on rumors that Edge extensions are compatible with Google Chrome, Bav 0 tries to add extensions to Chrome. It seems that some customization was necessary, but successfully transplanted successfully. Actually working it seems that you have found that it has nearly perfect compatibility as follows.

◆ Microsoft Translator
Running the .exe file will unzip the folder of the extension, including "manifest.json" and "_locales" folders, etc. It is almost the same state as seen in the Chrome extension folder He said that. From here we can also see the similarities between the two.

Bav 0 then entered developer mode on the Chrome extension page and added a folder that was unpacked to Chrome using the "Load Unpacked Extensions" feature. Then it says that the following error message appears on the screen.


Follow the instructions on the screen and add "" manifest_version ": 2" to manifest and try again, the following long error message appears next time.


Apparently it seemed that localization did not go well so check the details and found that the localization file does not exist in the folder. As a countermeasure, Bav 0 deleted the corresponding folder and challenged again. Then it succeeded successfully this time, and the content of the display screen was as if it looked like Chrome's extended function itself.


The Microsoft Translator icon also appears on the browser toolbar, and the original Chinese page display ......


He said that he was translated into English without problems.


◆ Mouse Gestures
Next Bav 0 tries to start Mouse Gestures. Following the previous example, if you start up after applying measures beforehand, you can start up with a single shot.


However apparently, due to the difference between Edge and Chrome, it seems that it was impossible to operate with mouse gesture as it was. The only thing I was able to do was to just open the new tab by dragging the link.


By the way, the original operation is like this.


It seems that the extension setting page can be displayed without problems.


◆ Reddit Enhancement Suite
The third Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES) also performed the same preliminary preparations and it was executed, and an error which I have not seen this time was displayed next time.


Apparently this is due to the fact that folders that should be in the downloaded extensions are not included. Fortunately, RES was an open source development extension, so Bav 0GitHub libraryDownload the necessary folder from, and rewrite manifest and try again, successfully started successfully this time.


In this way, it turns out that the extension of Edge has certain compatibility with Chrome. Bav 0 says that "Microsoft is trying to make compatibility not only for" Chrome → Edge "compatibility but also for" Edge → Chrome "orientation." In fact, it was not yet an official version at the time of testing, but considering Mr. Bav 0's verification that the function could be used as it was with just a few reworks, it is likely that Microsoft actually has both compatibility I do not.

Although it is a page of Microsoft's extended function that was said to be "published", it was "Page not found" at the time of article creation.

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