Request - Make Edge Add-On available outside of Microsoft Store
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Depending on Security settings, country, etc. Some users are not able to access the Microsoft Store. Making this add-on available via direct link would assist those users (such as myself)
The version in the Microsoft store is the same as in the Google Chrome Webstore.
Additionally all releases can aways be found on the build server: https://git.mdns.eu/nextcloud/passwords-webextension/-/pipelines?page=1&scope=branches&ref=stable
These direct urls should also work:
I have noticed that the URLs do no longer work.
This is due to an update of the deployment process. The extension is now directly submitted to Microsoft for review, which means that the files are no longer available on the build server.
You can currently still download the nightly files directly from the build server, but this will also change in the future.
MS Edge and Chrome both don't like unsigned extensions and installation of these may not be possible for some users at all. The extensions only get signed by Microsoft/Google after a review. Since Microsoft and Google both have a review process for extensions which can take several days, i can't just download the file during the deployment process and provide it trough the build server.
That is why i created extensions.passwordsapp.org. It automatically downloads the latest version of the extension from the official stores. So if you can't use the official store, you can download the signed extension there.
Only downside is that there will be no automatic updates if you can't access the store.