Chrome-Stats extension
External Application Button (WebExtension)
A highly customizable external application button and context-menu items
What is External Application Button (WebExtension)?
Stats
- activeTab
- storage
- contextMenus
- nativeMessaging
- downloads
- notifications
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Summary
External Application Button allows you to define highly customizable toolbar button and context menu items for Firefox browser. Using this application for instance you can send current page to Chrome, Opera, or Internet explorer browsers. Or send selected text to a text editor like Notepad++ or Sublime Text. It is even possible to directly send image URLs to a photo editor of your choice or send download links to an external download manager like FlashGot extension in Firefox.
Note that in order for this application to work, there is a minimal native client that needs to be installed manually. Instruction on how to install the minimal client is shown once an application is added to the list. For more info watch the video tutorials or visit add-on's homepage.
Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTOHWbX7dKU Windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18jAqTXBiZA Linux and Mac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4Bj_APg4g
If you have a question regarding this application or need help integration this application to an external executable please post your question in the discussion section of add-on's homepage
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Works great with external applications
- Easy to setup with guided setup page
Cons
- Auxiliary functions may not work as expected
- Issues with context menu on Firefox 70
Most mentioned
- Works great
- Context menu on toolbar button missing
- Easy to setup
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
External Application Button (WebExtension) is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
External Application Button (WebExtension) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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