[alexsb92]

Can't wait to try this out. Some of the course files on my university's website are in .docx format instead of .pdf and I always forget I've downloaded them before, so by the end of the semester I end up with 7 copies of the same file.

As an aside, one of the problems I've had with certain Chrome Extensions is that the Chrome Webstore is telling me that "This application is not supported on this computer. Installation has been disabled." I started noticing this when I upgraded to Win 8 from my Win 7, and when I looked it up it was something about NPAPI plugins being disabled for Chrome on Windows 8. However this [1] and [2] make it seem that this is only for Chrome in metro mode, but I've been getting this message in Desktop mode as well. Now I don't know anything about Chrome extensions and file system access, but it would be great if it can be coded using some other kind of plugin. There is a workaround for Chrome/Win8 [3] but it does require a bit of work and it will put people off from installing it if they have to jump through those hoops.

[1] (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tincr-for-chrome-dev...)

[2] (http://blog.chromium.org/2012/07/npapi-plug-ins-in-windows-8...)

[3] ()http://blog.chromium.org/2012/07/npapi-plug-ins-in-windows-8...

[yefim323]

I apologize for the lack of support. Chrome's download API (https://developer.chrome.com/dev/extensions/downloads.html) is very flaky and has just been added full support in Chrome 27.0.1448.0 dev-m according to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15451313/closed-uncaught-...

[anigbrowl]

Ah, that explains a lot. This looks useful because I often have an itchy trigger finger and download more than one copy. But you know what I really miss in Chrome would be a decent download manager that lets me select multiple files from one page instead of DLing them one at a time. Last time I looked the only extension for this practically announced itself as malware.

[yefim323]

Funnily enough, this extension exists as a sample extension in the Chrome extension docs. Apparently, you can't link to specific samples, so just go to https://developer.chrome.com/dev/extensions/samples.html and filter by "downloads." The extension you're looking for is "Download Selected Links."

It looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/XF6S0mu.png

[anigbrowl]

+20 internets to you - that's a serious time-saver for me!

[alexsb92]

Oh don't worry about it. Kinda saw it coming as I had that problem before. And that's great! Been meaning to switch to the dev channel for a while now.