On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Peter Kasting <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Darin Fisher <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Absolutely... extensions should be able to store data in the profile.  I
>> think that issue is orthogonal to where the extensions get installed.
>
>
> Is it orthogonal to where Chrome itself is installed?  i.e. if we have two
> distinct per-user Chrome installs, would a "per-machine" extension be
> visible to both, or just one (so it's really "per-Chrome-install")?
>
> My concern in broad terms is for multi-user systems; if my wife installs an
> extension I don't really want to get prompted to install it myself (or have
> it turn on automatically).  I'm OK with Chrome using the same instance under
> the hood if we both decide to use the same extension; that's invisible to me
> as a user.
>
> Of course, one could also argue that this kind of prompting is useful,
> especially in the typical case.  I feel a bit torn.  My mental conception of
> both OS- and browser-level profiles is something of "never the twain shall
> meet", but I recognize that that's not true for everyone.
>
> PK
>


This touches on some of the murky issues with browser profiles...

-Darin

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