<![CDATA[Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default?]]>For example, Vivaldi allows installation of Chrome extensions out of the box, but for Opera you need to install an extension which by itself is consuming tons of memory for no logical reason other than simply being there. Why? Why not just make it a part of browser like Vivaldi has done?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/29232/any-reason-why-install-chrome-extensions-isn-t-included-in-opera-by-defaultRSS for NodeMon, 20 Apr 2026 19:50:29 GMTWed, 17 Oct 2018 20:07:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default? on Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:47:37 GMT]]>I see some webstore stuff mentioned in the Chromium source. https://cs.chromium.org/search/?q=webstore&sq=package:chromium&type=cs. Would be neat if Opera could just turn on a build flag to add support.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157200https://forums.opera.com/post/157200Fri, 19 Oct 2018 03:47:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default? on Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:42:22 GMT]]>Using the Chrome web store for extensions instead of addons.opera.com is pretty important if you consider https://forums.opera.com/topic/16609/very-long-extension-moderation-process.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157189https://forums.opera.com/post/157189Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:42:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default? on Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:51:47 GMT]]>@rejzor
They probably didn't integrate it because it's not needed for all users.
You only need that Opera extension to install some other from Chrome web store, after that you can remove it and chrome extension will work.

...and btw. on my system, Opera extension is using ~24 MB... it's not exactly a "tons of memory " 😜
that's about minimum mem. consumption on x64 systems

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157187https://forums.opera.com/post/157187Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:51:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default? on Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:14:39 GMT]]>@rejzor said in Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default?:

Same way Opera does with additional extension.

Maybe. I didn't want to assume. Looking at the Opera extension code, it does a lot of stuff just to get things to work. Seems kind of ridiculous to have to jump through all those hoops just to get it to work. I was hoping that Vivadli does it a better and simpler way. But, it's not done with a hidden component extension as far as I can tell, so it must really be in the source somewhere. I do know it's not simple UI spoofing or anything like that. Looking at the Opera extension, it looks like it's faking a whole webstore API or something.

@rejzor said in Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default?:

resource hog

It's weird that it'd be such a resource hog. I haven't noticed any issues with it. It's only set to run for the specific web store pages. Is it some how leaking memory for you as shown in Opera's task manager?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157186https://forums.opera.com/post/157186Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:14:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default? on Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:33:14 GMT]]>@burnout426 Same way Opera does with additional extension. But I'm sure if the code for it is a part of browser itself, it's far less wasteful and of an resource hog than using it as an additional extension. I mean, wouldn't it be better if users have larger selection of extensions out of the box?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157157https://forums.opera.com/post/157157Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:33:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default? on Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:08:30 GMT]]>@rejzor said in Any reason why Install Chrome Extensions isn't included in Opera by default?:

For example, Vivaldi allows installation of Chrome extensions out of the box

Indeed. I wonder how they do it though.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157150https://forums.opera.com/post/157150Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:08:30 GMT