Microsoft Edge connector

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Brenton Wiernik

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Aug 18, 2016, 4:04:20 PM8/18/16
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With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft has enabled extensions in general releases of the Edge browser. So, a connector plugin may be possible at this point. Microsoft has an app to aid in converting Chrome extensions to Edge extensions (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/app/9nblggh4txvb). I followed the tool's instructions to modify the Chrome connector for installation compatibility (i.e., modifying manifest.json). With no substantive changes to the connector code, the basic detection/icon functions work. However, none of the communication between Chrome with Zotero Standalone or with the Zotero server works. So, an Edge connector extension seems possible at this point, but will require some developer time to get it working. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like all of the necessary Edge API documentation has been released.


From the forums:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/51202/edge-browser-that-comes-with-windows-10/

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