Save as Shortcut
What is Save as Shortcut?
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-Description- Personally, I've always used Internet shortcut files for a variety of reasons. For example: 1. To passively share links to content via shared folders. 2. To supersede the temporary use of pinned tabs and bookmarks. 3. As portable links. 4. To accompany resources (installers with links to the websites, projects with links to assets, etc). However, I always found them so awkward to create, hence me creating this extension.
-FAQ- Q: As Chrome manifest v2 is being depreciated in 2024, is this extension being updated to support v3? A: Yes, after quite a lot of work, I have successfully rewritten Save as Shortcut to support Chrome manifest v3 and its asynchronous service workers.
Q: Why does this extension say that it reads my browsing history?
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- Allows users to create desktop shortcuts and save links easily.
- The 'Save all tabs' and 'Save all bookmarks' options are very useful for collections and backups.
- Works well on Google Chrome without issues.
- Great for users of Windows 11 who can't drag and drop links anymore.
- Regularly updated and maintained.
- The '.URL' file type option is not functioning correctly on Microsoft Edge.
- Users cannot save shortcuts with the correct page name; they save as 'unnamed'.
- There's a bug causing saved shortcuts to lead to the Google homepage instead of the intended website.
- Limited functionality with specific browsers like Vivaldi.
- Access to user's browsing history has raised concerns among some users.
- Works great on Google Chrome.
- Useful for creating shortcuts.
- Problems saving shortcuts correctly.
- Great for Windows 11 usage.
- Regular updates and maintained functionality.
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Save as Shortcut may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.
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