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"Open with external application" (in dire need of a better name) is an extension for the Google Chrome web browser. It allows the user to select any executable and use links of the web pages s/he is browsing as a command line parameter when launching such executable.
The user might, for instance, decide to open a target link in Firefox, Opera, Safari or any other application capable of handling an URL parameter.
Parts of the extension (namely the native NPAPI plug-ins that launch the external application) are taken from the SimpleGet Chromium extension.
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Open with external application does not require any sensitive permissions.
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Open with external application may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.
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