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Automation & Workflow EfficiencyChrome extension ID: mjoebkkejejidnkfdekpbooceogbapnf
This tool facilitates the seamless transition of browsing sessions from a primary browser to Microsoft Edge. It requires an external native messaging host to enable communication between the extension and the local operating system.
Overview
Installs
20K+
Rating
★ 3.9
40 reviews
Languages
11 locales
Includes Deutsch, English, Nederlands, español...
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Automation & Workflow Efficiency
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
The extension positions itself as a productivity utility for cross-browser workflows, allowing users to send active tabs or links from their current browser to Microsoft Edge. It emphasizes automation features like automatic tab closing and hostname-based routing rules.
Inferred product pattern
Native-host dependent browser interop utility.
Review-backed pain points
Users frequently express discomfort regarding the requirement to install external 'native' software or batch files to enable extension functionality, with some perceiving it as a potential security risk.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of UI customization (e.g., removing context menu items), outdated branding (old Edge logo), and lack of granular control over how the new window/tab is launched (background vs. foreground).
- Power users juggling multiple browsers
- Web developers
- Productivity-focused professionals
- Opening specific URLs in Edge based on hostname rules
- Migrating entire sessions or specific tabs between browsers
- Context menu integration for rapid link redirection
- Efficiency in cross-browser workflows
- Reliable functionality when configured correctly
- Easy-to-follow setup instructions for the required native component
- Concerns regarding the security/integrity of required external scripts
- Unnecessary bloat/resource requirements for a simple task
- Bugs where the extension fails to redirect correctly
- UI/branding stagnation
- Privacy complaints detected
- No direct pricing friction reported, but technical friction exists due to the mandatory installation of an external native host application.
Support
No specific support channel complaints, but users criticize the perceived 'shady' nature of the installation process.
Reliability
Some reports of the extension failing to redirect or simply duplicating tabs within the same browser.
Privacy
High level of concern regarding the necessity of downloading and executing 3rd-party scripts/binaries for the extension to operate.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 1
- Videos: 1
- Languages: 11
- Privacy policy
- Developer contact
- Official website
- Version: 0.3.4
- Size: 223KiB
- Last updated:
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