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Download Overbite Chrome for Google Chrome | |
*** Overbite Chrome is no longer supported. | |
It is only provided for users of Chrome prior to v.24. | |
The current release of Overbite Chrome for Google Chrome is | |
version 1.0.4, released on 12 August 2012. To verify the version | |
of Overbite Chrome, go to the app menu and select Extensions | |
(or the Window menu). | |
* System Requirements: | |
* Google Chrome 19.0.x or higher, with extension support | |
(support for this version of Overbite will end with v.24) | |
* Any operating system supported by Google Chrome | |
* Installation/upgrading directions: | |
- If you have an old version installed, delete it from the | |
Extensions window (see below). | |
- Download the extension to your local computer. Chrome may | |
give you a security warning, which you can disregard (this | |
extension is not currently offered through the App Store | |
during the testing period). | |
- Open the Extensions window (for example, app/Window menu, | |
and select Extensions). You can also directly go to | |
``chrome://chrome/extensions/'' | |
- Drag the ``.crx'' to the Chrome window. When "Drop to Install" | |
appears, release the button to drop the file on the window. | |
- Click the Add button after reviewing the privileges | |
required. Overbite Chrome requires access to all website data | |
and to your history in order to rewrite URLs correctly. | |
Your history is not sent to the proxy, or anywhere else. | |
- The browser will indicate it has been successfully installed. | |
Overbite Chrome provides a transparent interface to Chrome so that | |
you can enter ``gopher://'' URLs in the omnibox (the protocol is | |
required), and click on gopher URLs on web pages. | |
To function, Overbite Chrome will redirect gopher requests to any | |
available proxy, by default the freely accessible Floodgap Public | |
Gopher Proxy. You can choose another proxy to use by going to the | |
app/Window menu and selecting Extensions, then clicking Options in | |
the Overbite Chrome box. A new tab will appear, allowing you to | |
enter a new proxy URL or reset back to the Floodgap default. You | |
can also click on one of the provided proxies as suggestions. | |
* Known issues | |
* There is no support for this extension anymore, and it will | |
not receive further updates. | |
* Google routinely changes their search URLs, which breaks the | |
strategy this extension uses to intercept them. Please report | |
this promptly so it can be repaired. | |
* This extension is implemented by using an external proxy. You | |
should only use proxies you trust, and should not expect that | |
your browsing history will be completely anonymous. Similarly, | |
available functionality and features are completely determined | |
by the proxy you choose. | |
* Support for ``gopher://'' URLs in the location bar won't work | |
if you are not using one of the default three search engines | |
(Google, Bing or Yahoo!). Overbite Chrome intercepts the | |
redirect Chrome makes for input it does not recognize, and it | |
will not intercept other URLs pointing to other search engines. | |
Overbite Chrome is provided to you under the GNU General Public | |
License v2. Use outside of this license is strictly prohibited. |