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Report any issues with the examples themselves to Google's issue trackers/forums.**\n\n**There is an ongoing effort to standardize the Extensions on different browsers, as [discussed on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions) and defined in the [WebExtensions Spec Draft](https://browserext.github.io/browserext/). The resources on [browser support](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Browser_support_for_JavaScript_APIs) and [incompatibilities](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Chrome_incompatibilities) may be of interest.**\n\nchrome-extensions-examples\n==========================\n\nThe [Chrome Extensions examples](http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/samples) did not\nexist as a Git repository, and browsing both the samples page and the VCViewer did not seem particularly\nhandy. 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