Google-chrome – Extension to Google Chrome browser that restarts Google Chrome

I believe open attempts to process the passed URL before passing it on to Chrome. Since it doesn't recognize the 'chrome-extension' scheme, it interprets it as a relative file path.

Instead, you can use AppleScript to accomplish this.

osascript <<EOD
set theURL to "chrome-extension://nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda/html/craw_window.html"
tell application "Google Chrome"
 if windows = {} then
  make new window
  set URL of (active tab of window 1) to theURL
 else
  make new tab at the end of window 1 with properties {URL:theURL}
 end if
 activate
end tell
EOD

Note that the above code is actually AppleScript wrapped in a bash heredoc and passed to the osascript command, so you can drop it right into the terminal or a shell script.

With Chrome 48, for reasons of "security," icons for disabled extensions (and those that do not affect the current page) are now shown at all times, either to the right of the location ("address") bar or at the top of the hamburger menu.

The "security" aspect is to protect naive users from unwanted extensions by showing them a bunch of icons that they may not recognize with the expectation that they will guess that they can right-click them and select "Remove from Chrome."

In addition, extensions that formerly placed icons in the location ("address") bar can no longer do so. This breaks some popular extensions like the last.fm Scrobbler, ToS;DR, Feedly Subscribe Button, and so forth.

The Google Chrome team is unrepentant, because power users are of no interest to them.

References:

• New appearance of Extension icons in the toolbar: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/t9AHfd90OAE
• Disappearance of icons from the address bar "omnibox": https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=397259