Gnome shell extensions

[Tom H]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 11:26 AM REUBY Dianne via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Recently bought a new laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 pre-installed with
> Gnome, first time back with Gnome since Unity was released.
>
> Gnome extensions page has error message "Although GNOME Shell
> integration extension is running, native host connector is not
> detected. Refer documentation for instructions about installing
> connector."
>
> Terminal command tells me I have the latest host connector installed.
>
> I've researched this for a few weeks, but can't find where I'm going
> wrong! And I have installed a couple of extensions already, plus I
> have the pre-installed ones that are included in 18.04 so I'm even
> more confused than normal.

AFAIK, your "Although GNOME Shell integration extension ..." message
means that you have to install "chrome-gnome-shell" which, in spite of
its name, will allow you to use the Gnome extensions site if you have
the Gnome Shell integration extension/add-on installed in
Chrome/Chromium/Firefox.