Developer Mode should NOT be necessary

[RMHammer]

I do not believe personally that Developer Mode should really ever be necessary/required just to use Tampermonkey or its userapp things.
Using apps like this one should be easier, not harder, Especially when you account for new users.
Not to mention users trying to fight back against Google and the apparent Anti-User regime they have been attempting to force down our throats in different ways.

I urge all/developer to do away with this unasked for change.
Please.

[7nik]

This is a requirement to have access to the required API and TM can do nothing here. You probably can complain about it here, maybe there is a better place.

[unv-unv]

This definitely is a huge problem.

[trlkly]

Do note that Developer Mode is really easy to turn on. It doesn't mean using Chrome Dev. It just means that, after you install Tampermonkey, you'll need to open your Extensions page and click the toggle at the top of the screen:

[unv-unv]

I know how to turn Dev mode on. But I am imagining how much pain would be to explain every user why my scripts aren't working anymore.

There're older women between them, to make script work for them I organized video-calls in messenger and ordered which buttons must be pressed.

You think only geeks are affected? Ones that can fix everything in a couple of minutes? No, the huge pain is coming because of some Chrome idiots.

[trlkly]

In that case, I hope that Tampermonkey itself will tell people that they need to turn on Developer mode and how to do so. The extension won't work without it, so it would make sense to warn the user every time the extension is loaded. I'm actually relieved that the requirement is so small. The MV3 people really wanted to not allow any external scripts to work at all. A simple toggle that you already have to enable to use unsigned extensions is thus a welcome compromise.

[unv-unv]

OK, I understand your point. Google forcing MV3 with all its totalitaristic claims, removing ad-blockers and all realized that it's a bit too much and decided to reduce their appetites. And we all must be glad for this compromise. All hail to Google and MV3 for they decided to cook frog slowly to reduce protests and increase probability of success.

[derjanb]

In that case, I hope that Tampermonkey itself will tell people that they need to turn on Developer mode and how to do so.

Yes, there will by a notification when the action menu is open and also at the options page, which provides a link to the FAQ entry that explains how to enable it.

A simple toggle that you already have to enable to use unsigned extensions is thus a welcome compromise.

Yes, but developer mode doesn't seem to be the right one here as it also enables other developer features. Userscript manager users, are not necessarily developers. Also developer mode might be forbidden via policy at some companies.

[scholtzm]

I'm on v5.2 which requires the developer mode and there's no hint anywhere that I need to enable it.
The scripts just silently stopped working, they don't run but the popup UI shows them as enabled.

Is this expected? @derjanb

[derjanb]

Is this expected?

No, what is your browser and OS version? Are you sure developer mode is not enabled already? (check: chrome://extensions if you're using Chrome)

[scholtzm]

Now I see the info after updating Chrome (no major number change).

Not sure what was the issue. I had the dev mode enabled before extension update and disabled it afterwards to see the info bar but it never appeared.

[fushihara]

This is a bit of a departure from the nature of the issue, but I believe that the freedom of this expansion will continue to decrease.
I would not be surprised if Google next changes the spec to automatically turn off developer mode when chrome starts up.
They think they can get away with anything if they say "only 0.1% of all users use it". Pretend not to see how many millions it is.

[derjanb]

I had the dev mode enabled before extension update and disabled it afterwards

Good point. This is not handled well enough at the moment...