The Universal File Opener (UFO) and the AODocs File Opener (AFO) are browser extensions.
- UFO is used in AODocs libraries using Google Drive. UFO is available in Google Chrome.
- AFO in AODocs libraries using Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob storage. AFO is available in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
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When installing UFO and AFO end users are asked to grant permissions on their account. Learn more: Install UFO or AFO.
Important: All the permissions listed below are subject to change in future UFO/AFO versions, depending on the requirements for new features, technical changes or new Chrome APIs. When a new version of UFO/AFO requires additional permissions, users will be prompted to authorize the new permissions before activating the new version.
The table below lists the permissions requested by UFO/AFO and the reason why they are required:
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Read and change your data on drive.google.com (UFO only) |
Allows UFO to add a new action button, on hover on your Google Drive items, to let you edit them with your local software programs. |
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Read and change your data on docs.google.com (UFO only) |
The extension can add UFO features to your Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides and Google Drawings interfaces. |
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Display notifications |
Allows UFO/AFO to create and show rich notifications in your system tray, such as the status of file synchronization and information when attempting to open a locked file. |
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Communicate with cooperating websites |
Allows our OAuth2 authentication page to securely communicate with the extension (UFO only). When UFO/AFO is used in the AODocs user interface, allows communication with the extension to let you open your AODocs attachments with your local software programs. |
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Communicate with cooperating native application |
Allows the extension to communicate with its local application launcher agent (UFO/AFO Sync Client), to start the appropriate application when opening a file from Google Drive (for UFO) or from the AODocs user interface (for UFO/AFO). |