Therefore I'm looking for one of our proud developers who is willing to (trans)script a 'Native Messaging Host'-module with AHK (?) like fellow Sean Griffin, an AU3 aficionado, has done for the AutoIT-community in 2013.
NMH - code examples are available (C++/Python/Delph/node.js/...). So well, I guess it's ~ 3hrs coding ...??!
The concept isn't really rocket science ...
AHK <> Native Messaging Host (NMH) <> Chrome Extension <> Chrome
just-me has already translated Sean's function library taken from [here] (I guess there are a few left in one of the postings). I've tested them successfully with the latest Chrome release and Sean's AU3 NMH.
As its output could need a tiny tweak, but it's source code isn't available (compiled AU3) it would be perfect to have an "own" maintainable AHK NMH - eg. to give the world an AHK x-mas present
Anyone interested connecting AHK with Chrome (more reliable)??
PS. in the end, it might connect with FireFox as well (keyword: extension)?!
PPS. Joe Glines has linked to this article [Google will lock down Chrome on Windows] that made this thread a MUST for Chrome users right before 2018
[...] Blocking such programs is the stick, which Google will be using to force developers to use the far more benign Chrome extensions and Native Messaging to work with Chrome. The carrot is, "Fewer crashes means more happy users." [...]