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The title is a bit misleading: > We are implementing a new extension API, called WebExtensions—largely compatible with the model used by Chrome and Opera—to ma
by fweespeech 11y ago
The title is a bit misleading:
> We are implementing a new extension API, called WebExtensions—largely compatible with the model used by Chrome and Opera—to make it easier to develop extensions across multiple browsers.
This is basically the creation of a new, multi-browser API standard for browser extensions. This isn't them just adopting a single competitor's ecosystem. There is also a slim chance IE and Safari will join the plugin ecosystem.
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Ty mods, this title is more reasonable.
- amyjess 11y ago> There is also a slim chance IE and Safari will join the plugin ecosystem. You mean Edge. IE development is pretty much dead except for maintenance releases, and it now exists solely to handle legacy websites (read: corporate dinosaurs that rely on ActiveX).
- fweespeech 11y agoEdge is basically IE in purpose and function. I don't really buy into the rebrand.
- makomk 11y agoRecent releases of Opera are just a reskinned version of Chrome. This is exactly them adopting a single competitor's ecosystem, it's just that Opera did the same thing even more completely a while ago.
- superkuh 11y agoThat's true. But that isn't what most users care about regarding this change. Just look at these comment threads: users care about the power-user extensions being forced out. There's a definite drop of support. Firefox is dropping the add-ons that made it special. The title now is just spin.