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Microsoft Edge extensions now available to preview
- onedognight 11y agoDoes this mean the Chrome version of uBlock Origin works in Edge now?
- nailer 11y agoOpen the crx, `var chrome = msBrowser` and yes.
- nailer 11y agoThis is awesome: you can now run (the same API as) Chrome extensions on Firefox and Edge. manifest.json, window messaging, background apps, etc.
- _ZeD_ 11y agojust to be sure... what is the difference (featurity-wise) between the '90s browser plugins and the 201X's extensions?
- csixty4 11y agoBrowser plugins are/were native code. Today's browser extensions are JavaScript run in the context of a web page, and which declare the permissions they need to run.
- _ZeD_ 11y agoI know the "tecnicism" (hell, I have written a pair of plugins and a pair of firefox extensions). But from the "features" point of view, is there something I can do sorely with a plugin? (I think about direct filesystem access or the likes)
- csixty4 11y agoI think it's more about safety, what extensions can't do. If native code escapes the sandbox, game over. If JavaScript runs amok, it's a lot harder for it to do anything dangerous. Browser vendors have learned a lot from all those Flash vulnerabilities.
- jug 11y agoThey must have been hard at work for the Chrome extensions to work seamlessly, because Chrome's extension API's are so extensive these days. I wonder if they actually support them all? The public info is still pretty scarce.