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Browser 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
by csixty4 11y ago
Browser 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.