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The docs @ Mozilla refer to the "WebExtensions" API, as if it was a standard. Google get's me nothing though, except the Chrome API and Operas copy thereof. S
by the_duke 10y ago
The docs @ Mozilla refer to the "WebExtensions" API, as if it was a standard.
Google get's me nothing though, except the Chrome API and Operas copy thereof.
So Mozilla basically just said: "Let's just copy the Chrome APIs. Done"
Don't get me wrong, I've written some Chrome extensions, and I think the API is mostly pretty great.
But wouldn't an actual standard be appropriate?
- rhelmer 10y agoStandardization would be a useful outcome, having multiple implementations shipping is a prerequisite as I understand it - it's something Mozilla could participate in, along with other interested browser vendors. There's a community group: https://www.w3.org/community/browserext/ https://www.w3.org/community/browserext/ but no WG yet as far as I can tell.