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The decline of XUL started around 2009. I spent months building a very complex app around XULRunner only to find out that Mozilla had no interest to support the
by _pdp_ 10y ago
The decline of XUL started around 2009. I spent months building a very complex app around XULRunner only to find out that Mozilla had no interest to support the technology in the future.
So I decided to leave the platform and put my efforts on native and web and frankly it was a good decision.
The WebExtensions API is no match to XUL and XPCOM but I only hope that now that we have Mozilla behind the technology we will see further API improvements.
- vdfs 10y agoGoogle is behind WebExtensions API (aka Chrome Extension API) Mozilla is behind XUL/XPCOM and look were we are now ;)
- sudshekhar 10y ago> I decided to leave the platform and put my efforts on native and web For the sake of curiosity, did you create extensions as side-projects/startup ideas? Do people pay for extensions or are we talking about patreon funds here (Or startups like pocket whose extensions are ways to get more crowds).
- _pdp_ 10y agoIt was a desktop app that was based on top of XULRunner and yes it was for profit and people payed for it. I have no experience with selling extensions but I would imagine it is a very hard market to crack unless it is targeted towards enterprise customers. Based on my experience, I can only advise not to base your entire business model on browser extensions as you will become dependent on platform moves (again unless enterprise).