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> You can imagine the dependency hell and security risks; it's not desirable to duplicate that. I really disagree with the 'security risk' angle: it's my brows
by eadmund 9y ago
> You can imagine the dependency hell and security risks; it's not desirable to duplicate that.
I really disagree with the 'security risk' angle: it's my browser, and I've chosen to install the extension. That extension executes with my authority. Crippling what extensions can do because one doesn't trust me to run software on my machine is just crazy.
- detaro 9y agoIt's not crazy, it's what you do when you make software that's intended for lay users and is a big target for criminal activity. Us "power users" are not the people that are the primary concern.
- Amezarak 9y agoSo what browser is made for power users now? That did used to be Firefox - Firefox became so popular because it strongly appealed to power users, who then evangelized it to friends and family. Over the years, Mozilla has increasingly targeted the mass market. That's well and good, though I don't know how they can compete with being the default browser (Safari, IE, Edge, Chrome) or with massive advertising and heavy pushing on Google's homepage or in auto-installers like Chrome, no matter how good they make the browser. But what happens to power users now?