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But, with WebExtensions, authors can just say, “It is impossible due to the API limitations.” I think this is a very helpful and important change in WebExtensio
by Karunamon 9y ago
But, with WebExtensions, authors can just say, “It is impossible due to the API limitations.” I think this is a very helpful and important change in WebExtensions.
That was a punch in the gut. Now the intentional gimped-ness of the new API is being held up as a positive?
I want off this world.
- noisem4ker 9y agoThe whole article reads like a desperate PR piece.
- piro_or 9y agoThe interview article is mainly for addon developers, this is the reason of the answer for the question. In past days I was a "people pleaser" and I didn't say "no" from my frailty, then my old addon became too fat, and finally dead. I hope that addon authors publish long-living small addons instead of short-live too much addons. The sentence in the interview means that now there is a boundary of responsibility between addon and Firefox. If a feature request is impossible to be implemented due to API restrictions, it have to be solved by Firefox itself. Thus if I have strong motivation to implement a new feature requiring new API, I still file a proposal of new API, and I think other addon authors also should do it based on his demand.