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Interestingly it's a lock-in for Firefox users because extensions are not cross-browsers. I've heard people won't switch and those that did because Chrome exten
by Joakal 15y ago
Interestingly it's a lock-in for Firefox users because extensions are not cross-browsers. I've heard people won't switch and those that did because Chrome extensions mirrored some extensions, eg adblock.
Maybe Firefox could have some way to have a cross-browser extensions standard to prevent integration concerns?
- sapper2 15y agoDifficult. Basically Firefox XUL allows extensions to do everything that is not forbidden, while the Chrome allows only things that have an explicit API function for it.
- sid0 15y agoFirefox extensions have exactly the same amount of power as Firefox itself.
- sundarurfriend 15y agoThis is the main thing that's keeping me from using Chrome more often - apparently the extensions cannot modify the UI of the browser, which means I lose a lot of customizations. For eg., an extension like Tree Style Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...) is apparently not even possible.