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> “ It’s also doubtful Mv3 will do much for security. Firefox maintains the largest extension market that’s not based on Chrome, and the company has said it wil
by davidhyde 5y ago
> “ It’s also doubtful Mv3 will do much for security. Firefox maintains the largest extension market that’s not based on Chrome, and the company has said it will adopt Mv3 in the interest of cross-browser compatibility.”
I don’t understand why Firefox needs to adopt Mv3 for “cross-browser compatibility”. Is this to save extension writers time and effort or is it a mistake in the article?
- sfink 5y agoThe former. Firefox tries to make it possible to port Chrome extensions to Firefox with minimal changes. Mv3 contains lots of new stuff beyond nerfing adblockers.