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Interesting they're saying "may": > Starting in June in Chrome 115, Chrome may run experiments to turn off support for Manifest V2 extensions in all channels,

Interesting they're saying "may": > Starting in June in Chrome 115, Chrome may run experiments to turn off support for Manifest V2 extensions in all channels, including stable channel. They're giving themselves wiggle room on this instead of saying they're just straight up going to turn it off (or even committing themselves to starting to phase it out at that point). Also, they're showing support for MV2 extensions through Jan 2024, as long as they're marked Private. That's huge — I'm considering scrapping our update for now and just waiting to see how this all unfolds until then. Most of our users come from our website, and I can just link them to Private instances of our extension in the Store. (Also, our extensions are fairly mature, and we can go a year without submitting an update.) I have no need to be Google's guinea pig as they sort out this mess!

2Gkashmiri 4y ago
firefox has a real good chance to make it back once again. all the chrome derivates wont be able to manage a fork on their own so they should jump ship and build on firefox. I have read about how firefox is PITA to build but we have stuff like waterfox that are a homebrew type setup so if they can do it, surely opera or brave with their VC funding and ad dollars can surely change the look and feel of firefox for their use. I also feel bad because the management of firefox has long since sold out to google so they WILL find a way to fuck this opportunity up. I am certain of it.
- gnicholas 4y ago
  This definitely feels like an opportunity for Orion, which manages to support Chrome extensions despite being built on Safari. I wonder if they can switch over to supporting installs from the Firefox addon store instead/in addition?
  - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
    that would be great for them imo.
  - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
    Orion supports Firefox and Chrome browser extensions natively. Whether you prefer getting them from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-Ons, your extensions are just a click away. from their website
    - gnicholas 4y ago
      Ah, super cool — I did not know that!
cyrusmg 4y ago
"January 2023: Chrome Web Store stops accepting updates to existing Manifest V2 extensions" https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/ https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/
- cyrusmg 4y ago
  It's now updated to January 2024

2Gkashmiri 4y ago

firefox has a real good chance to make it back once again. all the chrome derivates wont be able to manage a fork on their own so they should jump ship and build on firefox. I have read about how firefox is PITA to build but we have stuff like waterfox that are a homebrew type setup so if they can do it, surely opera or brave with their VC funding and ad dollars can surely change the look and feel of firefox for their use. I also feel bad because the management of firefox has long since sold out to google so they WILL find a way to fuck this opportunity up. I am certain of it.

gnicholas 4y ago
This definitely feels like an opportunity for Orion, which manages to support Chrome extensions despite being built on Safari. I wonder if they can switch over to supporting installs from the Firefox addon store instead/in addition?
- 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
  that would be great for them imo.
- 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
  Orion supports Firefox and Chrome browser extensions natively. Whether you prefer getting them from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-Ons, your extensions are just a click away. from their website
  - gnicholas 4y ago
    Ah, super cool — I did not know that!

cyrusmg 4y ago

"January 2023: Chrome Web Store stops accepting updates to existing Manifest V2 extensions" https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/ https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/

cyrusmg 4y ago
It's now updated to January 2024