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sounds great, do you have plans to port it to Firefox? Does anyone know an equivalent that do the same thing on Firefox?

npace12 3y ago
Yeah, I'm going to try this shortly, will post an update.
- distortedsignal 3y ago
  Interesting. I'll be watching this. Thanks for the project!
- fjfuvucucuc 3y ago
  Waiting :)
  - npace12 3y ago
    update: so far not great... declarativeNetRequest.onRuleMatchedDebug is not available [1] Even though the docs say it's behind a flag [2], it's undefined. [1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1745773 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1745773 [2]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/declarativeNetRequest#testing https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...
- 123pie123 3y ago
  looking forward to this
  - username135 3y ago
    Same
vdfs 3y ago
In most cases, just adding "var chrome = browser;" to the top of each js files would make it work for firefox, which is just a copy of Chrome Extension APIs with slight changes
- lapcat 3y ago
  Firefox add-ons actually recognize the "chrome" keyword.
  - weaksauce 3y ago
    they actually have a js polyfill that lets you use promise based `browser` keyword in chrome too.
- judge2020 3y ago
  According to mdn[0], Firefox does not support onRuleMatchedDebug so just importing the code likely won't work. 0: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/declarativeNetRequest/onRuleMatchedDebug https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...
- deleted 3y ago
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krono 3y ago
I believe that these connections should also appear in the browser console[1], otherwise you could always log the traffic[2] or inspect/debug any individual extension[3]. You will be amazed at the obvious extension policy violations Mozilla is letting many of their "recommended" extensions get away with. [1]: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/browser_console/index.html https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/browse... [2]: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/networking/http/logging.html https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/networking/http/logg... [3]: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/about_colon_debugging/index.html#this-firefox https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/about_...
- Modified3019 3y ago
  Any notable offenders? Seems like something worth reporting.
  - krono 3y ago
    Listed some offences and offenders in another comment from last June: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35792605 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35792605 I've reported these and several other extensions again every time they were updated in great technical detail and through various official channels, but stopped bothering when about a year and several extension updates later nothing had changed.
    - Modified3019 3y ago
      Good to know, thank you. If you still happen to have the technical detail you sent off somewhere, that seems like it would be a great reference for starting to learn what to look for. Hell I'm sure HN would appreciate it as a submission (assuming it actually gets eyes and doesn't die in new) I hadn't really cared about this topic, because it adds yet more cognitive overhead and I was relying on mozilla to care. Seems this faith was misplaced.
      - krono 3y ago

npace12 3y ago

Yeah, I'm going to try this shortly, will post an update.

distortedsignal 3y ago
Interesting. I'll be watching this. Thanks for the project!
fjfuvucucuc 3y ago
Waiting :)
- npace12 3y ago
  update: so far not great... declarativeNetRequest.onRuleMatchedDebug is not available [1] Even though the docs say it's behind a flag [2], it's undefined. [1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1745773 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1745773 [2]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/declarativeNetRequest#testing https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...
123pie123 3y ago
looking forward to this
- username135 3y ago
  Same

vdfs 3y ago

In most cases, just adding "var chrome = browser;" to the top of each js files would make it work for firefox, which is just a copy of Chrome Extension APIs with slight changes

lapcat 3y ago
Firefox add-ons actually recognize the "chrome" keyword.
- weaksauce 3y ago
  they actually have a js polyfill that lets you use promise based `browser` keyword in chrome too.
judge2020 3y ago
According to mdn[0], Firefox does not support onRuleMatchedDebug so just importing the code likely won't work. 0: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/declarativeNetRequest/onRuleMatchedDebug https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...
deleted 3y ago
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krono 3y ago

I believe that these connections should also appear in the browser console[1], otherwise you could always log the traffic[2] or inspect/debug any individual extension[3]. You will be amazed at the obvious extension policy violations Mozilla is letting many of their "recommended" extensions get away with. [1]: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/browser_console/index.html https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/browse... [2]: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/networking/http/logging.html https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/networking/http/logg... [3]: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/about_colon_debugging/index.html#this-firefox https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/about_...

Modified3019 3y ago
Any notable offenders? Seems like something worth reporting.
- krono 3y ago
  Listed some offences and offenders in another comment from last June: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35792605 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35792605 I've reported these and several other extensions again every time they were updated in great technical detail and through various official channels, but stopped bothering when about a year and several extension updates later nothing had changed.
  - Modified3019 3y ago
    Good to know, thank you. If you still happen to have the technical detail you sent off somewhere, that seems like it would be a great reference for starting to learn what to look for. Hell I'm sure HN would appreciate it as a submission (assuming it actually gets eyes and doesn't die in new) I hadn't really cared about this topic, because it adds yet more cognitive overhead and I was relying on mozilla to care. Seems this faith was misplaced.
    - krono 3y ago