3 ms·

Are there any tools for building cross-browser extensions? What would be really useful is a tool that can help you build a Chrome extension, Firefox extension,

by j_baker 13y ago

Are there any tools for building cross-browser extensions? What would be really useful is a tool that can help you build a Chrome extension, Firefox extension, and Safari Extension.

deleted 13y ago
[deleted]
valinor4 13y ago
http://crossrider.com/ http://crossrider.com/
Tobu 13y ago
Chromium installs Greasemonkey userscripts as normal extensions (minus update support). This tool turns them into XPIs: https://arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler.php https://arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler.php
sgrove 13y ago
Trigger.io released their cross-browser extension builder as an open-source project[1] a bit ago. And we've been using it from before it was open source, and we love it. Saves a ton of time, highly recommended. [1] https://github.com/trigger-corp/browser-extensions https://github.com/trigger-corp/browser-extensions
eliben 13y ago
Genuinely curious: when you want a "cross-browser extension", why wouldn't a web-app do? Isn't an extension specifically something that requires non-standard browser APIs and hence can't be made part of a website?
- hayksaakian 13y ago
  some extensions allow you to hook into browser chrome. while the actual work of the extension may be done in a web app, extensions get more access to the interface of a browser than a normal web app example: the Buffer extension could probably just be a button that simply loads a JS file from their servers that does all the real work. WIthout being an extension, you wouldn't have the convenience of having the button on every page you view.
- garthdog 13y ago
  Extensions can augment other websites' functionality, e.g. using "Missing E" for making Tumblr suck less.
jacobr 13y ago
Hopefully, Navigator Extensions, NEX, will take off. http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2013/07/30/introducing-nex http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2013/07/30/introducing-nex

by j_baker 13y ago

Are there any tools for building cross-browser extensions? What would be really useful is a tool that can help you build a Chrome extension, Firefox extension, and Safari Extension.

deleted 13y ago

[deleted]

valinor4 13y ago

http://crossrider.com/ http://crossrider.com/

Tobu 13y ago

Chromium installs Greasemonkey userscripts as normal extensions (minus update support). This tool turns them into XPIs: https://arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler.php https://arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler.php

sgrove 13y ago

Trigger.io released their cross-browser extension builder as an open-source project[1] a bit ago. And we've been using it from before it was open source, and we love it. Saves a ton of time, highly recommended. [1] https://github.com/trigger-corp/browser-extensions https://github.com/trigger-corp/browser-extensions

eliben 13y ago

Genuinely curious: when you want a "cross-browser extension", why wouldn't a web-app do? Isn't an extension specifically something that requires non-standard browser APIs and hence can't be made part of a website?

hayksaakian 13y ago
some extensions allow you to hook into browser chrome. while the actual work of the extension may be done in a web app, extensions get more access to the interface of a browser than a normal web app example: the Buffer extension could probably just be a button that simply loads a JS file from their servers that does all the real work. WIthout being an extension, you wouldn't have the convenience of having the button on every page you view.
garthdog 13y ago
Extensions can augment other websites' functionality, e.g. using "Missing E" for making Tumblr suck less.

jacobr 13y ago

Hopefully, Navigator Extensions, NEX, will take off. http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2013/07/30/introducing-nex http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2013/07/30/introducing-nex