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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 br
by 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 agosome 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 agoExtensions can augment other websites' functionality, e.g. using "Missing E" for making Tumblr suck less.