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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by oblio on Saturday February 18, 2017 @12:00PM (#13675491)
Can Chrome do this: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tab-center/?
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by icebraining on Saturday February 18, 2017 @12:34PM (#13675654)
That doesn't use the new model. This is the WebExtension version of TabCenter: https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/tree/webext
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by temgo on Saturday February 18, 2017 @12:06PM (#13675530)
That add-on won't run on ff57, either.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by kibwen on Saturday February 18, 2017 @12:27PM (#13675626)
Mozilla's test pilot projects there serve to prototype proposed extension APIs. It's there to inform the design of what hooks are needed to make such an addon possible, so that it will still be possible in a world with only WebExtensions.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by icebraining on Saturday February 18, 2017 @04:32PM (#13676806)
Are the APIs required to make TabCenter as a WebExtension guaranteed to work on FF 57? If not, temgo is still right, no? At least an argument could be made that the elimination of XUL should only happen when the current experiments can actually be implemented using the new model.
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