Re:Browser Extensions Standard
by Ajedi32 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @09:47AM
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That's because Firefox's new WebExtensions API is based off Chrome's, not because of any formal standard.
This standard seems to be intended to formalize a lot of the stuff Chrome does so that other browsers can follow a common _standard_ instead of just being stuck imitating what Chrome does.
This standard seems to be intended to formalize a lot of the stuff Chrome does so that other browsers can follow a common _standard_ instead of just being stuck imitating what Chrome does.