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Re:uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions by agrahul on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:14AM (#14977499)
Yeah, that specific case wasn't fixed; it appears that Mozilla doesn't intend to let addons run on `about:`. However, they did make `about:` respect DNT by disabling GA.

WebExtensions currently fall short when it comes to any addon that modifies the UI significantly (tree-style tabs etc), though it's been mentioned in some other comments here that they're talking to addon devs to extend the API where possible.

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Re:uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions by snakeanus on Thursday August 10, 2017 @09:02AM (#14979174)
> However, they did make `about:` respect DNT by disabling GA.

The irony is that since most people have DNT disabled having it enabled would make it easier for you to be tracked.

> it appears that Mozilla doesn't intend to let addons run on `about:`.

Why is that?

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