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Re:Firefox 8.0 is Released by keeperofdakeys on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @04:07PM (#3212810)
As of Firefox 4.0, there is an extension api that is both version-less and allows restarting extensions without restarting the browser. Especially with Firefox's new release schedule, more extension developers should probably make the effort to start using it.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extensions/Bootstrapped_ext...

Re:Firefox 8.0 is Released by jusob on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @05:41PM (#3213210)
Unfortunately, there is little documentation. I have looked into adding this for my extensions, and didn't manage to do it. Same documentation issues I had when I first started to port my extensions for Firefox to Fennec: pieces of documentations here and there, but nothing that clearly explains the differences between the 2 platforms.

That said, their extension framework is by far the most powerful of all browsers.