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Big Changes From Mozilla Mean Firefox Will Get Chrome Extensions

Posted by timothy on from the can't-please-everyone-all-the-time dept.

Mozilla announced yesterday a few high-level changes to the way Firefox and Firefox extensions will be developed; among them, the introduction of "a new extension API, called WebExtensions—largely compatible with the model used by Chrome and Opera—to make it easier to develop extensions across multiple browsers." (Liliputing has a nice breakdown of the changes.) ZDNet reports that at the same time, "Mozilla will be deprecating XPCOM and XUL, the foundations of its extension system, and many Firefox developers are ticked off at these moves."

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  1. Didn't Like Eich by Kunedog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it's just me, but every time I see the current Mozilla make a decision, I'm so grateful they immediately ousted Brendan Eich (with his "proven technical and leadership background" bullshit) and appointed the former head of marketing as CEO instead.

  2. Re:Anyone using both Firefox and Chrome extensions by SeaFox · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... who can comment on the relative quality of the two sets?

    Are you talking about the two sets of browser extensions, or the two sets of comments that come from us having this dupe article?