Microsoft Working on Tool to Port Chrome Extensions to Edge

Earlier this week, Microsoft released a new Windows 10 build for Insiders that, among other things, brings support for extensions to Microsoft Edge. There aren't many extensions to play with currently, but a Microsoft engineer says the company is working on a tool to allow developers to bring their Chrome extensions to its store. "Lots of questions on this," tweeted Jacob Rossi. "Yes we're working on a porting tool to run Chrome extensions in Edge. Not yet finished and not all APIs supported."

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Re:Bootstrap Desperation

[gstoddart]

Microsoft seems to be trying to co-opt every other platform

I'd say they're more trying to leverage other platforms to mask their own screw-ups ... because they can't seem to figure out what is successful or people actually want, so they're trying to get the things which work onto their own platform so people will stop saying "why would I need your crap?"

I find it pretty sad that a company who has had so much market dominance for so many years, spends billions on research, finds themselves floundering around trying to make their stuff look relevant by simply trying to get stuff which people actually like to run on their platform.

No, scratch that, I don't find it sad it all ... I find it pathetic and hilarious. Because they clearly find themselves in a situation in which all of their "innovation" is shit nobody gives a damn about ... yes, congratulations, you have recycled the same failed Active Desktop crap on yet another operating system, and taken away Solitaire.

That's some cutting edge shit right there.