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Mozilla to replace add-ons with Chrome compatible extensions
TaoPhoenix:
And yes, with the spinoffs of FF, the Add-On API's and so on have been there forever. Will developers have to now produce *two* versions of each add-ons, with different backbones? Some of the small hobbyist add-on devs simply will collapse and retire their add-on!
-TaoPhoenix (September 05, 2015, 12:22 PM)
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Why would they have to create two versions? This seems like it would just need one.
For some time we’ve heard from add-on developers that our APIs could be better documented and easier to use. In addition, we’ve noticed that many Firefox add-on developers also maintain a Chrome, Safari, or Opera extension with similar functionality. We would like add-on development to be more like Web development: the same code should run in multiple browsers according to behavior set by standards, with comprehensive documentation available from multiple vendors.
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That doesn't say what you're inferring.
-wraith808 (September 05, 2015, 12:36 PM)
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Well, this is why I'm thrashing a little. So I'm guessing "Firefox Main Branch" will use the new API. What about Pale Moon? And what about Comodo IceDragon that's forked off FF 38.x?
wraith808:
And yes, with the spinoffs of FF, the Add-On API's and so on have been there forever. Will developers have to now produce *two* versions of each add-ons, with different backbones? Some of the small hobbyist add-on devs simply will collapse and retire their add-on!
-TaoPhoenix (September 05, 2015, 12:22 PM)
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Why would they have to create two versions? This seems like it would just need one.
For some time we’ve heard from add-on developers that our APIs could be better documented and easier to use. In addition, we’ve noticed that many Firefox add-on developers also maintain a Chrome, Safari, or Opera extension with similar functionality. We would like add-on development to be more like Web development: the same code should run in multiple browsers according to behavior set by standards, with comprehensive documentation available from multiple vendors.
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That doesn't say what you're inferring.
-wraith808 (September 05, 2015, 12:36 PM)
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Well, this is why I'm thrashing a little. So I'm guessing "Firefox Main Branch" will use the new API. What about Pale Moon? And what about Comodo IceDragon that's forked off FF 38.x?
-TaoPhoenix (September 05, 2015, 12:42 PM)
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They'd choose whether to integrate it, I'd suppose. But that would be their choice.
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