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On 31 March 2018 at 10:18, Martin Vaeth <martin@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> Exceptions are only certain well-defined APIs which will presumably |
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> not change dramatically in future versions. |
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> For instance, there is a tab API, but essentially it is limited |
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> to basic things like searching/activating/closing/opening tabs etc: |
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> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Working_with_the_Tabs_API |
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> So no WebExtension will ever be able to offer tab functionality which |
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> goes beyond that. |
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Take a look at their bugzilla for bugs tracking a lot of new |
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functionality in the extension APIs that will come in future releases. |
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Especially around tabs, as many popular extensions did stuff with |
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tabs. |
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Personally I upgraded despite losing some stuff, but I think most of |
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it will return in some form at some point. |