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Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-ons? (yoric.github.io)
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An old article but provides a detailed view on the choice of removing the old XUL addons

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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

TIL.

Thanks for sharing!

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By design, WebExtensions is more limited than the promiscuous extension mechanism. By design, it also works better. Most of the Firefox development tax has disappeared, as only the WebExtensions API needs to be protected, rather than the entire code of Firefox. Most of the maintenance tax has disappeared, as the WebExtensions API are stable (there have unfortunately been a few exceptions). It is also much simpler to use, lets add-on developers share code between Firefox and Chromium add-ons and should eventually make it easier to write extensions that work flawlessly on Desktop and Mobile.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

With uBlock Origin and many other extensions working (almost) flawlessly on mobile, I'd say they were spot on. Almost, because some aren't comfortable to use because they aren't made with touch and small a screen in mind.