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Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons?
TL;DR: Firefox used to have a great extension mechanism based on the XUL and XPCOM. This mechanism served us well for a long time. However, it came at an ever-growing cost in terms of maintenance for both Firefox developers and add-on developers. On one side, this growing cost progressively killed any effort to make…
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Web & FrontendHistory & Retro Computing2020
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Aug 21, 2020 | Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons? by est31 | 399 | 336 |
| Feb 10, 2023 | Why did Mozilla remove XUL add-ons? (2020) by imiric | 111 | 103 |
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