Interviewed by CNN on 07/07/2011 21:23, JeffM told the world: > ...then there is Google included an actual API for extensions > in their Chrome Browser. > http://google.com/search?tbs=dfn:1&q=application-programming-interface > > Creators of extensions for that browser > are always writing to that backwards-compatible layer > and not having to constantly re-invent the wheel.
I'm not a programmer myself, so I can't really argue the technical details. But I have seen actual extension programmers coming on record to say that the Chrome extension API is far less powerful than the Mozilla framework, and that some extensions are plain impossible to port to Chrome due to lack of needed API features. Stability has a price too. In Chrome's case, that price is limited functionality. Look at the pitiful substitutes for DownThemAll available for Chrome, for instance. Moving to Chrome and losing that functionality, for me, would be a form of masochism. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my mimeograph. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.1 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
