Mozilla's WebExtensions APIs allow for cross-browser extensions in Chrome, Opera, Firefox and Edge


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Creating add-ons for multiple web browsers can be a nightmare for developers, but Mozilla wants to simplify things. By introducing WebExtensions APIs it is going to become much easier to make extensions that work in multiple web browsers with only minor changes.
 
Based on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the aim is to further standardize the APIs to make it even easier to share extensions between browsers. Mozilla is now pushing the technology in the hope that it will gain momentum and a growing following.
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This should be good news to the devs at Webroot. Having extensions that work across different browsers sounds like a real time-saver.

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