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Firefox to gain support for Chrome add-ons… and lose support for legacy XUL plugins

Mozilla’s Firefox web browser has undergone some major changes in recent years. Support for unsigned extensions is being phased out. Tabs have moved to the top of the screen and settings menus hide behind a button on the right side of the screen. Overall Firefox looks a lot more like Chrome than it used to. […]

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Firefox 42 won’t support unsigned extensions

One of the things that makes Mozilla’s Firefox browser so powerful is its support for third-party add-ons and extensions that can change the look or behavior of the browser. But some extensions could also pose risks or hijack your browser. Earlier this year Mozilla announced plans to phase out support for unsigned extensions. Among other […]

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Google Chrome for Android: No plans for extension support

Google may be moving to tighten security of the Chrome web browser for Windows and Mac by making it tougher for users to install third-party extensions from sources other than the Chrome Web Store. But at least you can install extensions on those platforms. Chrome for Android doesn’t support extensions at all… and there’s a […]

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Google expands ban on Chrome extensions from outside the Web Store

Like many other web browsers, Google Chrome can work with third-party extensions that change the way the browser behaves under certain circumstances. Want to change every instance of the word “cloud” in a web page with the word “butt?” There’s an extension for that. There are plenty of other extensions available from the Chrome Web […]

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Google Chrome for Windows now blocks extension from outside the Web Store (for safety)

When Google first released the Chrome web browser one of the reasons it felt so fast was because of what it didn’t do: Unlike Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer, Chrome didn’t supports extensions or add-ons… at least not back in 2008. Over the past few years that’s changed and there are now hundreds of useful extensions […]

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Google Chrome 33 will disable extensions from outside the Web Store (Windows)

Google is getting ready to step up security in its Chrome web browser by preventing most Windows users from installing browser extensions unless they’re downloaded from the Chrome Web Store. We already knew the change was coming, but Google is going one step further and actually disabling extensions you’ve already installed if they’re not hosted […]

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Opera Mobile Android web browser gets extension support (experimental)

The Opera Mobile web browser for Google Android lets you surf the web with multiple browser tabs, arrange your favorite bookmarks on a “Speed Dial” home page, and sync your settings with the desktop version of the browser. Now you can also use extensions to add extra features to the web browser, thanks to an […]