Aaron Klotz: Legacy extensions are like kernel modules
Pontifications
- In Legacy Firefox Extensions and “Userspace”, Aaron Klotz writes:
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Legacy extensions were akin to kernel modules. When there is no abstraction, there can be no such thing as userspace. This is precisely the problem that WebExtensions solves!
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* Gecko is the kernel;
* WebExtensions are privileged user applications;
* Web content runs as unprivileged user applications.
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