Can a disabled extension skip its own uninstall URL? In Chrome, no — here's why
A disabled extension can't clear its uninstall URL (setUninstallURL) before removal — the service worker is already dead. Here's why, and the server-side fix.
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A disabled extension can't clear its uninstall URL (setUninstallURL) before removal — the service worker is already dead. Here's why, and the server-side fix.
Chrome added a native, promise-based browser.* namespace in 148. Across the 235,887 Chrome extensions we track, here's what it changes — and what to do.
A Goethe University study found MV3 ad blockers match MV2 effectiveness. Here's what declarativeNetRequest means for developers building content filters.
WXT, Plasmo, CRXJS, Extension.js, and Bedframe — five browser extension frameworks compared by build time, bundle size, and maintenance health in 2026.
Mozilla now requires all Firefox extensions to declare data collection in manifest.json. Here's exactly how to implement data_collection_permissions correctly.