Google, Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft announced that they will work together to 'standardize browser extensions' to realize 'common specifications for extensions' such as Chrome and Firefox.
On June 4, 2021, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple announced that they have launched the 'Web Extensions Community Group (WECG)', a community group that aims to standardize browser extensions and improve performance.
Forming the WebExtensions Community Group | WebExtensions Community Group
Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla work together on better browser extensions
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WECG will start from the establishment of specifications using the existing extension model and API in Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Safari as the board. A future goal is to define a common core of features, APIs, and permissions, in addition to a consistent model, to facilitate the development of extensions, and to outline a safer and less exploitable architecture. So, this work is based on design principles that match both W3C TAG and HTML, such as user-centered, compatibility, performance, security, privacy, portability, maintainability, and clear behavior.
However, WECG does not modify all aspects of existing platforms and implementations, and it does not cover the signing and distribution of extensions, so each browser vendor will extend it based on its own screening criteria and editorial policy. The function distribution platform will be operated independently.
WECG is chaired by browser extension developers Timothy Hatcher and Google Simeon Vincent, with participation from Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Apple, and other browser makers of interest. We have announced that we welcome the participation of developers and others.
From before, the extension API ' WebExtensions API ' that enables implementation common to all browsers has been developed and adopted in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc., but standardization in extension development has not been achieved. The WECG team said, 'In the last few years, multiple browsers have adopted compatible extensions, so browsers and other stakeholders can work together to find ways to develop a common extension platform. I'm excited about it. '
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