On 31 March 2018 at 10:18, Martin Vaeth <mar...@mvath.de> wrote: > Exceptions are only certain well-defined APIs which will presumably > not change dramatically in future versions. > For instance, there is a tab API, but essentially it is limited > to basic things like searching/activating/closing/opening tabs etc: > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Working_with_the_Tabs_API > So no WebExtension will ever be able to offer tab functionality which > goes beyond that.
Take a look at their bugzilla for bugs tracking a lot of new functionality in the extension APIs that will come in future releases. Especially around tabs, as many popular extensions did stuff with tabs. Personally I upgraded despite losing some stuff, but I think most of it will return in some form at some point.
