Landing in 66: force opt-in to run extensions in private browsing

This is an FYI so you don't get surprised in the near future. The extensions API includes support for an "incognito" entry in the extension manifest where an extension may opt-out of running in private browsing windows. Chrome has since made that the default, and requires an opt-in by the use

Extension opt-in for Private Browsing: Fx 67

This Sunday, March 3, we will be landing a patch on Nightly to pref on the new extension opt-in for Private Browsing. This feature is currently desktop only. To avoid much rehash, here’s part of the prior intent email: “The extensions API includes support for an "incognito" entry in the ext

Re: Extension opt-in for Private Browsing: Fx 67

On 3/1/19 2:46 PM, Shane Caraveo wrote: > This Sunday, March 3, we will be landing a patch on Nightly to pref on > the new extension opt-in for Private Browsing. Landing the pref change will wait a day or so to discuss with product and address a couple issues with permanent private br

Preference name change for experimental addon development

This is an FYI for developers who develop experimental APIs. tl;dr In Firefox 74 you will need to use extensions.experiments.enabled instead of extensions.legacy.enabled. This should land soon in bug 1524327. What is this? This preference is used to enable to features for developers in Nigh