Web Extensions Work on AMO?

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Web Extensions Work on AMO?

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I replaced FireGestures with Foxy Gestures after legacy extensions were disabled. But, Foxy Gestures doesn't seem to work on addons.mozilla.org. Are they blocking web extensions from being able to be used on mozilla properties?
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Re: The Official 20170816 builds are not yet out

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On AMO it's blocked, yes.
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Re: The Official 20170816 builds are not yet out

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smsmith wrote:I replaced FireGestures with Foxy Gestures after legacy extensions were disabled. But, Foxy Gestures doesn't seem to work on addons.mozilla.org. Are they blocking web extensions from being able to be used on mozilla properties?
Specifically on AMO, yes. It's an extension of the attempts to ensure that addons are vetted and trusted, by not letting addons mess with the pages that users have to use to get said trusted addons.

It does get frustrating at times. I thought a gestures addon was completely broken because I was trying to test it on the page I'd installed it from, and it didn't work. However I can see why they'd want to be completely sure that an addon can't fake something on an AMO page.
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Re: The Official 20170816 builds are not yet out

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Why why does web-ext work without such restrictions at banks and shopping sites? :?:

Are AMO and about: important than banks and shopping sites? :?:
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dsmith wrote:
smsmith wrote:I replaced FireGestures with Foxy Gestures after legacy extensions were disabled. But, Foxy Gestures doesn't seem to work on addons.mozilla.org. Are they blocking web extensions from being able to be used on mozilla properties?
Specifically on AMO, yes. It's an extension of the attempts to ensure that addons are vetted and trusted, by not letting addons mess with the pages that users have to use to get said trusted addons.
It does get frustrating at times. I thought a gestures addon was completely broken because I was trying to test it on the page I'd installed it from, and it didn't work. However I can see why they'd want to be completely sure that an addon can't fake something on an AMO
Unfortunately if the software/authors know better what I want or need then it's no software for me :( It's utterly inconvenient on AMO as well as all internal pages ](*,) But Chrome knows better I suppose :>
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dsmith wrote:
smsmith wrote:I replaced FireGestures with Foxy Gestures after legacy extensions were disabled. But, Foxy Gestures doesn't seem to work on addons.mozilla.org. Are they blocking web extensions from being able to be used on mozilla properties?
Specifically on AMO, yes. It's an extension of the attempts to ensure that addons are vetted and trusted, by not letting addons mess with the pages that users have to use to get said trusted addons.

It does get frustrating at times. I thought a gestures addon was completely broken because I was trying to test it on the page I'd installed it from, and it didn't work. However I can see why they'd want to be completely sure that an addon can't fake something on an AMO page.
Hrm, yes. I see your point. Like you, I was testing the extension on the install page and couldn't figure out why the scroll down gesture wasn't working.
Alice0775 wrote:Why why does web-ext work without such restrictions at banks and shopping sites? :?:

Are AMO and about: important than banks and shopping sites? :?:
Good point.
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Re: Web Extensions Work on AMO?

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same for chrome(ium) - on internal and google sites not all extensions are working, and if - in a very limited way. i assume this as normal and i think mozilla has announced this.

banks - ofc, why not disabled, i wont care. for shopping i like to have a filter, not all shops are ad clean. and i some cases i would filter from me trusted shops because of flickering ads or more crap i wont read or been treated.
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