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'''If you are looking for documentation on how to develop a WebExtension add-on with Firefox, [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions please checkout MDN].'''
This page is an introduction to Mozilla's implementation of WebExtensions, a new browser extension API. The goals of this API are:
* Porting add-ons to and from other browsers should be easier.
* WebExtensions should maintain acceptable security and privacy standards.
Much of the specifics of the new API are similar to the Blink extension API. Google has [https://developer.chrome.com/extensions extensive documentation on the API]. [https://dev.opera.com/extensions/ So does Opera]. But the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions Firefox docs on MDN] are the best.
'''Please note:''' we are going with the name WebExtensions because it can be used in search engines, not Web Extensions (with a space) which is almost impossible to search.
