Tag: firefox-addon-webextensions

Does loading a webextension’s background.js script impact performance, even if the script’s contents are minimal?

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When installing a webextension, does the mere existence of a background.js file negatively impact performance* at all, considering that it is a separate javascript file that must be loaded? For most practical cases one could assume the answer is “pretty much No,” but in the case of an older comput…

BlockingResponse in Firefox extension

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I’m attempting to redirect a user in a Firefox extension like so: I’ve added webRequest and webRequestBlocking permissions in the manifest. In the debugger, I see that I am reaching the return statement with the redirectUrl correctly set, but the webpage does not redirect. I would assume this shou…