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 computer with less processing power, and a browser that could have
Tag: firefox-addon-webextensions
BlockingResponse in Firefox extension
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 should redirect based upon the webRequest documentation, however the temporary extension does