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What you’re gonna wanna know
Mozilla Firefox 109.0 started rolling out this week.
The shift to MV3 brings many improvements but is also controversial.
Timeline for migration from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3.
MV3 is the next generation of WebExtensions, which allows add-ons and extensions to work in browsers.
It was first introduced by Google in 2018.
Mozilla outlined the benefits of MV3 in ablog postas well as some of the drawbacks.
Timeline for migration from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3.
Ad blockers are among the most popular extensions on a wide range of browsers.
As highlighted byThe Verge, there are risks to Mozilla’s approach.
It’s not clear at this time when Manifest V2 support will end.
AChrome developer postincludes the timeline shown above and other details about the phasing out of MV2.
Cutoff dates for MV2 are marked as “TBD.”
We have a guide to help youget started with Edgeif you’re new to Microsoft’s web client.
