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		vdfs on Aug 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Little Rat – Chrome extension monitors ne... In most cases, just adding "var chrome = browser;" to the top of each js files would make it work for firefox, which is just a copy of Chrome Extension APIs with slight changes

judge2020 on Aug 14, 2023 | [–]

According to mdn[0], Firefox does not support onRuleMatchedDebug so just importing the code likely won't work.

0: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...

lapcat on Aug 14, 2023 | [–]

Firefox add-ons actually recognize the "chrome" keyword.

weaksauce on Aug 14, 2023 | [–]

they actually have a js polyfill that lets you use promise based `browser` keyword in chrome too.

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