Language Support for Extensible Web Browsers
Abstract
Web browsers are sophisticated and crucial programs, and millions of users extend their browsers to customize their browsing experience. In this paper we argue the position that such extensions themselves constitute an important facet of web applications and one that is in need of serious programming-language research attention. We illustrate this position by contrasting the extension mechanisms of the two predominant extensible browsers, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, and highlighting their weaknesses. We then describe very preliminary work that addresses these shortcomings.
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Northeastern University
Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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Boston, MA 02115
