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Re: [tor-bugs] #17248 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Investigate new WebExtensions API requirements for our extensions

#17248: Investigate new WebExtensions API requirements for our extensions
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  task                      |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201512      |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:13 mcs]:
 > Replying to [comment:12 tom]:
 > > I think that https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-
 ons/WebExtensions/API/Runtime/connectNative might be a workable solution
 to this one. Obviously it would require the other side (Tor's control
 port) to change.
 >
 > I think we should leave tor unchanged and instead think about splitting
 Tor Launcher into a WebExtensions (JavaScript) part and a compiled (Go?)
 "shim." Communication between the two pieces would be via Native messaging
 (aka connectNative). Kathy and I did something similar for a Chrome
 extension that we wrote several years ago (a non-Tor project). It worked
 pretty well. Obviously we will need to define our own protocol between the
 JS code and the compiled code.

 Keep in mind that we need this to work on mobile as well. While I don't
 worry about the JS part I am not sure about the shim. That said we are
 probably going to get money for Tor Browser on mobile and one of my secret
 hopes was to get a mobile version of Tor Launcher with it that we then can
 use on desktop too.

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