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What happens when two extensions try to place a widget in the same location? Chaos. Not that the status quo is any better.

Interestingly, Firefox's sidebar API only allows a single sidebar to be shown.




I still don't get it. What problem they're trying to avoid?

It's exactly the same if two extensions would currently try to manipulate the page by adding a frame (or, worse, a <div> with non-isolated UI) to the same location.

The only difference is, with out-of-page widgets (e.g. overlay regions or popouts), they won't be visible in the page's DOM.


My understanding is that if they do implement an API, they want it to be better than the status quo, not the same.




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