There should be a way to allow extensions to execute only on specific websites like the Site access option in Edge does, this improves extensions usability and may also enhance privacy.
This is a must-have feature, even for Manifest v2 since we can't expect extension authors to want to move to v3. Please weigh the immense security protection this will provide.
it's even more concerning seeing how extensions we need to run on all pages can't do that (mouse gestures really need to run on absolutely all pages! come on!) and ones we'd like to limit we can't limit
This is definitely one of the biggest features that I routinely feel like I am missing out on by choosing to use Firefox versus other browsers (Chrome). I tend to use certain add-ons that improve my experience on certain sites, but there is no need for them to have access to all of my site data. Having to open up my add-ons tab every time to disable / enable them is also extremely annoying. It'd be great if this feature could be added soon- and it seems like it has been in consideration / development for a while now!
I'm sad to see this wasn't implemented, Firefox is such a flexible browser that lets you do whatever you want compared to the others, I was surprised it didn't have this feature already.
This would be very useful to be able to have extensions only affect what you want, for example to have an adblocker work on a specific website without having to whitelist the rest of the internet.
I'm sad to see this wasn't implemented, Firefox is such a flexible browser that lets you do whatever you want compared to the others, I was surprised it didn't have this feature already.
This would be very useful to be able to have extensions only affect what you want, for example to have an adblocker work on a specific website without having to whitelist the rest of the internet.
I use a legacy extension that no longer receives (security) updates. I only need that extension for 2-3 specific websites. It would enhance the security (and privacy) of my Firefox usage significantly to be able to lock that extension down.
Lack of this feature is the only reason why I don't use Firefox.
Often I see addons which request permissions for all websites for no good reason, even though they are designed to work on one specific website only.
For example: Why does adblocker and 9 other plugins I use need to run on all websites even when I use gmail or login to bank account? Lack of this feature is huge security risk.
On sites with confidential data, allowing only explicitely chosen extensions is mandatory for security. It's incredible that this primary security feature was not present from start in Firefox !!!
Running extensions with global permissions for any site without any exception is incredibly dangerous. Wake up please...