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Hau-Hau / firefox-tab-suspender

A Firefox extension that automatic suspend tabs and saves memory

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Explain new permissions #1

Closed mynameisfiber closed 5 years ago

mynameisfiber commented 5 years ago

Hey... I love the extension! It seems like a recent update (https://github.com/Hau-Hau/firefox-tab-suspender/commit/394e23351ef0ee72bfdd8bba62ade07d79914f87) increased the number of permissions required. Could you explain what the new permissions are for and why they weren't needed before?

Hau-Hau commented 5 years ago

Hi mynameisfiber! New permission (/src/main/manifest.json, "") unfortunately is needed to desaturate favIcon image on discarded tabs.

For desaturate favIcon I'm forced to inject and execute small separated scripts module in each page that favIcon should be desaturated. You can check this process on your own in file src/main/background/js/library.js, functions jsChromeTabsDiscard -> processFavIconChange.

I assure you that I do not collect or acquire any data.

Best regards, Michalewicz Piotr