Reviews for ContextSearch web-ext
ContextSearch web-ext by Mike B
Review by Tawn
Rated 5 out of 5
by Tawn, 6 years agoThis extension has a very unexpected side-effect! Viewing a website's code via Fx developer tools (but not 'View Page Source') shows code added by ContextSearch. That makes website development difficult. A lot of head-scratching before locating the cause of the bizarre looking stuff that I didn't put there. Disable ContextSearch web-ext and it disappears. Switched back to ContextSearch web-ext Lite.
Update: Did not occur with the lite version. Emailed author, and quickly fixed in 1.9.5. Addon has a ton of options; I use only the added context menu search items. If you encounter this issue in 1.9.5, try turning off some options.
The ability to import one-click search engines from Firefox makes setup a breeze. I really like this ext as long as it doesn't interfere with my web dev.
Update: Did not occur with the lite version. Emailed author, and quickly fixed in 1.9.5. Addon has a ton of options; I use only the added context menu search items. If you encounter this issue in 1.9.5, try turning off some options.
The ability to import one-click search engines from Firefox makes setup a breeze. I really like this ext as long as it doesn't interfere with my web dev.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoWhat you're seeing is called a content script, and it's how addons using the new webextensions API interact with web pages and provide a user interface. It's not a bug or some malicious code.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Content_scripts
The Lite version is going to do the same thing but it's been depreciated and no longer receiving updates so I wouldn't recommend using it.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Content_scripts
The Lite version is going to do the same thing but it's been depreciated and no longer receiving updates so I wouldn't recommend using it.