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Sending Messages to Extensions

Category

Miscellaneous

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 29)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Expose a Chrome-specific API to allow websites to send messages to extensions. Only exposed to websites whitelisted by an installed extension.

Standards & signals

• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: http://crbug.com/55316

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