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bitstream [soylentnews.org] writes:

This week Microsoft has released a Windows 10 build for Insiders [windows.com] that brings support for extensions in the web browser Edge. Currently there's few extensions but Jacob Rossi an engineer says they are working on tool to allow developers to port Chrome extensions to their store. Which will make it possible to run Chrome extensions in Edge [twitter.com]. It's currently not finished and not all APIs are supported.

It seems in line with attempting to co-opting other software ecosystems by attempts like trying get iOS apps to run on Windows 10 with "Islandwood" and Android apps with "Astoria". But this was dropped in favor of Xamarin [arstechnica.com] which were bought for 400-500 million USD on 2016-02-24.

Next week, Microsoft will work on a tool to port Edge extensions to Firefox? :P
Seems like a part of the octopus strategy to import values to the corporate ecosystem but not contributing anything back. Except for more ensnaring. The code quality also seems to be in line with their history.

function pageload(){ if( browser===Edge/IE ) alert("Non compliant browser upgrade please.."); }

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