Firefox扩展和Firefox附加组件有什么区别？

Question

术语"扩展"和"附加组件"似乎是可以互换的,但我看到人们似乎用"扩展"与"附加组件"来表示不同的事情.

清晰吗？

Answer 1

Add-ons are installable enhancements to the Mozilla Foundation's projects (and compatible variants such as Portable Firefox). Add-ons allow the user to add or augment application features, use themes to his or her liking, and handle new types of content.

Extensions can be used to modify the behavior of existing features to the application or add entirely new features. Extensions are especially popular with Firefox, because Mozilla developers intend for the browser to be a fairly minimalistic application in order to reduce software bloat and bugs, while retaining a high degree of extensibility, so that individual users can add the features that they prefer.

Reading Add-on (Mozilla) may help

Answer 2

In this context, extensions are a subset of addons.

So addons are an umbrella term for extensions, themes, dictionaries etc.

Answer 3

以下是Firefox附加组件FAQ的引用:

有哪些不同类型的附加组件？

有几种附加组件可以以不同的方式自定义Firefox:

• 扩展程序为Firefox添加新功能或修改现有功能.有一些扩展程序允许您阻止广告,从网站下载视频,与社交网站更紧密地集成,以及添加您在其他应用程序中看到的功能.
• 完整主题会更改Firefox的整个外观,通常包括图标,颜色,对话框和其他视觉样式.
• 主题是轻量级主题,使用背景图像来自定义Firefox工具栏.
• 搜索提供商会在搜索框下拉列表中添加其他选项.这些提供商允许您快速搜索任何网站.
• 词典和语言包为Firefox添加了对其他语言的支持.
• 插件可帮助Firefox显示或了解不同类型的媒体,例如Adobe Flash或Apple Quicktime.