Rob Wu has released Extension Source Viewer, a Firefox add-on which allows viewing the source code of Chrome and Firefox browser extensions before installing them. If that sounds familiar it’s because Wu is also the developer of Chrome Extension Viewer, which also now supports both Chrome and Firefox extensions. Both add-ons work in much the same way. Visit an extension’s chrome.store.com or addons.mozilla.org home, click the crx icon and you’ll get a "download as zip" or "view" option. The Viewer displays a simple list of everything in the source, including HTML, JS, CSS and image files, and clicking any of… [Continue Reading]