<h1 id="heading-what-is-a-browser-extension">What is a Browser Extension</h1>
<p>A browser extension<sup id="1"><a class="post-section-overview" href="#ft1">1</a></sup> is a small software module for customizing a web browser. Browsers typically allow a variety of extensions, including user interface modifications, cookie management, ad blocking, and the custom scripting and styling of web pages.</p>
<h1 id="heading-technologies-used-to-create-browser-extension">Technologies used to create Browser Extension</h1>
<p>It's created using familiar web-based technologies — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It can take advantage of the same web APIs as JavaScript on a web page, but an extension also has access to its own set of JavaScript APIs. This means that you can do a lot more in an extension<sup id="2"><a class="post-section-overview" href="#ft2">2</a></sup> than you can with code in a web page.</p>
<h1 id="heading-uses-of-browser-extension">Uses of Browser Extension</h1>
<p>Some uses of using Browser Extensions are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enhance or complement a website</li>
<li>Let users show their personality</li>
<li>Add or remove content from web pages</li>
<li>Add tools and new browsing features</li>
<li>Add development tools</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="heading-references">References</h1>
<p>1: <span id="ft1"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_extension">Wiki</a>. <a class="post-section-overview" href="#1">↩</a></p>
<p>2: <span id="ft2"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/What_are_WebExtensions">Browser Extensions</a>. <a class="post-section-overview" href="#2">↩</a></p>


# What is a Browser Extension

A browser extension<sup id="1">[1](#ft1)</sup> is a small software module for customizing a web browser. Browsers typically allow a variety of extensions, including user interface modifications, cookie management, ad blocking, and the custom scripting and styling of web pages.

# Technologies used to create Browser Extension

It's created using familiar web-based technologies — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It can take advantage of the same web APIs as JavaScript on a web page, but an extension also has access to its own set of JavaScript APIs. This means that you can do a lot more in an extension<sup id="2">[2](#ft2)</sup> than you can with code in a web page.

# Uses of Browser Extension

Some uses of using Browser Extensions are:

- Enhance or complement a website
- Let users show their personality
- Add or remove content from web pages
- Add tools and new browsing features
- Add development tools

# References

1: <span id="ft1"></span> [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_extension). [↩](#1)

2: <span id="ft2"></span> [Browser Extensions](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/What_are_WebExtensions). [↩](#2)





Unleash the browser's third eye

Introduction to Browser Extensions

Introduction to Browser Extensions

Unleash the browser's third eye

Table of contents

What is a Browser Extension

Technologies used to create Browser Extension

Uses of Browser Extension

References