Opera plans continued support for classic extensions in the browser

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Opera Software released Opera One R2 this week. The new stable version of Opera comes with a large number of new features and changes.

This includes the new dynamic themes feature, tab splitting and recent tab highlighting, more AI functionality, and something that is easily overlooked in the long post on the Opera Software website: continued support for Manifest V2 extensions.

Here is what Opera says about extensions support: " In addition to that, Opera R2 will continue supporting Manifest V2 extensions, allowing you to continue using your favorite ad blocking and privacy-enhancing extensions just like before".

The post links to another one on the Opera website that provides additional details.



Opera plans to support Manifest V2 extensions independently of the development of Chromium, the source of Google Chrome and other browsers.

This means, that Opera users may continue to run and install Manifest V2 extensions, like uBlock Origin, in the web browser.

Now, the post is not very clear on the details. Opera Software mentions that it plans to contact extension developers to "determine the best and safest way forward".

Continued support would be remarkable at this point, as Google will remove code from Chromium next year. Up until then, policies exist to keep on using Manifest V2 extensions in Chromium-based browsers.

The removal of support of Manifest V2 has already started in Google Chrome for users who have not set the policies.

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