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Why port your Firefox add-on to IE?

 

Published 12/11/2008 at The Register

Microsoft: Your competitors won't bother Add-on-Con Is there a good reason to build a browser add-on for Internet Explorer as well as Firefox? Yes, says Microsoft IE evangelist Joshua Allen. Building an add-on for IE is so difficult, he explains, your browser app competitors won't even bother.… (link)

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