Thank you for your comment. I have already responded to the user you mentioned in their review with a detailed explanation regarding the permission changes. If you have any further questions or concerns, feel free to let me know.

P.S. I kindly suggest taking a moment to reflect before speaking out, as it’s easy to end up looking uninformed. The full source code of the extension is always publicly available for anyone to review. Additionally, Firefox reviewers conduct a thorough, meticulous review of every extension that surpasses 10,000 users to ensure security and compliance. We welcome scrutiny and transparency as part of our commitment to quality and user trust.

Thank you for your detailed question and for raising important points about extension permissions and security — I appreciate your vigilance.

Regarding the permission to access data on all websites, this is indeed a broad permission and I want to clarify why it is necessary for this add-on’s functionality:

1. Core Functionality Requires Full Page Access:
As a developer tool, the add-on needs to interact with the full DOM and resources on any visited page, including pages not currently active in the browser. This allows features such as the foldable and editable HTML source panel, resource inspection, and network monitoring to function fully and accurately — which cannot be reliably achieved with only activeTab or limited devtools APIs.

2. Why activeTab Is Insufficient:
The activeTab permission grants temporary access only to the currently active tab when the user explicitly activates the extension. However, this add-on supports monitoring, auditing, and editing even in inactive tabs to provide seamless inspection across multiple pages — a vital capability for developers and testers working across tabs or on background tasks.

3. No Reading or Storing Sensitive Data:
While permission technically enables reading page content, this add-on does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information or user credentials. All data manipulation is strictly local to the browser session and purely for your development convenience.

4. No Use of Password Manager Interfaces:
We do not interface with password management services or attempt to read or write credentials. The warning text is a generic browser notice for this permission scope, and does not indicate actual behavior by the add-on.

5. Security and Transparency:
The add-on’s source code is fully open and available for review — https://sourceforge.net/projects/mobidevtools/. You and the community are encouraged to audit it to confirm that it operates exactly as described — securely and respectfully.

Thank you again for your thoughtful feedback. Our goal is to provide a powerful developer experience while maintaining transparency and respecting user trust. If you have further questions or suggestions on how we can improve, we are always open to constructive dialogue.

P.S. If you intend to play the expert, please be aware that the extension’s complete source code is always publicly available for download and review. While you may wish to appear an authority, it’s important to understand that this project is a genuine contribution aimed at improving developer efficiency and enhancing the prestige of the Firefox browser. Mozilla’s foundation has rightly made user privacy protection the core principle of its mission—something we fully respect and uphold in this add-on.

Thank you so much for your excitement — it’s great to have the add-on back for you!

This version is completely rebuilt from scratch to be cleaner, lighter, and free of third-party dependencies. Regarding the Eruda icon, the design has changed, but your feedback about icons is appreciated!

Also, there is now an element inspector panel marked by a “+” icon to help with inspecting DOM elements directly. This feature will be further improved in upcoming updates to make it even more powerful and user-friendly.

We’re always open to suggestions and improvements, so keep them coming!

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really glad you find MobidevTools useful. If you ever have any suggestions or feedback, I'd love to hear them!

Glad you think so! Thanks for the support!

Awesome to hear that! I believe the best tools are the ones that just work without fuss. Appreciate your feedback!"

Thanks for pointing that out! I understand how frustrating that can be. I'll look into possible improvements to maintain console data after redirects/reloads. Appreciate your input!