Browser Extensions and Plugins

Extensions

Browser extensions are add-ons which can be installed and ran as the browser service on the Operating System.

Plug-ins

Plugins provide the ability to enhance web applications with add-ons which may play videos, improve accessability, or provide helpful tooltips for shopping exerpiences.

Apps

Some applications are web based. They run in a Operation System window which then are interacted with as if they were directly an application running on the Operating System, however they are an electron application.

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