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I’m not using (and probably never will) any of the non-email features like the calendar, or the chat. But they are relatively hidden away, so they don’t bother me.
Sticking with your analogy, we could probably define a set of standards for baseline IT security for all IT systems…but it probably wouldn’t be very useful. Systems vary so wildly in complexity and scale that coming up with the equivalent of a “code” that fits most systems like we have with electrical installations is impossible.
Because of that, I was definitely considering to start releasing it on my own, instead of through Mozilla's add-on website. It looks like I will be able to do that, but I'll have to use the signed extension process.
I'll believe this system works when I see it. After my experience with add-on reviewing, I am very skeptical.
I agree that Uber needs to have the same fiscal treatment as taxis do, but making the service illegal is beyond ridiculous, and a very sad way to try to stifle innovation (which will end up finding its way anyway).
As I mention in the post though, mine is just a very simple macro. But it is enough to show how easy is to modify the language to fit different scenarios, such as testing. The macro could probably be expanded and improved a lot to fit much more complex scenarios like real Contract-based languages have.