Is there any specific reason for requiring browsing history before installation?

@crystal as far as I understand, Google asks for it because Quire's developer declared the "history" permission in the extension manifest (manifest.json) for a some questionable reason ;-)
Diego Softcontrol, Jun 21, 2017
thanks @crystal sounds nice in the end i decided to remove the extension with such kind of permissions PS: i keep quire tab always opened and pinned actually even 2: one with tasks sorted date, and another without filters
Diego Softcontrol, Jun 22, 2017
Hi Diego, We ask for the permission because we check your browser tabs to see if there is a Quire tab. If not, then when you click on a notification in the extension, we will create a new one for you. Just that. 😃
Crystal, Jun 22, 2017
Hi Diego, Not sure why Google asks for it, but here is the information we found: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/permission_warnings.
Crystal, Jun 21, 2017
Hi Diego, Same here. I keep at least 2 Quire tabs (one of them being Quire Feedbacks and the other being my to-dos filtered by date & priority) always open and pinned. 😃
Crystal, Jun 23, 2017