Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox and addons no longer supported question

[tuxic@posteo.de]

On 03/30 09:45, Dale wrote:
> tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> > On 03/30 09:23, Dale wrote:
> >> Adam Carter wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:rdalek1967@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     Howdy,
> >>>
> >>>     I been holding off on upgrading Firefox.  Basically, it breaks addons
> >>>     that I just can't go without.  Tab groups and some other tab utilities
> >>>     are among them.  I recently updated temporarily to see just what was
> >>>     going to be broken and what I could do to adjust.  It seems some have
> >>>     alternatives but some don't.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The firefox ebuilds are out of date at the moment (
> >>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/650472 ) so its probably not worth upgrading
> >>> until that issue is fixed, unless you use the mozilla overlay.
> >>>
> >> My biggest problem is that addons are broken on anything 57 and above. 
> >> At least that seems to be the version that stops old addons from
> >> working.  Would the latest release have a way for the old addons to
> >> work?  If not, then it doesn't matter if it is 58, 59 or 60. 
> >>
> >> Basically, I'm trying to figure out if others are doing like I am and
> >> keeping a older version of Firefox installed because of the addons no
> >> longer working.  If someone has been able to find comparable addons to
> >> the ones that no longer work on the newer Firefox versions, I'd like to
> >> know that as well.  Right now, I'm sticking with older versions of
> >> Firefox.  I don't like the security problems that may cause but it is
> >> what it is. 
> >>
> >> Since I posted the message above, I've looked into Palemoon, Vivaldi,
> >> Opera and dug around to see what else I can try.  So far, none of them
> >> can do what pre 57 versions of Firefox can with the addons I use. 
> >>
> >> Just trying to get ideas and info on this mess. 
> >>
> >> Dale
> >>
> >> :-)  :-) 
> > Hi,
> >  
> >  I switched to waterfox for privacy reasons and it supports the older
> >  plugin system.
> >  No need to stay to older version (keeping older bugs, which may
> >  affect seurity) ...
> >
> >  Waterfox is opensourced and it has a smaller memory footprint.
> >
> >  https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/
> >
> >  No advertising intended...I am only an user.
> >
> >  Cheers!
> >  Meino
> >
> 
> I ran up on a site where that was talked about.  It's not in the tree
> tho.  How did you install it?  Is it just download and run it from
> command line or a manual addition to the menu system?  Is there a
> overlay with it in it?  While I like Firefox, the memory hog that it
> sometimes is, I'm not opposed to switching to something else. 
> 
> Thanks for the info. 
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 

Hi Dale,

I downloaded the archive, unpacked it in a separate directory, moved
that to /usr/local/., made a symlink from /usr/local/bin/waterfox to
the executable in that directory and: DONE :)

Ok...I did an entry inti menu.xml of my openbox...manually ;)

Since waterfox is contained in a single directory, gentoo will not be
"polluted" and the removal/upgrade of waterfox is easy.

It is not the original genuine sacred of Gentoo, though. ;)

Cheers!
Meino