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From: Danny YUE <sheepduke@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What do you think about Firefox 57?
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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:22:15 +0800
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On 2017-09-08 00:48, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Danny YUE <sheepduke@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have been using FoxyProxy in Firefox for a really long time, until
>> today I found its new version really sucks.
>>
>> Then I read the comment from author who declared that the old version
>> can *only* be used before (roughly) end of 2017 before Firefox 57 and in
>> new version some features must perish.
>>
>
> I am assuming that most actively developed addons will be updated before 57
> drops, so the transition wont be too painful. Is the issue you're having
> with FoxyProxy related to it relying on features that are no longer
> available under the new framework?

Yes. The FoxyProxy author declared that some features are no long
available under the new framework.
I am really depressed about it because I just use that plugin every time
I use Firefox.


> This update will break my favorite extension, Vimperator. I am already
> looking at replacements for Firefox due to this. So far I have found
> qutebrowser which isn't really as featureful.
>
> R0b0t1.

I am using Keysnail, no idea whether or not it will be deprecated.

If the features I want are blocked by the new framework, I'm afraid I
would lock the version (fortunately it's Gentoo) for a long time, until
I find replacement for plugins, or even Firefox...

Danny