Re: [gentoo-user] What do you think about Firefox 57?

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Danny YUE wrote:
> 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
>
>


It's been mentioned before in other threads recently, have you looked at
Palemoon?  I have it installed here from a overlay.  I haven't checked
on it recently but if this new plugin thing with Firefox leaves some of
my plugins unusable, I may be looking at some other options myself.  I
might add, Seamonkey is stepping on a nerve or two of mine as well. 

I've been wondering about this plugin thing myself since I heard about
it a few weeks ago.  Sort of glad to see a discussion about it.  Hoping
to find out what others think this is going to end up looking like. 

Dale

:-)  :-)