Msg: Re: Firefox add-on deprecation plan

I am always glad if others can benefit from something like this. All too often some drastic, unwanted changes regarding tools we depend upon are just dropped on us from out of the sky. It is always better to have some advance warning.

If what Kari said about continuing to use an older version should be viable, I will want to find some way to squelch the update nag screens.

Jordan

From: C.Caballero
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: Firefox add-on deprecation plan

Thanks, Jordan (and Kari), for making us Firefox users aware of these
imminent changes and providing links to relevant articles.

Carlo Caballero
mailto:thyrsus@xxxxxxxx

On Sat, 22 Aug 2015, Kari Eveli wrote:

> Hello Jordan,
>
> This is a bit alarming. I am a Firefox user and a big fan of it, and have
> even been involved in FF add-on development by volunteering to translate some
> add-ons into Finnish. A prime example is Scrapbook that has proven
> indispensable for the way I use browsers. And AdBlock is a very good tool
> that I use.
>
> More about the Firefox add-on deprecation plan:
> https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/08/21/the-future-of-developing-firefox-add-ons/
>
> This is going to be a major upheaval, and who knows what the real outcome
> will be. There is always the possibility to use older versions. It is not
> that risky if you know what you are doing.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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>
> 21.8.2015, 23:02, J R FOX wrote:
>> read the developer comment dated 8/21/15, about the impending demise of XUL
>> based extensions. If this is accurate, it will truly sink the ship.
>> AdBlock, NoScript, and a bunch of others that I depend upon will just be
>> gone, drastically damaging the whole browsing experience. */Unless/* there
>> remain some forks of FF (ESR ? Pale Moon ? or _____ ?) that decide to
>> stay the course, and decline to adopt these changes. But then there will
>> be questions about continued development and security issues.
>>
>
>