Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
The respected Firefox add-on developer Quicksaver announced yesterday that he won't update any of his extensions anymore because of Mozilla's decision to move to WebExtensions exclusively. Quicksaver, responsible for add-ons such as Tab Groups, OmniSidebar, FindBar Tweak, Beyond Australis and Puzzle Bars, had four of his five add-ons for Firefox featured by Mozilla in the past.
If you open any of the author's add-on pages on the Mozilla Add-ons repository, you will notice an important announcement on the page. It reads:
IMPORTANT: The add-on will not receive any more updates and will stop working by next November with Firefox 57.[...] Quicksaver posted an explanation on his website that reveals why he made the decision to stop add-on development. There are several reasons, but the core reason given is that at least four of his five add-ons rely heavily on functionality that will either not be provided by WebExtensions, or would require him to rewrite the extension almost completely.
[...] Quicksaver is not the only author who announced that he will stop working on add-ons for Firefox. Add-ons like New Tab Tools, Classic Theme Restorer, Tree Style Tabs, Open With, DownThem All, KeeFox and many others are likely also not going to make the cut.
Source: http://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/28/firefox-add-on-quicksaver-quits/
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @01:55PM
Well, the difference is that works of art don't usually have security holes that need to be fixed. Also, they rarely need to be adapted to changing environments.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday January 30 2017, @04:19PM
Well, the difference is that works of art don't usually have security holes that need to be fixed.
It's because people keep coming up with crazy ideas like EFI environments that need mouse support and the ability to flash themselves from inside a running OS. The most elegant system can be ruined by others introducing insecure software and demanding somebody else fix the problem.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"