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Firefox 57, which is slated for release on November 14, will "only run WebExtensions", according to Mozilla.
This is expected to break compatibility with many existing Firefox extensions, and in many cases there aren't WebExtensions-compatible alternatives available for these extensions.
During some recent discussion at Slashdot, it became clear that some users have nearly all of their extensions classified as "legacy", and susceptible to breakage.
Members of the SoylentNews community, if you use Firefox, how many of your extensions are set to no longer work with Firefox in the near future?
If Firefox 57 breaks compatibility with your existing extensions, will this finally be enough for you to discard Firefox and find an alternative browser to use?
Will this extension breakage, and subsequent loss of users, effectively end the viability of Firefox as a modern web browser?
(Score: 2) by lgsoynews on Sunday August 13 2017, @12:37PM
Yes, I'm considering using another branch of Firefox at least. If need be, I'll stay with the version 56...
My problem is that I use A LOT of addons & I've already many extensions problems, right now. I mostly use the DEV edition (version 56), and it's already starting to create issues. ALL my addons are marked as LEGACY already, and several -niche ones- only work because I disabled some checks. I'm quite pessimistic.
I know that some of my addons (including my owns) will not (or cannot) be updated (the authors said so), so I'm going to be stuck.
I suppose that I'll have to do what I already do: using various browsers and profiles according to the needs of the sites. For instance, some sites are painful with Firefox, so I use Chromium (it's rare). Then I have several profiles with various levels of security. For instance, I use a separate one for Youtube, with less protections (they make it impossible to use YT), but only used for Youtube. I also use them to segregate my different types of activities (programming, casual browsing, mail, etc.)