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Ask SoylentNews: Will You Stop Using Firefox If Firefox 57 Breaks Extension Compatibility?

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday August 13 2017, @12:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the firefox-loses-yet-more-users dept.

A Firefox User writes:

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?

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by moondrake on Sunday August 13 2017, @12:47PM (3 children)

    by moondrake (2658) on Sunday August 13 2017, @12:47PM (#553224)

    For anyone wondering what is the status of their favorite extension, here's the list:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gA_Nj8SJ6ykhrqJNJqIoge2H-_CGHQc8uK5K3LYr5As/edit#gid=1070962981 [google.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by fliptop on Sunday August 13 2017, @02:35PM (2 children)

    by fliptop (1666) on Sunday August 13 2017, @02:35PM (#553267) Journal

    For anyone wondering what is the status of their favorite extension

    Damn only 2 of the extensions I use often are on that list, Adblock Plus and NoScript. Both are listed as "likely." No Firebug, Dummy Lipsum, or Web Developer? That sucks.

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by moondrake on Sunday August 13 2017, @05:15PM

      by moondrake (2658) on Sunday August 13 2017, @05:15PM (#553304)

      It only lists what they think are popular ones. The others you mention might, or might not, be supported.

      For noscript I am pretty sure it will be supported (there's a test version already).

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 13 2017, @09:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 13 2017, @09:59PM (#553381)

      uBlock Origin has been mentioned in the (meta)thread.
      Some folks find that that replaces both of those.

      After the brouhaha about Adblock Plus and advertising, that extension lost a lot of its luster.

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