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on Saturday August 22 2015, @05:47AM
from the who-is-this-company-named-mozilla dept.
from the who-is-this-company-named-mozilla dept.
To the surprise of absolutely nobody who's been paying attention the past few years, Mozilla has announced that it will be deprecating all current extensions and have all future extensions be compatible with Chrome and Opera via the new WebExtensions API.
- We are implementing a new extension API, called WebExtensions—largely compatible with the model used by Chrome and Opera—to make it easier to develop extensions across multiple browsers.
- A safer, faster, multi-process version of Firefox is coming soon with Electrolysis; we need developers to ensure their Firefox add-ons will be compatible with it.
- To ensure third-party extensions provide customization without sacrificing security, performance or exposing users to malware, we will require all extensions to be validated and signed by Mozilla starting in Firefox 41, which will be released on September 22nd 2015.
- We have decided on an approximate timeline for the deprecation of XPCOM- and XUL-based add-ons.
Maybe now we can get a sustainable fork going?
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Hairyfeet on Saturday August 22 2015, @09:57AM
Actually I would argue it doesn't even have the "its not Chrome" as it is ripping off the look of Chrome. A more apropos description would be "a more unsafe Chrome ripoff" as unlike Chrome (and all browsers based on Chromium) Firefox runs in the same permissions as the user instead of using Low Rights Mode which is just fucking DUMB.
But I would say we already have a sustainable fork, its called Pale Moon [palemoon.org]. I give it to my customers as a backup to Comodo Dragon as well as use it myself for those few sites I find that don't play well with Dragon and its...really nice actually, reminds of the old FF before they became an ersatz Chrome. they have already forked away, will NOT support the new UI and even have their own browser string so I'd say all that is left is to spread the word and pick up all those jumping off the USS Moz which appears to be sinking fast.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 5, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday August 22 2015, @10:06AM
Last I checked, and granted it's been a few months, PaleMoon had one developer. One. That's not cool if you value things like timely responses to critical bugs and knowing your dev team would survive the loss of one member.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2015, @10:12PM
Then you actually cannot distinguish "lead developer" from "sole developer". Your ability to read and understand written text need alot of improving.
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Sunday August 23 2015, @05:54AM
Uhhh...you DO know he is just the head of the project and NOT the only dev on the project...yes? If you go to their forums you'll see they have close to a dozen guys and since they have forked away and are NOT gonna be adding dumb shit like Moz? A dozen devs should be plenty.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday August 23 2015, @11:12AM
Like I said, it's been a while since I checked.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.