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Nice for Tree Style Tabs, which I find essential. However, I'm worried about some other big extensions that have really been useful not being able to be ported

by Renaud 9y ago

Nice for Tree Style Tabs, which I find essential. However, I'm worried about some other big extensions that have really been useful not being able to be ported to WebExtensions, like DownThem'All, the developer is pretty pissed at Mozilla[1] and offers some insights about the design decisions made by Mozilla that could have a big impact on the ability of some AddOns to tap into the APIs they need to do anything useful. [1]:http://www.downthemall.net/re-downthemall-and-webextensions-or-why-why-i-am-done-with-mozilla/ http://www.downthemall.net/re-downthemall-and-webextensions-...

rjzzleep 9y ago
You might find the actual discussion quite interesting it's linked here [1] [1]: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/dev-addons/2016-December/002367.html https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/dev-addons/2016-December/...
- ronjouch 9y ago
  And as for a DownThemAll fallback whose feature subset may be enough for you, consider Download Star: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-star/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-star...
  - bhrgunatha 9y ago
    It's not just about being able to select what to download, that's a minimal part of what makes DTA so useful. Does it allow you to manage your downloads though - like supporting multi-source downloads, pausing and re-starting, exporting/ importing lists, prioritise, re-order, limit speed, integrating with the save dialog and menus ... DownThemAll is the one extension that might force me to abandon firefox or to stick with an ESR release and not upgrade.
    - ronjouch 9y ago
      Thus, my phrasing "feature _subset_ _may_ be enough" :) . I used to use DTA for this subset and am happy about Download Star, but it's totally understandable you relied on more. As for "not upgrade": do stay on ESR for as long as possible and hope more fully-formed alternatives for your favorite addons eventually arrive. But really, don't disable upgrades altogether and risk being pwned due to running an unpatched, insecure browser.
clouddrover 9y ago
It turns out there's a WebExtensions port in the works after all: http://www.downthemall.net/progress/ http://www.downthemall.net/progress/

by Renaud 9y ago

rjzzleep 9y ago

You might find the actual discussion quite interesting it's linked here [1] [1]: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/dev-addons/2016-December/002367.html https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/dev-addons/2016-December/...

ronjouch 9y ago
And as for a DownThemAll fallback whose feature subset may be enough for you, consider Download Star: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-star/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-star...
- bhrgunatha 9y ago
  It's not just about being able to select what to download, that's a minimal part of what makes DTA so useful. Does it allow you to manage your downloads though - like supporting multi-source downloads, pausing and re-starting, exporting/ importing lists, prioritise, re-order, limit speed, integrating with the save dialog and menus ... DownThemAll is the one extension that might force me to abandon firefox or to stick with an ESR release and not upgrade.
  - ronjouch 9y ago
    Thus, my phrasing "feature _subset_ _may_ be enough" :) . I used to use DTA for this subset and am happy about Download Star, but it's totally understandable you relied on more. As for "not upgrade": do stay on ESR for as long as possible and hope more fully-formed alternatives for your favorite addons eventually arrive. But really, don't disable upgrades altogether and risk being pwned due to running an unpatched, insecure browser.

clouddrover 9y ago

It turns out there's a WebExtensions port in the works after all: http://www.downthemall.net/progress/ http://www.downthemall.net/progress/