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Yes, if you want to run unsigned addons, you need Dev or Nightly. That makes sense. Not letting "normal" users accidentally install malware extensions is really

Yes, if you want to run unsigned addons, you need Dev or Nightly. That makes sense. Not letting "normal" users accidentally install malware extensions is really good. "is unstable" isn't a good reason to avoid it. I've been using Nightly as my daily (heh) driver for a long time. It's been awesome. BTW, approval is really fast now: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/09/21/review-wait-times-get-shorter/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/09/21/review-wait-times...

superkuh 9y ago
> Not letting "normal" users accidentally install I strongly disagree. Browser functionality for everyone shouldn't be gimped to protect a small subset of users from themselves. >"is unstable" isn't a good reason to avoid it. I'm not holding a controversial opinion in thinking that alphas are generally buggy for significant subset of the userbase. I get that it might work fine for you but there's a reason aurora isn't release.
- floatboth 9y ago
  "small subset"?! Most Firefox users don't install addons at all. The number of people who want to install addons from random untrusted places is really tiny. Developer Edition is not alpha.
  - superkuh 9y ago
    Well, you're wrong. Developer is taking the place of aurora/alpha as the below quote from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Developer_Edition https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Developer_Editio... shows, >Firefox Developer Edition replaces the Aurora channel in the Firefox Release Process. Like Aurora, features will land in the Developer Edition every six weeks, after they have stabilized in Nightly builds.
    - floatboth 9y ago
      Sure I guess you could call Aurora "alpha" (but it wasn't named "Alpha" for a reason)… the point is, they're so confident in the stability of the "alpha" they're offering it as something to be used by, well, all developers. And they should be confident. In the last year or so, Nightly only broke for me once.

superkuh 9y ago

> Not letting "normal" users accidentally install I strongly disagree. Browser functionality for everyone shouldn't be gimped to protect a small subset of users from themselves. >"is unstable" isn't a good reason to avoid it. I'm not holding a controversial opinion in thinking that alphas are generally buggy for significant subset of the userbase. I get that it might work fine for you but there's a reason aurora isn't release.

floatboth 9y ago
"small subset"?! Most Firefox users don't install addons at all. The number of people who want to install addons from random untrusted places is really tiny. Developer Edition is not alpha.
- superkuh 9y ago
  Well, you're wrong. Developer is taking the place of aurora/alpha as the below quote from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Developer_Edition https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Developer_Editio... shows, >Firefox Developer Edition replaces the Aurora channel in the Firefox Release Process. Like Aurora, features will land in the Developer Edition every six weeks, after they have stabilized in Nightly builds.
  - floatboth 9y ago
    Sure I guess you could call Aurora "alpha" (but it wasn't named "Alpha" for a reason)… the point is, they're so confident in the stability of the "alpha" they're offering it as something to be used by, well, all developers. And they should be confident. In the last year or so, Nightly only broke for me once.