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Practicality aside, benefit #4 of open source is just this. That you can fork and with some dexterity include things that fit your purpose like Security fixes,
by bkdbkd 9y ago
Practicality aside, benefit #4 of open source is just this. That you can fork and with some dexterity include things that fit your purpose like Security fixes, while leaving out those you don't
- sp332 9y agoPracticality aside, you could install a Developer Edition of Firefox, set extensions.legacy.enabled to true, and keep using your extensions until the underlying XUL APIs get removed.
- betterunix2 9y agoMaybe I want to use my extensions until the WebExtensions API is up to the task?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- sp332 9y agoYeah, ideally. They're still adding on features pretty quickly.
- Sylos 9y agoHave you tried this and it worked well for you? Mozilla has shifted around and swapped out tons of code in Firefox since the official deprecation of XUL extensions. So, I imagine most XUL extensions will be broken by now just on that account.