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Mozilla plans to remove RSS feed reader and Live Bookmarks support from Firefox

30 points by robin_reala 8y ago

michaelmrose 8y ago
Can't we just add support via an addon?
- joaomsa 8y ago
  My guess would be yes since there's this for Chrome: https://github.com/davidhampgonsalves/foxish https://github.com/davidhampgonsalves/foxish Since Firefox's WebExtension API is a close superset to Chrome's API, I would wager this could be easily ported now.
awalton 8y ago
Guess they don't want usable features preventing adoption of Pocket :/ Sad times for web browsers on all fronts.
reductum 8y ago
Issue in Mozilla's bug tracker: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1477667 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1477667 Draft of an explanatory blog post (linked from the above issue): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aIMPZVy33mn34pXBUETk4lt_NrJXupcMilTPFFVpmnI/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aIMPZVy33mn34pXBUETk4lt_...
indentit 8y ago
I never used live bookmarks, but I did find the subscribe button handy on RSS/Atom feeds - I wonder why that part of the codebase is hard to keep. These days I am using FeedBro[1] but I don't like that it isn't open source and has poor/non-existent keyboard navigation support. I used to get on well with NewsFox[2] before Mozilla killed legacy extensions. [1]: https://nodetics.com/feedbro/ https://nodetics.com/feedbro/ [2]: http://newsfox.mozdev.org/ http://newsfox.mozdev.org/
- calmchaos 8y ago
  If you click the ?-icon in the Feedbro toolbar you can see all the keyboard shortcuts. What shortcuts are you missing?
  - indentit 8y ago
    thanks for the tip, I didn't know about that. I was expecting the up and down arrow keys to move between articles in view mode 3, but looks like j and k works, thanks!
genericid 8y ago
> Mozilla discovered that the vast majority of Firefox users, 99.9% according to the organization, don't use the functionality at all. Can someone put these guys in charge of something like an office suite? That'd be hilarious.

30 points by robin_reala 8y ago

michaelmrose 8y ago

Can't we just add support via an addon?

joaomsa 8y ago
My guess would be yes since there's this for Chrome: https://github.com/davidhampgonsalves/foxish https://github.com/davidhampgonsalves/foxish Since Firefox's WebExtension API is a close superset to Chrome's API, I would wager this could be easily ported now.

awalton 8y ago

Guess they don't want usable features preventing adoption of Pocket :/ Sad times for web browsers on all fronts.

reductum 8y ago

Issue in Mozilla's bug tracker: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1477667 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1477667 Draft of an explanatory blog post (linked from the above issue): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aIMPZVy33mn34pXBUETk4lt_NrJXupcMilTPFFVpmnI/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aIMPZVy33mn34pXBUETk4lt_...

indentit 8y ago

I never used live bookmarks, but I did find the subscribe button handy on RSS/Atom feeds - I wonder why that part of the codebase is hard to keep. These days I am using FeedBro[1] but I don't like that it isn't open source and has poor/non-existent keyboard navigation support. I used to get on well with NewsFox[2] before Mozilla killed legacy extensions. [1]: https://nodetics.com/feedbro/ https://nodetics.com/feedbro/ [2]: http://newsfox.mozdev.org/ http://newsfox.mozdev.org/

calmchaos 8y ago
If you click the ?-icon in the Feedbro toolbar you can see all the keyboard shortcuts. What shortcuts are you missing?
- indentit 8y ago
  thanks for the tip, I didn't know about that. I was expecting the up and down arrow keys to move between articles in view mode 3, but looks like j and k works, thanks!

genericid 8y ago

> Mozilla discovered that the vast majority of Firefox users, 99.9% according to the organization, don't use the functionality at all. Can someone put these guys in charge of something like an office suite? That'd be hilarious.