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They could have done this when they got rid of the RSS icon in the URL bar.
by pmlnr 8y ago
They could have done this when they got rid of the RSS icon in the URL bar.
- Vinnl 8y agoThey didn't get rid of it, they just removed it from the interface by default. Now they're getting rid of it, i.e. you can't simply add it to the button back in. But of course, there will probably be an extension that does that.
- yborg 8y ago>there will probably be an extension that does that And then another draconian compatibility-breaking change to the extensions APIs will permanently disable said extension a year later...
- Vinnl 8y agoThe good news is that Firefox somewhat recently switched to a proper API (i.e. WebExtensions), which should prevent that from happening. But I guess you're probably sour from WebExtensions being introduced in the first place. Which I can understand, because it did lead to many extensions no longer working. Still, it should lead to that problem being one of the past.
- rainbowmverse 8y agoMost feed readers these days will go and fetch the RSS link from the header if you copy a URL in. It's not great for promoting RSS, but it's not enough friction to stop me from using it.
- severine 8y agoAwesome RSS! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/awesome-rss/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/awesome-rss/ https://shgysk8zer0.github.io/posts/2018/03/02/awesome-rss/ https://shgysk8zer0.github.io/posts/2018/03/02/awesome-rss/
- trumped 8y agoMaybe there was still too many people using it when the icon was visible by default, so they decided to hide it so that most people would stop using it. I still use that button but only to easily find the RSS link because it can be hidden sometimes (I then load it up in another RSS reader).