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Did they "break" - ie some bug caused a problem - or did they change the framework add-ons used after giving months of notice? Most users use no add-ons, and wo

Did they "break" - ie some bug caused a problem - or did they change the framework add-ons used after giving months of notice? Most users use no add-ons, and wouldn't notice the change, and many of those who do were aware of this ahead of time even if the add-on developers were slow to wake up to the reality.

coldpie 7y ago
> Did they "break" - ie some bug caused a problem - or did they change the framework add-ons used after giving months of notice? It's not clear what you're asking. Mozilla changed the add-on API, and the new API does not have all the features that the old API had. Two add-ons that I liked very much died during the switch.
JadeNB 7y ago
> Most users use no add-ons Do you have the data for this? I know I live in a techie bubble, but it sure doesn't fit with my experience or the experiences of others I know who talk about it.
- sp332 7y ago
  This is an old post, but in 2009 about 1/3 of FF users had extensions installed. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2009/08/11/how-many-firefox-users-use-add-ons/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2009/08/11/how-many-firefox-... Without newer data, you'll have to guess whether the new addon model increased or decreased that fraction.
- gorhill 7y ago
  Firefox Public Data Report: https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/usage-behavior https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/usage-behavior "Has Add-on" has been between 33-38% for the last two years.
  - fgonzag 7y ago
    And a very good chunk of those (most I'd say) is only running some form of ad blocking.
rnhmjoj 7y ago
Exactly, months. Likes that's enough time to completely rewrite your extension using an half-baked replacement. To name a few, Cookie-Autodelete [1] had to wait 7 months to get an API to clear the LocalStorage; noscript [2] lost tons of functionality and will probably never recover; [1]: https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issues/44 https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issue... [2]: https://www.ghacks.net/2017/12/01/noscripts-rating-drops-after-firefox-quantum-release/ https://www.ghacks.net/2017/12/01/noscripts-rating-drops-aft...
dralley 7y ago
> after giving months of notice? 48 months.. 2 years of notice

coldpie 7y ago

> Did they "break" - ie some bug caused a problem - or did they change the framework add-ons used after giving months of notice? It's not clear what you're asking. Mozilla changed the add-on API, and the new API does not have all the features that the old API had. Two add-ons that I liked very much died during the switch.

JadeNB 7y ago

> Most users use no add-ons Do you have the data for this? I know I live in a techie bubble, but it sure doesn't fit with my experience or the experiences of others I know who talk about it.

sp332 7y ago
This is an old post, but in 2009 about 1/3 of FF users had extensions installed. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2009/08/11/how-many-firefox-users-use-add-ons/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2009/08/11/how-many-firefox-... Without newer data, you'll have to guess whether the new addon model increased or decreased that fraction.
gorhill 7y ago
Firefox Public Data Report: https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/usage-behavior https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/usage-behavior "Has Add-on" has been between 33-38% for the last two years.
- fgonzag 7y ago
  And a very good chunk of those (most I'd say) is only running some form of ad blocking.

rnhmjoj 7y ago

Exactly, months. Likes that's enough time to completely rewrite your extension using an half-baked replacement. To name a few, Cookie-Autodelete [1] had to wait 7 months to get an API to clear the LocalStorage; noscript [2] lost tons of functionality and will probably never recover; [1]: https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issues/44 https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issue... [2]: https://www.ghacks.net/2017/12/01/noscripts-rating-drops-after-firefox-quantum-release/ https://www.ghacks.net/2017/12/01/noscripts-rating-drops-aft...

dralley 7y ago

> after giving months of notice? 48 months.. 2 years of notice