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Thanks for bringing this up. I remember reading something similar in a previous thread, but while making the donation I couldn't think of why it would be a reas

by tyrion 7y ago

Thanks for bringing this up. I remember reading something similar in a previous thread, but while making the donation I couldn't think of why it would be a reason not do donate anyway. If I could donate directly towards ff development, I would probably choose to do so. Anyway from your comment I get the impression that donating to Moz Foundation is not such a great idea. If so, could you elaborate why? My reasoning is this: I wish to donate to the people that brought me FF. If they believe those funds are better allocated to something else (instead of FF development), I guess it is should be their choice. Unless they start neglecting FF I see no reason not to donate some small amount anyway.

FeepingCreature 7y ago
I use Tab Mix Plus. (I'm on Waterfox just for that one extension.) Back when Firefox switched to the new UI backend and broke approximately all of the addons, it was promised that the missing APIs they'd ditched would be re-added post release as JS APIs. This is now many years overdue. Frnakly, I disagree that it should be their choice, and will not donate until they give me an avenue to donate to Firefox Browser specifically.
- newscracker 7y ago
  I miss Tab Mix Plus too. I also miss Session Manager, Lazarus form recovery, etc. It's been very frustrating that Firefox hasn't provided adequate support for these fantastic extensions to continue in the WebExtensions world.
  - SAI_Peregrinus 7y ago
    Tab Session Manager is a WebExtension. I'm not familiar enough with the others to know what's missing and can't be replicated, but session management is alive and well.
newscracker 7y ago
> Anyway from your comment I get the impression that donating to Moz Foundation is not such a great idea. If so, could you elaborate why? Sorry, that wasn't my intention. Donating to Mozilla Foundation does a lot of good around the world. It just doesn't support Firefox development. I just wanted to make that distinction clearer.

by tyrion 7y ago

FeepingCreature 7y ago

I use Tab Mix Plus. (I'm on Waterfox just for that one extension.) Back when Firefox switched to the new UI backend and broke approximately all of the addons, it was promised that the missing APIs they'd ditched would be re-added post release as JS APIs. This is now many years overdue. Frnakly, I disagree that it should be their choice, and will not donate until they give me an avenue to donate to Firefox Browser specifically.

newscracker 7y ago
I miss Tab Mix Plus too. I also miss Session Manager, Lazarus form recovery, etc. It's been very frustrating that Firefox hasn't provided adequate support for these fantastic extensions to continue in the WebExtensions world.
- SAI_Peregrinus 7y ago
  Tab Session Manager is a WebExtension. I'm not familiar enough with the others to know what's missing and can't be replicated, but session management is alive and well.

newscracker 7y ago

> Anyway from your comment I get the impression that donating to Moz Foundation is not such a great idea. If so, could you elaborate why? Sorry, that wasn't my intention. Donating to Mozilla Foundation does a lot of good around the world. It just doesn't support Firefox development. I just wanted to make that distinction clearer.