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Yes. Because for the majority of users, who do not use extensions, it is an upgrade. And it comes with built-in tracking prevention and still supports ad blocki
by untog 7y ago
Yes. Because for the majority of users, who do not use extensions, it is an upgrade. And it comes with built-in tracking prevention and still supports ad blocking, surely the two the big reasons most people use extensions in the first place.
And they're going to restore extension functionality, so the power users who depend on extensions can keep the current version and wait if they wish.
- zeveb 7y ago> And they're going to restore extension functionality I put the odds of that somewhere around the same as the odds that GNOME Screensaver will ever support any of the xscreensaver demos it claimed it would … which is to say, I'm not holding my breath.
- cesarb 7y ago> can keep the current version and wait if they wish. Unfortunately, web browsers are one of the few applications where "keep the current version" is not a viable option. Web browsers are very exposed to every web site they visit (including code injected by ad networks), and once a new version is released, many serious vulnerabilities on the previous version are revealed (for instance, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities... is the list for Firefox). Keeping an old version can be a serious security risk.