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Why would they deprecate support for the primary display system used on Linux?

• bitwize 6y ago
  X11 is in hard maintenance mode. All developer effort is focused on Wayland. Accordingly, if you are going to be adding new, advanced graphical features to your browser or other program, it makes sense to support only the display system where all the activity and support is. Plus, Wayland makes more sense if you are a browser vendor worried about security implications. ALSA is more widespread on Linux than PulseAudio, and that didn't stop Mozilla from deprecating raw ALSA support for Firefox.
  • ciupicri 6y ago
    Not having sound is one thing, but not being to run Firefox at all would be too much. There are desktop environments which don't run yet on Wayland. XFCE is one of them.
    • bitwize 6y ago
      I didn't mean Mozilla would abandon X11 entirely, only cease developing new features (like video acceleration) for it in preparation for eventual abandonment. I can totally see them beginning that process soon, like "tomorrow" soon.