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> community members are still mad their extensions don’t work I suspect a lot of these people aren't very familiar with the details of the technology involved,
by thayne 6y ago
> community members are still mad their extensions don’t work
I suspect a lot of these people aren't very familiar with the details of the technology involved, or the tradeoffs involved. The were simply (understandably) upset when suddenly their favourite extensions stopped working. And in the early days WebExtensions, there weren't any good replacements for a lot of popular plugins. Even now, there's no way to do some of the things plugins did before.
- gvjddbnvdrbv 6y agoHow many non developers used vimperiator? I am very familiar with software and in particular the tradeoffs between business pressure to ship something new and shiny vs keep maintaining something that works....
- thayne 6y agoJust because you are a developer doesn't mean you necessarily understand the challenges of writing a xul plugin that doesn't break other plugins, and doesn't break on every browser upgrade.
- gvjddbnvdrbv 6y agoNo one is truly a Scotsman...