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> Do you see any hope for a fork of modern Firefox that start with just the tiniest stuff, maybe adding back a simple tab strip api Why bother with the overhea
by dblohm7 5y ago
> Do you see any hope for a fork of modern Firefox that start with just the tiniest stuff, maybe adding back a simple tab strip api
Why bother with the overhead of a fork? Perhaps a team of volunteers could put together a good enough proposal to be accepted by the WebExtensions team.
- eitland 5y agoWell, that would actually be a good solution. My feeling as someone who has tried to look into it is that certain people are not only reluctant to doing it but also directly opposed. I might be wrong though and it would be fantastic of someone else could fix it and persuade them to accept it.
- dblohm7 5y agoI used to work at Mozilla and periodically checked the status of the "add API to hide the tab bar" bug. I don't think anybody was directly opposed, but there were a lot of hidden edge cases that needed to be dealt with. Even though full-time devs might not have time allocated to doing this themselves, they are open to accepting solutions as long as the contributions are thorough and follow up on their concerns. Unfortunately IMHO most submissions these days are more like "this looks simple to me, just do it!" instead of a genuine engagement. To some people, that looks like opposition.