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It seems like a lot of Firefox addons are not longer compatible with Seamonkey after Firefox changed their addon functionality and Seamonkey is still using a ol

It seems like a lot of Firefox addons are not longer compatible with Seamonkey after Firefox changed their addon functionality and Seamonkey is still using a old Firefox version. The old addon system was more powerful so I guess they kept it also for backwards compatibility of existing addons. But now the new addons won’t work and the old ones are old and probably not longer maintained. Usually all email clients have a good web version nowadays which make the integrated email less interesting. To make this project live again it would need to break backwards compatibility and adjust to the Firefox release cycle. Overall it would be a good candidate to integrate with AI.

integricho 3y ago
Or those could be precisely the reasons that would kill it for good. Putting AI tech in every product is not a good idea, just riding the hypetrain.
- Y_Y 3y ago
  If you like the hypetrain just wait until Elon Musk's HypeLoop!
- sharpshadow 3y ago
  Isn’t the hype over yet and established technology now? Having an assistant in an all-in-one suit is factually better than most single use AI products. Reading and answering the chat and emails, coding, browsing, scraping, botting… actually a good platform to pretending being a human.
  - integricho 3y ago
    I'm afraid the hype is still rising very much, and a very large percentage of AI products are snakeoil, or barely functional PoCs, that are hyped up for a quick cash grab.
    - sharpshadow 3y ago
      Yes I totally agree with the snake oil but the technology overall is valid and working.
Dwedit 3y ago
Extensions explicitly designed for the old extension system still work. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy Also works with Pale Moon. There are even special builds of Pale Moon that will run on Windows XP.
- njsg 3y ago
  Now there's also Enigmail, which supports SeaMonkey again.

integricho 3y ago

Or those could be precisely the reasons that would kill it for good. Putting AI tech in every product is not a good idea, just riding the hypetrain.

Y_Y 3y ago
If you like the hypetrain just wait until Elon Musk's HypeLoop!
sharpshadow 3y ago
Isn’t the hype over yet and established technology now? Having an assistant in an all-in-one suit is factually better than most single use AI products. Reading and answering the chat and emails, coding, browsing, scraping, botting… actually a good platform to pretending being a human.
- integricho 3y ago
  I'm afraid the hype is still rising very much, and a very large percentage of AI products are snakeoil, or barely functional PoCs, that are hyped up for a quick cash grab.
  - sharpshadow 3y ago
    Yes I totally agree with the snake oil but the technology overall is valid and working.

Dwedit 3y ago

Extensions explicitly designed for the old extension system still work. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy Also works with Pale Moon. There are even special builds of Pale Moon that will run on Windows XP.

njsg 3y ago
Now there's also Enigmail, which supports SeaMonkey again.