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On 03/30 09:23, Dale wrote: |
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> Adam Carter wrote: |
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> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com |
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> > <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> > Howdy, |
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> > I been holding off on upgrading Firefox. Basically, it breaks addons |
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> > that I just can't go without. Tab groups and some other tab utilities |
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> > are among them. I recently updated temporarily to see just what was |
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> > going to be broken and what I could do to adjust. It seems some have |
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> > alternatives but some don't. |
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> > The firefox ebuilds are out of date at the moment ( |
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> > https://bugs.gentoo.org/650472 ) so its probably not worth upgrading |
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> > until that issue is fixed, unless you use the mozilla overlay. |
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> My biggest problem is that addons are broken on anything 57 and above. |
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> At least that seems to be the version that stops old addons from |
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> working. Would the latest release have a way for the old addons to |
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> work? If not, then it doesn't matter if it is 58, 59 or 60. |
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> Basically, I'm trying to figure out if others are doing like I am and |
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> keeping a older version of Firefox installed because of the addons no |
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> longer working. If someone has been able to find comparable addons to |
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> the ones that no longer work on the newer Firefox versions, I'd like to |
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> know that as well. Right now, I'm sticking with older versions of |
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> Firefox. I don't like the security problems that may cause but it is |
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> what it is. |
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> Since I posted the message above, I've looked into Palemoon, Vivaldi, |
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> Opera and dug around to see what else I can try. So far, none of them |
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> can do what pre 57 versions of Firefox can with the addons I use. |
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> Just trying to get ideas and info on this mess. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Hi, |
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I switched to waterfox for privacy reasons and it supports the older |
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plugin system. |
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No need to stay to older version (keeping older bugs, which may |
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affect seurity) ... |
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Waterfox is opensourced and it has a smaller memory footprint. |
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https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/ |
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No advertising intended...I am only an user. |
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Cheers! |
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Meino |