Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox and addons no longer supported question

[Dale]

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 The firefox ebuilds are out of date at the moment (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

I ran up on a site where that was talked about.  It's not in the tree
tho.  How did you install it?  Is it just download and run it from
command line or a manual addition to the menu system?  Is there a
overlay with it in it?  While I like Firefox, the memory hog that it
sometimes is, I'm not opposed to switching to something else. 

Thanks for the info. 

Dale

:-)  :-)