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

[Dale]

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 The firefox ebuilds are out of date at the moment (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

:-)  :-)