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Re:WebExtensions in Firefox 48 by nathancahill on Friday April 29, 2016 @11:39PM (#11600227)
> the UI will only get more customizable as a result.

It's not the UI, it's the APIs behind powerful addons like Firebug that made Firefox the browser that it is. Those powerful APIs are going, going, gone.

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Re:WebExtensions in Firefox 48 by clouddrover on Saturday April 30, 2016 @12:21AM (#11600335)
Firebug 3 integrates with Firefox's native DevTools so you'll still have Firebug (or you can just use Firefox's DevTools without Firebug if you want): https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/10/firebug-devtools-integrati...
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Re:WebExtensions in Firefox 48 by nathancahill on Saturday April 30, 2016 @12:30AM (#11600367)
Firebug isn't what's at stake here. It's the level of API access to browser internals that allowed things like Firebug to be built.
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Re:WebExtensions in Firefox 48 by clouddrover on Saturday April 30, 2016 @12:49AM (#11600419)
I don't think you need to be worried. If some feature is missing from the new API then get involved with the development and get the feature added. That's what add-on authors are doing (see my other comment).
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