Mozilla closes Connected Devices division, lays off 50

Re:Mozilla closes Connected Devices division, lays off 50 by Certhas on Friday February 03, 2017 @07:56AM (#13559446)

> WebExtensions will not cover most use cases that XUL covered.

This is just FUD. Especially as Mozilla is working closely with the developers of the most popular add ons to make sure all capabilities they need will be available (see also webextension experiments).

Of course not all capabilities of XUL will make it, but as Chrome has a vibrant extensive add on community around WebExtension the idea that most usecases are affected is implausible.

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Re:Mozilla closes Connected Devices division, lays off 50 by sametmax on Friday February 03, 2017 @09:00AM (#13559799)

Apparently, some very popular extensions still have problems with it.

The one that bother me the most is tab group:

https://github.com/Quicksaver/Tab-Groups/issues/535

It was an feature of Firefox that I loved. They removed it. So I now use the extension. And the author is now announcing he won't be able to port it.

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