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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by Tree1993 on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:10AM (#13675224)
Is there a way we can continue use these classic addon?
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by darklajid on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:23AM (#13675285)
You can use the LTS (Extended Support Release? Not sure about the Mozilla terminology) version. For a while..
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by hoschicz on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:41AM (#13675382)
It's called Firefox ESR
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by cpeterso on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:09PM (#13675853)
The next Firefox ESR will be based on Firefox 52 (to be released in March). Firefox 52 ESR will continue to support all add-ons and receive security fixes until sometime in 2018 H1.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by jessaustin on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:45PM (#13676040)
Is there a Patreon for that?
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by richardboegli on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:21AM (#13675280)
Pale Moon
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by fuzzy2 on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:00PM (#13675804)
However, that’s pretty much the other extreme. It doesn’t support Web Extensions or even Add-on SDK extensions.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by sychophant on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:08PM (#13675846)
Do you use any indispensable add-ons that are Web Extension based?
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by fuzzy2 on Saturday February 18, 2017 @07:27PM (#13677489)
No. However, I am the developer of "Download Cleaner", which is made using Add-on SDK. I think it's a great solution to get started without learning XUL.

I'm sure they had their reasons for deciding what they did. I still think it's a bad decision.

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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by sychophant on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:28AM (#13675309)
Thanks for the tip on this - installing.
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