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Re:Firefox 56: Last Stop Before Quantum by mook on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:17PM (#15417958)
They did have the choice to not ship the increased sandboxing, multi-process architecture and performance constraints until three months after the new extension APIs were ready. They didn't because they thought the trade-off wasn't worth it.
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Re:Firefox 56: Last Stop Before Quantum by oblio on Friday October 06, 2017 @03:12PM (#15419540)
They really couldn't. People don't do things until pressured. Look what happened with Python 3. It took 10 years for it to reach Python 2 parity in terms of packages...
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Re:Firefox 56: Last Stop Before Quantum by pseudalopex on Friday October 06, 2017 @06:08PM (#15420826)
The problem with WebExtensions has been Mozilla not providing APIs, not extension developers dragging their feet.
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Re:Firefox 56: Last Stop Before Quantum by digi_owl on Friday October 06, 2017 @02:55PM (#15419386)
I really do miss the slow and methodical Mozilla that was not out to chase the latest Chrome fad...
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