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Re:Dark Patterns, the Ratchet by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @09:32PM (#16694434)
It stuns me that any extension would be so critical as to keep one away from Quantum! (But then, I suppose I also don't understand why one would stay back with Windows 7 when 10 is out there either.)
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Re:Dark Patterns, the Ratchet by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @12:08AM (#16695201)
For some of us, "Firefox with X extension" was functionally a different browser that happened to resemble Firefox. Tree Style Tabs, Tab Groups, etc. completely changed how one used the browser.
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Re:Dark Patterns, the Ratchet by shostack on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:55AM (#16695683)
That's a great way of putting it. And in some cases, the combination of that functionality provided by those extensions made that frankenstein "version" of a browser more valuable than the benefits of Quantum.

I'd also add All-in-One-Gestures, Classic Theme Restorer to your list ;)

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