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Re:Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014) by SilasX on Friday December 07, 2018 @09:44AM (#18628034)
- Yes, Firefox dropped support for remapping keys, an integral UX feature that was present in Super Metroid (SNES, 1992).

(Well, that’s not fair, they still support an API for remapping keys that only takes effect after a page tab has loaded.)

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Re:Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014) by feanaro on Friday December 07, 2018 @10:18AM (#18628324)
Yes, I'm eagerly waiting for them to support a proper keyboard shortcut API since I'm a former Pentadactyl and present Tridactyl user so I know your pain.
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Re:Choose Firefox Now, or Later You Won't Get a Choice (2014) by SilasX on Friday December 07, 2018 @10:36AM (#18628499)
Ditto! I maintained Pentadactyl compatibility for a while when the dev team pushed breaks and the extension's metadata needed to be updated. You'll love my Hitler parody about my reaction to them breaking unsigned addons, which specifically references Pentadactyl.

"If every addon must be personally signed by Mozilla, why not just shrink-wrap the browser and make me get it from Microsoft at Best Buy?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taGARf8K5J8

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