> > switch to a superior
> It is so superior that to this day, Downthemall - an extension which is literally all about downloading - cannot even let you choose an arbitrary directory to put the files you downloaded.
So much this.... the amount of bullshit extension devs have to do just to write basic features expected of desktop software is insane.
DownThemAll was a treasure, as was the old version of VideoDownloadHelper. They. Just. Worked. Exactly like one would expect them too. I haven't used DownThemAll since the transition but while VideoDownloadHelper stil does what is used to do -- technically -- its functionality is so gimped now that I've resorted to using youtube-dl
It is so superior that to this day, Downthemall - an extension which is literally all about downloading - cannot even let you choose an arbitrary directory to put the files you downloaded.
> and standard
That was Google's "standard" that Firefox decided to adopt and even if Firefox decided to implement it, there was no reason to not also keep its own extension system - this way it would be able to have both its own advanced extensions and Google's functionally inferior extensions, essentially making it the most extensible and customizable browser by far.