Showing posts with label Web Extensions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Web Extensions. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Firefox 57 is out, and you need new add-ons

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Firefox Logo since version 57 Yesterday, the Mozilla people released Firefox version 57. And with it, they have removed the old "XUL" based add-on system. So all add-ons must now use the new WebExtension API. Unfortunately, many add-ons (including a lot that I use) have not been updated yet, despite Firefox issuing warnings for the last several revisions. In many cases, the authors have abandoned the code, and in others, I don't think they care enough to want to re-implement it for the new API.

The result is that I've had to remove and replace many of my favorite add-ons. Here's a list of what I had to change and what I think of the results.