tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 03/30 09:23, Dale wrote: >> Adam Carter wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I been holding off on upgrading Firefox. Basically, it breaks addons >>> that I just can't go without. Tab groups and some other tab utilities >>> are among them. I recently updated temporarily to see just what was >>> going to be broken and what I could do to adjust. It seems some have >>> alternatives but some don't. >>> >>> >>> The firefox ebuilds are out of date at the moment ( >>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/650472 ) so its probably not worth upgrading >>> until that issue is fixed, unless you use the mozilla overlay. >>> >> My biggest problem is that addons are broken on anything 57 and above. >> At least that seems to be the version that stops old addons from >> working. Would the latest release have a way for the old addons to >> work? If not, then it doesn't matter if it is 58, 59 or 60. >> >> Basically, I'm trying to figure out if others are doing like I am and >> keeping a older version of Firefox installed because of the addons no >> longer working. If someone has been able to find comparable addons to >> the ones that no longer work on the newer Firefox versions, I'd like to >> know that as well. Right now, I'm sticking with older versions of >> Firefox. I don't like the security problems that may cause but it is >> what it is. >> >> Since I posted the message above, I've looked into Palemoon, Vivaldi, >> Opera and dug around to see what else I can try. So far, none of them >> can do what pre 57 versions of Firefox can with the addons I use. >> >> Just trying to get ideas and info on this mess. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > Hi, > > I switched to waterfox for privacy reasons and it supports the older > plugin system. > No need to stay to older version (keeping older bugs, which may > affect seurity) ... > > Waterfox is opensourced and it has a smaller memory footprint. > > https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/ > > No advertising intended...I am only an user. > > Cheers! > Meino >
I ran up on a site where that was talked about. It's not in the tree tho. How did you install it? Is it just download and run it from command line or a manual addition to the menu system? Is there a overlay with it in it? While I like Firefox, the memory hog that it sometimes is, I'm not opposed to switching to something else. Thanks for the info. Dale :-) :-)
