![]() One of the topics that came back a few times was the removal of XUL-based add-ons during the move to Firefox Quantum. Thanks to this choice, Firefox developers can once again make the necessary changes to improve security, stability or speed.ĭuring the past few days, I’ve been chatting with Firefox users, trying to separate fact from rumor regarding the consequences of the August 2020 Mozilla layoffs. Eventually, after spending years trying to protect this old add-on mechanism, Mozilla made the hard choice of removing this extension mechanism and replacing this with the less powerful but much more maintainable WebExtensions API. On the other side, this growing cost progressively killed the community of add-on developers. On one side, this growing cost progressively killed any effort to make Firefox secure, fast or to try new things. However, it came at an ever-growing cost in terms of maintenance for both Firefox developers and add-on developers. ![]() This mechanism served us well for a long time. TL DR: Firefox used to have a great extension mechanism based on the XUL and XPCOM. Il y a du thé renversé au bord de la table !Īventure! Excitement! Random ramblings by David Teller! Main Menu
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