Addon alternatives for Firefox 57

Skybird · 11-25-17, 07:53 PM

One auhtor wrote about the porblem in a German text recently. Certain things (like certain tpyes of drop down menus) now simply are prohibited and/or are no longer possible in the nex code of FF. Its NOT the authors fault. They take all the p!$$ from people for a mess that was created by the change of Firefox decision makers which set it up on essentially Chrome.

Again: they cannot and are not allowed to make certain things anymore. This also is to prevent addons slowing down FF. Speed over privacy, speed over safety. Thats is why several authors have given up. For example I used Single Side Bar, the author said he is no longer allowed to offer several of the features due to them beign drop down menus, it has also been made impossible by the new software standards he has to deal with. Several mouse gesture apps have been discontinued and their authors leaving in anger as well, as another exmaple. Its Mozilla's fault, not mod authors's fault. The authors have my respect, and my sympathy for what they did over the past years.

Rocking Robbins, I cannot find anything about Vivaldi and it sprivacy proteciton and accoridng modules. Is there stuff possible like Ghostery, Anti-beacon, anti-autoscripts, add blockers, anti super-cookies? Just looks and speed is not important for me, and what they say about Vivaldi beign for super-users, also is no bait at all for me.

11-25-17, 07:53 PM	#16
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,496 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	One auhtor wrote about the porblem in a German text recently. Certain things (like certain tpyes of drop down menus) now simply are prohibited and/or are no longer possible in the nex code of FF. Its NOT the authors fault. They take all the p!$$ from people for a mess that was created by the change of Firefox decision makers which set it up on essentially Chrome. Again: they cannot and are not allowed to make certain things anymore. This also is to prevent addons slowing down FF. Speed over privacy, speed over safety. Thats is why several authors have given up. For example I used Single Side Bar, the author said he is no longer allowed to offer several of the features due to them beign drop down menus, it has also been made impossible by the new software standards he has to deal with. Several mouse gesture apps have been discontinued and their authors leaving in anger as well, as another exmaple. Its Mozilla's fault, not mod authors's fault. The authors have my respect, and my sympathy for what they did over the past years. Rocking Robbins, I cannot find anything about Vivaldi and it sprivacy proteciton and accoridng modules. Is there stuff possible like Ghostery, Anti-beacon, anti-autoscripts, add blockers, anti super-cookies? Just looks and speed is not important for me, and what they say about Vivaldi beign for super-users, also is no bait at all for me. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.