Thanks! I'll check out Pale Moon first, then. I can confirm that palemoon is planning to keep legacy extensions alive.Īctually, this is one of the reasons why I dropped palemoon and would also not recommend firefox: Not that I dislike legacy extensions, but if a thing with so many internal consequences is no longer supported upstream, you can bet that it cannot be kept in a way that security problems are closed timely unless huge resources are available (which are neither for palemoon nor for waterfox, compared to firefox). It s hard to maintain software which I don't use.Īnyway, there is palemoon overlay for oldfags. What about Palemoon by the way, dont they still have XUL extensions working?ĭoesnt keep older versions around though.? He doesnt keep older versions around though. So I settled with and privacy patches from there. ![]() I once looked at starting to use Waterfox, but it seemed like it was maintained by one guy and I dont trust any single human can keep up with a corporate team. I also think you need an older version of mozconf.eclass (not sure of the exact name, but you get the idea). Then grab the ebuild for old Firefox and make modifications, and hope that it compiles. I would start by downloading sources for Waterfox and an earlier Firefox, and diff the source. Yeah, everything Firefox and Chromium related seem like a lot of work for non-dev individuals to do. ¹The extreme flexibility of XUL extensions is pretty much the selling point of Firefox for me, and Web Extensions can't hold a candle to XUL ones. If nobody has one, I'll probably try to cobble one together myself at some point, but I figured I'd ask first before I take on more work than I can use at the moment. I've found a few ebuilds for the precompiled binary, but I'd very much prefer a source version. From what I've been able to find, Waterfox seems to be the only fork of Firefox that is planning to keep XUL extensions around¹, so I was hoping somebody had an ebuild for it. Mozilla seems to be hell-bent on turning Firefox into a steaming pile of 狗屎, and the end-of-life date of 52.x ESR is fast approaching, so I've been looking for alternatives. Posted: Mon 4:34 pm Post subject: Waterfox ebuild? Gentoo Forums Forum Index Unsupported Software Retrieved 17 February 2020.Gentoo Forums :: View topic - Waterfox ebuild? ^ Brinkmann, Martin (14 February 2020)." 'Ethical search engine' Storm to generate funds for charities". ^ "New search engine from Waterfox founder aims to take a punch at Google".^ "Waterfox 40.1.0 Release & Shut Down of Waterfox Charity Search"."4 Year Anniversary: Waterfox Charity and Storm Search". "Waterfox 55 Release (Windows, Mac, Linux and Android)". "Waterfox 50.1.0 Release (Windows, Mac & Linux)". ^ "Waterfox Classic | Waterfox Classic"."The Road to Firefox 57 – Compatibility Milestones". "The Future of Developing Firefox Add-ons". ![]() ^ "Find and install add-ons to add features to Waterfox".The developer states that " changes between versions so numerous between ESRs making merging difficult if not impossible". Waterfox Classic has multiple unpatched security advisories. Waterfox Classic is a version of the browser based on an older version of the Gecko engine that supports legacy XUL and XPCOM add-on capabilities that Firefox removed in version 57. Waterfox shares core features and technologies like the Gecko browser engine and support for Firefox Add-ons with Firefox. There are official Waterfox releases for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Waterfox is an open-source web browser that is forked from Firefox and developed by System1. Web browser, mobile web browser, feed reader
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