Concern about WebExtensions exclusive strategy from add-on authors and users

Today for the first time I could see – but not with a released version of Firefox – what I have waited months to see:

  • an overview of what I’ll probably lose if I choose Firefox 57 or greater.

So many yellow alerts:

Longer than it might appear at a glance (in Discourse), so click to view a fuller extent (not the full extent; the shot was taken after disabling some of the extensions that I know to be in the firing line).

Deeply disheartening.

Re: Firefox Release Calendar - MozillaWiki a year from now I’ll be:

  • almost certainly on Firefox ESR 52.8
  • probably unable to use some of what I recently enjoyed with Firefox 53
  • almost certainly unable to use Tab Center Redux, which requires 55 or greater

– and I assume that development of Tab Center will cease some time before 57 is released.

What a mess.


A few related topics, some of which I might try to digest over the coming weekend:

– I rarely take the bait when a topic has a sarcastic subject line, but … right now: yeah.

I nearly always embrace positive changes. It’s increasingly difficult to embrace the modernisation of Firefox. Seeking extensions can be an excruciatingly awful experience.