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

Mozillians
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Spun off from post 106 under Favorite WebExtensions? … in alphabetical order, with a handful of links to reddit, here’s a shortlist of most of the other legacy extensions that I use. Listing here because it’s easier than working with collections at addons.mozilla.org

I accept that some of these will be irreplaceable. For posterity:

  1. About sessionstore – no support site – if I recall correctly, the developer does not plan a rewrite
  2. about:addons-memory
  3. Add-ons Manager - Version Number
  4. Add-ons Manager Context Menu :heart:
  5. Auto Unload Tab :heart:
  6. Autoscroll
  7. Bookmark Shortcut Keys :heart:
  8. Cache Disabler :heart:
  9. CacheViewer
  10. checkCompatibility – probably no need for a replacement
  11. Chrome Store Foxified
  12. Classicish Add-on Manager :heart:
  13. Cleanest Addon Manager :heart:
  14. Configuration Mania :heart:
  15. Diigo Toolbar (2013-02-27) :heart: – consider the negative reactions to losses of functionality with the version that’s 57-compatible
  16. Dorando keyconfig :heart:
  17. FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) :heart: – review
  18. FindBar Tweak :heart:
  19. FireShot
  20. FireTitle :heart: – Crappy Firetitle is horribly constrained by current WebExtensions APIs
  21. FoxyAbout :heart:
  22. GitHub Extension Installer
  23. Long URL Please Mod
  24. Mobile Dyslexic :heart: – https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/6i1fu2/webext_equivalents_to_legacy_addons/dpbon4g/
  25. pdfit
  26. Performance Reporter :heart:
  27. Quick Locale Switcher 2 :heart: – see FreeBSD bug 221916 – cease www/firefox-i18n dependency on old, incompatible xpi-quick-locale-switcher
  28. Restart Application Button
  29. Scroll Position Highlight :heart: – https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/6i1fu2/webext_equivalents_to_legacy_addons/dpbps3h/
  30. ScrollUp – https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/6i1fu2/webext_equivalents_to_legacy_addons/dpbog0y/
  31. ScrollyFox – https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/6i1fu2/webext_equivalents_to_legacy_addons/dpboife/
  32. Search Panel in Context Menu :heart:
  33. Slim Add-ons Manager :heart:
  34. Speed Tweaks (SpeedyFox) :heart:
  35. Status-4-Evar – for ScrollyFox
  36. Task Manager
  37. Toggle Document Fonts :heart: – https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/6i1fu2/webext_equivalents_to_legacy_addons/dpboy2i/
  38. User Agent Overrider :heart: – 0.5.2 compatible with sites such as addons.mozilla.org

– I’ll enjoy them for the next few months.