Legacy Add-ons and FireFox 57

[Ken Blake]

I use the following add-ons marked Legacy, and was hoping someone
could tell me which of them would soon have updates permitting them to
be used in FireFox 57:

Colorful Tabs
Download Status Bar
DownThemAll
Enpass Password Manager
FireGestures
Kaspersky Protection
Open Bookmarks in New Tab
Open Link in New Tab
Reload Every
TinyURL Generator

They are not all equally important, of course.

[custom.firefox.lady]

For "Open Bookmarks in New Tab" (assuming it does exactly what it sounds
like): in Fx57 it's a native feature; just set the about:config pref
browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs
to true

[Keith Nuttle]

On 10/9/2017 8:07 PM, Ken Blake wrote:

It is my understanding that DownThemAll will die with 57. I have
installed Download Star It is a WebExtension, so will work for many
future version. It works different than DownThemAll but after learning
the interface I think it will be equivalent.

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/09/04/download-star-a-down-them-all-alternative-for-firefox/

[Desiree]

There is a list, Firefox-webext-list, continually updated, here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TFcEXMcKrwoIAECIVyBU0GPoSmRqZ7A0VBvqeKYVSww/edit#gid=0

[Andrei Z.]

"Are we WebExtensions yet?"

"Here’s a centralized repository of the migration status for various
high impact AMO content based on popularity, unique functionality, or
otherwise. ..."

https://arewewebextensionsyet.com/

[Wilf]

Sadly, one you haven't mentioned, Tab Mix Plus, does not look like it's
going to be migrated any time soon. The two features I use from TMP
are 1) to open bookmarks in new tabs (covered in 57) and 2) to open into
a new tab a URL typed into the address bar followed by <enter> (as
opposed to the annoying <alt> <enter> ... I haven't heard that that
facility is going to be covered in 57. Anyone know better?

Wilf

[Gary C Curtin]

My favorites, which I am hoping will be migrated are:

saveLinkOnAltClick
Save images (by Lumox)

[WaltS48]

Web extensions can be used in 56.0 *now*.

You can use the Extension Finder here
<https://mozilla.github.io/extension-finder/>

or peruse the now 9,002 extensions listed as compatible with 57+ here.

<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=&appver=57.0>

I haven't gone through all 451 pages, but I found there are some
inaccuracies in the results.

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[Ken Blake]

Thanks very much.

[Ken Blake]

Thanks very much.

[Ken Blake]

On Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:18:43 -1000, Desiree <mele...@medscape.com>
wrote:

Thanks very much, I'll look at this later, when I have more time.

[Ken Blake]

Thanks very much

[Ken Blake]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:13:42 -0400, WaltS48 <thali...@REMOVEaol.com>
wrote:

thanks very much

[pyl...@gmail.com]

Hi. ReloadMatic (https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/reloadmatic/) was inspired by ReloadEvery, but is compatible with FF 57 and adds some new features too. I think it is a good replacement for ReloadEvery.

(disclaimer: I'm the author of ReloadMatic.)

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

On 3/11/2017 8:19 PM, pyl...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi. ReloadMatic (https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/reloadmatic/) was inspired by ReloadEvery, but is compatible with FF 57 and adds some new features too. I think it is a good replacement for ReloadEvery.
>

Using legacy add-ons might disable multi-processor support in Firefox 57?

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[pyl...@gmail.com]

> Using legacy add-ons might disable multi-processor support in Firefox 57?

AFAIK, legacy add-ons might disable the multi-process feature in any Firefox version. FF57 though won't allow legacy add-ons to load at all.

[Graham Perrin]

On 05/11/2017 21:49, pyl...@gmail.com wrote:

> AFAIK, legacy add-ons might disable the multi-process feature in any Firefox version. …

Yesterday in IRC <https://mozilla.logbot.info/firefox/20171105#c13808846> a developer helped me to understand a possible explanation for:

- released versions of Firefox (not 57) sometimes performing _worse with multiprocess windows_ than without.

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Also worth noting:

Mozilla bug 1394225 - multiprocess (e10s) automatically enabled at launch after installing extensions that are not compatible with multiprocess
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1394225>

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

On 7/11/2017 12:48 AM, Graham Perrin wrote:
>
> Yesterday in IRC
> <https://mozilla.logbot.info/firefox/20171105#c13808846> a developer
> helped me to understand a possible explanation for:
>
> - released versions of Firefox (not 57) sometimes performing _worse with
> multiprocess windows_ than without.

I think the gain is minimum as there are too many critical sections in a
set of web-pages (e.g. cookies) that have to be serialized....

[Gabriel]

Desiree wrote on 10/10/17 05:18:

Thank you so much for this list!
I'm going to check my current (deactivated) addons:
- Calomel SSL validation
- Firebug
- Flashblock
- Font information
- MeasureIt
- Pearl Crescent page saver
- Tab Memory Usage
- Tails (I know they're preparing a new compatible release)
- User Agent Overrider
- YourOnlineChoises (this is very useful for behavioural advertising settings)
- YSlow

[ftr]

Thanks for the tip
- ftr

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[Caver1]

Open Bookmarks in new tab is an about:config setting;
browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs=True

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[Caver1]

On 12/11/17 10:28 AM, ftr wrote:

Also just middle click on a link to open it in a new tab.

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