xpinstall.signatures.required
Firefox over the next few months is rolling out a series of radical changes that will mean, by the release of Standard Firefox 57 (November 2017), TiddlyFox will no longer work, not even signed versions. Only "WebExtensions" will work, and TiddlyFox is not one of them.
My opinion is the BEST BET to prolong your ability to save via TiddlyFox on desktops is to switch over to FirefoxESR.
FirefoxESR is currently in version 52 and will stay in major version 52 until at least March 2018. The FirefoxESR version will install add-ons, including "unsigned" versions, like the latest TiddlyFox. In order to do this ...
1 - Freshly install FirefoxESR*. Copy over any profiles from your other Firefox install you want to keep. (Note, Android O/S is not supported, FirefoxESR is mainly aimed at desktop users)
2 - Start FirefoxESR. Go to "about:config" via the address bar. Click "I accept the risk!"
3 - Navigate to ...
xpinstall.signatures.required
... Click it till the value changes from "true" to "false". Close the tab/window.
Now you will then be able to (a) install "unsigned" add-ons; (b) and continue to be able to use TiddlyFox beyond November 2017.
Sources ...Normal FirefoxESR: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/Why Best Bet? ...
Portable Apps version of FirefoxESR: https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-esrr
TiddlyFox latest (2.0.2 prerelease), unsigned: https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyFox/raw/master/tiddlywiki.xpi
IMO, FirefoxESR is now preferable to FirefoxDeveloper for TiddlyWikiers as the developer version is on the bleeding edge of the changes and you will likely encounter other issues with it.
Firefox ESR lags behind other Firefox developments but gets security updates, I think its the best all round choice in the current situation for the least hassle running TiddlyWiki for 10 months or so yet.
Background Comments ...
There is a lot of controversy & disagreements in the Mozilla community about the direction that Firefox has committed to. Many argue, very reasonably, that in going the direction it is it is committing suicide because the result will be that all that is distinctive about Firefox (vast numbers of sophisticated extensions) will be lost. So there will be no real reason left to use it. Its userbase has already shrunk dramatically.
It not just TiddlyWiki that is affected by the changes, it impacts a whole swathe of brilliant add-ons that rely on file-saving. In many cases because these "apps" (unlike TiddlyWiki) are implemented solely as add-ons, their developers have already stopped work on them as the "WebExtensions" API has has no simple methods to directly save to file.
It may be that Firefox will yet extent the API in the way that would be needed, but the Mozilla discussions I looked at it about are all pretty much not going anywhere soon.
If you know a channel through which to protest. or lodge a concern please let us know ...
Firefox over the next few months is rolling out a series of radical changes that will mean, by the release of Standard Firefox 57 (November 2017), TiddlyFox will no longer work, not even signed versions. Only "WebExtensions" will work, and TiddlyFox is not one of them.
My opinion is the BEST BET to prolong your ability to save via TiddlyFox on desktops is to switch over to FirefoxESR.
FirefoxESR is currently in version 52 and will stay in major version 52 until at least March 2018. The FirefoxESR version will install add-ons, including "unsigned" versions, like the latest TiddlyFox. In order to do this ...
1 - Freshly install FirefoxESR*. Copy over any profiles from your other Firefox install you want to keep. (Note, Android O/S is not supported, FirefoxESR is mainly aimed at desktop users)
2 - Start FirefoxESR. Go to "about:config" via the address bar. Click "I accept the risk!"
3 - Navigate to ...
xpinstall.signatures.required
... Click it till the value changes from "true" to "false". Close the tab/window.
Now you will then be able to (a) install "unsigned" add-ons; (b) and continue to be able to use TiddlyFox beyond November 2017.
Sources ...Normal FirefoxESR: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/Why Best Bet? ...
Portable Apps version of FirefoxESR: https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-esrr
TiddlyFox latest (2.0.2 prerelease), unsigned: https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyFox/raw/master/tiddlywiki.xpi
IMO, FirefoxESR is now preferable to FirefoxDeveloper for TiddlyWikiers as the developer version is on the bleeding edge of the changes and you will likely encounter other issues with it.
Firefox ESR lags behind other Firefox developments but gets security updates, I think its the best all round choice in the current situation for the least hassle running TiddlyWiki for 10 months or so yet.
Background Comments ...
There is a lot of controversy & disagreements in the Mozilla community about the direction that Firefox has committed to. Many argue, very reasonably, that in going the direction it is it is committing suicide because the result will be that all that is distinctive about Firefox (vast numbers of sophisticated extensions) will be lost. So there will be no real reason left to use it. Its userbase has already shrunk dramatically.
It not just TiddlyWiki that is affected by the changes, it impacts a whole swathe of brilliant add-ons that rely on file-saving. In many cases because these "apps" (unlike TiddlyWiki) are implemented solely as add-ons, their developers have already stopped work on them as the "WebExtensions" API has has no simple methods to directly save to file.
It may be that Firefox will yet extent the API in the way that would be needed, but the Mozilla discussions I looked at it about are all pretty much not going anywhere soon.
I came across this method to install unsigned versions of extensions....
The default download mechanism might be manageable on the desktop, but the "save-as" on FF for Android, as far as I could tell, did not offer a "choose directory each time" option. This means that each time you save the name is munged. Renaming files on an Android is not as easy as on a desktop and generally a hassle.
You're advocating "bowing" to an edition of FF that is a compromise meant for large organizations
and which makes you sign up yet again for another list.
Plus, with the coming changes, there may be fewer reasons to want FF in the first place.
The main problem with the default mechanism is the munged files it creates.
I can imagine (at least for windows) a shell script that is used for launching your TW. It sifts through the munged titles, archives the old ones, copies the newest one to your TW starting directory, and launches it there. So, just like a first-class app, it would have an icon on your desktop.
Firefox over the next few months is rolling out a series of radical changes that will mean, by the release of Standard Firefox 57 (November 2017), TiddlyFox will no longer work, not even signed versions. Only "WebExtensions" will work, and TiddlyFox is not one of them.
My opinion is the BEST BET to prolong your ability to save via TiddlyFox on desktops is to switch over to FirefoxESR.
I just realized ... why do you need to install an unsigned version of tiddlyfox? TF 2.0.1 appears to work with FF 54, so what's the reason to get 2.0.2 ?
I used the config.js/config-pref.js technique followed by your steps 1-3 and FF accepted TF 2.0.2 (on a virtual box linux mint). I don't know if the config.js steps were necessary or not.
and then finally start using TW…
so maybe there's yet another step I missed…
Unless I'm doing things the hard way, there's more to it than a simple desktop app.
Jed Carty wrote:
My opinion, the BEST BET to prolong your ability to save via TiddlyFox on desktops is to switch over to FirefoxESR.
Joe Bloggs may well benefit from this approach
ste...@gmail.com wrote:What about TiddlyDesktop? It comes with its own web browser, which might be preferable to installing a particular version of another browser only because of TiddlyWiki. I never used TiddlyFox, but TiddlyDesktop works well for me.
TiddlyDesktop is indeed very good.
But (1) its not been updated for a while (Dec 2015). (2) You lose the advantages of the rich environment of Firefox (IF you are into it).
When running TiddlyDesktop, at least they wouldn't be tempted to use it for visiting other websites ...
Allow me to further explain. All you need to do is download an updated Unbranded every time a new version comes up; up and until version 56 ...
if we don't offer a simple procedural way… the coming November changes will seriously adversely effect non-DIY TW users on Firefox.