Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:25:55 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Re: Time for a firefox-56 port? Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ4MMa4pifAdQ71pC-oQJDscHAxWiHFCLP0NbEH5viY8nw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ7shnbco8N-MNUZyyb1s8e2KjhipqQUApZy72DbCz7EjA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20171124011104.GA25761@eureka.lemis.com> <CAGsORuDAuH%2BaaXdqVpUPA-u4AtGCeGEoG_=ue_WMzynrBKz77w@mail.gmail.com> <20171126021509.GE25761@eureka.lemis.com> <CAOjFWZ7shnbco8N-MNUZyyb1s8e2KjhipqQUApZy72DbCz7EjA@mail.gmail.com>
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Forgot to include the list. Cheers, Freddie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Freddie Cash" <fjwcash@gmail.com> Date: Nov 25, 2017 8:25 PM Subject: Re: Time for a firefox-56 port? To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> Cc: On Nov 25, 2017 6:38 PM, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 19:33:18 -0600, Zhihao Yuan wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2017 6:31 PM, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> I'm sure I'm not the only person who relies on old addons. How > >> about a firefox-56 port until the current problems die down? > > > > Here is a port for the Palemoon browser: > > > > https://www.freshports.org/www/palemoon/ > > It doesn't address the addon issue. I expect that gradually the > addons will get updated to the new interfaces, so this is just a > temporary thing. > > > Pale Moon, Water Fox, and another one I can't remember, are forks of > Firefox. They try to keep up with the latest features under the hood, but > keep the old XUL based interface, and the older style of default GUI. They > support add-ons and plugins, but they may lag a version or two behind in > features. > > Haven't personally used them, but everytime Mozilla makes a hard break > with something (UI, plugins, and now add-ons), more users migrate over to > them. > > Cheers, > Freddie >
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