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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Agreed - especially Quantum extensions, I've had to ditch quite a few, they are not as robust as the old extensions.
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Which have you had to ditch?
I ran an ESR instance of Firefox to continue using existing extensions until Quantum compatible replacements occurred. There is still a hole or two, but for the most part things work.
The issue is that browser development in general is going to an "extensions are pure JavaScript, and must run in a browser sandbox and not affect the underlying machine" model. The good part is that it's possible to write cross-browser extensions that can be install with minor source changed on Chrome, Edge, or FF. The bad part is all the stuff you used to be able to do in extensions and can't anymore.
My current gripe is multiple windows. I have an assortment of things on the bookmark bar I want to open in a new instance, not as tabs in the existing one, like Facebook and Reddit.
I can open stuff in a new Window fine, but what happens when I close both?
Previously, closing the first window also closed the second. Now, close one, the other remains, and must be closed separately. The other one tends to be a second window. When I startup Firefox again, what comes up is the second window, not the main one. I use Tab Session Manager and can restore the other stuff, but having to is a PITA.
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Dennis