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Cameron, would you take donations to go towards the complaints campaign? I think beer would assist the complaining long and loud activities substantially. Thoughts?
> From: spectre@floodgap.com > To: gopher-project@lists.alioth.debian.org > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:03:29 -0700 > Subject: Re: [gopher] Firefox killing off plugins -- Future for Overbite? > > > > What does this mean for Overbite's future? Time to install forg from > > > the repositories? > > > > I might be off here, but isn't Overbite an *extension*, rather than a > > *plugin*? (One is C++ written for NPAPI, those they want to get rid of; > > the other is _javascript_ written for browser-specific APIs, those > > they'll likely keep forever...) > > Correct, plugin != add-on > > I banned plugins from TenFourFox ages ago, but most Firefox add-ons still > work (at "best effort" support only, but they generally do). > > The biggest threat to OverbiteFF is Mozilla moving away from XUL/XPCOM > addons to WebExtensions, which lacks most of the direct socket functionality. > I've complained about this loudly and frequently, and we'll see what they do > about it. > > -- > ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckaiser@floodgap.com > -- I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous. ---------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Gopher-Project mailing list > Gopher-Project@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gopher-project |
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