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Bringing back XUL extensions won't rescue Firefox, because removing XUL extensions is not what caused Firefox to lose marketshare in the first place. https://c
by notriddle 4y ago
Bringing back XUL extensions won't rescue Firefox, because removing XUL extensions is not what caused Firefox to lose marketshare in the first place.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/108/556/560/715/311/519/original/1d624e684edbf8b5.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/108/556/56...
Source for the "XUL Deprecated in August 2015" date: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/08/21/the-future-of-developing-firefox-add-ons/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/08/21/the-future-of-dev...
Source for the browser stats over time: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrowserUsageShare.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrowserUsageShare.pn...
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y agoSo what? XUL was a "technology that respect users" but was replaced because firefox needed to copy chrome.