The Waterfox dev at the same time was willing to compromise and made DRM an optional download, even if he ethically doesn’t support it. DRM will lead to problems in times of streaming services.
He insisted that huge companies like Facebook should cater to his small project instead of doing the conscious thing and see how to fix the issue himself. But he is also a very stubborn stickler for principles unwilling or unable to compromise. In all honesty… Yes, Moonchild is what you would call “determined”. Waterfox shares code with Firefox as well and it will continue to run legacy add-ons and does support WebExtension as well (up to a Hawack: Not all Firefox add-ons are compatible with Pale Moon on the other hand, so you best verify this before you migrate to the browser. Pale Moon, which shares a lot of code with Firefox, may be an option of the add-ons that you want to use work in the browser. Pale Moon or Waterfox (not all add-ons are compatible) Note that Mozilla changes the preferences layout. This makes it a non-option for most use cases.įirefox users who want to disable automatic updates need to load about:preferences#advanced, switch to the advanced tab there, and select "never check for updates". While that removes the time limit for using any legacy add-on that still works in Firefox 56, it means as well that Firefox won't get updated anymore with security updates. Block further updates (unlimited, but insecure)Īnother option that Firefox users have is to block any updates to the browser so that Firefox won't get updated to version 57. Update: Read the how to run legacy extensions in Firefox guide for instructions. While some add-ons will continue to work at least for a while, it is unclear for how long, and for how long Mozilla plans to keep the preference in Nightly to keep on using legacy add-ons. Most add-ons that aren’t WebExtensions will be broken regardless.Ĭompatibility issues will grow over time when further changes are made to the Firefox web browser. Starting with 57, many things will break that will also break add-ons.
Jorge Villalobos, product manager for, confirms as much on the official Mozilla blog: This sounds good at first glance, but changes in the browser's core will render add-ons non-functional in Firefox 57. Mozilla plans to ship Firefox Nightly with a preference to enable support for legacy add-ons.
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