From: "Gopher-Project" <gopher-project-bounces+rachael=telefisk.org@lists.alioth.debian.org> Date: Tue Oct 13 23:04:36 2015 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 Thread start (DIR) [gopher] Firefox killing off plugins -- Future for Overbite? (DIR) Followup: Re: [gopher] Firefox killing off plugins -- Future for Overbite?