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.
       
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