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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Should I give up on Addons that stopped working when 4 came out altogether?

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There were a couple of add ons that I really really liked that did not work with FF4. I have been waiting for those to be updated to work with FF4, and now 4 is EOL. I expect that coming out with a new incompatible version of FF every three months is going to destroy the ability of many add on creators to keep up. I was using a browser splitting add-on, should I simply give up on ever seeing that. or many other add-ons ever again? If you are going to keep up a fast revision schedule, you NEED to keep those revisions backwards compatible, or you are not going to get any add-ons written.

There were a couple of add ons that I really really liked that did not work with FF4. I have been waiting for those to be updated to work with FF4, and now 4 is EOL. I expect that coming out with a new incompatible version of FF every three months is going to destroy the ability of many add on creators to keep up. I was using a browser splitting add-on, should I simply give up on ever seeing that. or many other add-ons ever again? If you are going to keep up a fast revision schedule, you NEED to keep those revisions backwards compatible, or you are not going to get any add-ons written.

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cor-el
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See if you can find Firefox 5.0 compatible versions with similar features.

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That is just postponing the inevitable. If FF keeps coming out with new incompatible version every three months, it won't be long before there won't be any updated add-ons. And I need to keep learning new ways of doing things? As soon as I get used to something, boom new version of FF, and I have to go find a bunch of new add-ons, and learn how to use them? I don't really have much time for things like that. Yea, I found Tile Tabs, but it is just as likely to fall off under such a schedule.