Submitted by josefStallman in freeAsInFreedom
Firefox 57 is going to be a very significant change for the browser. Most notably, it will remove support for traditional extensions in favour of a new format called webextentions, which work for all versions of firefox after 57. This has been fairly controversial, and I'm curious to see what everyone else thinks about it.
Personally, I think it's a good thing, as trying to get a bunch of security add-ons to work with newer or older versions of firefox is a nightmare.
jaidedctrl wrote
I'm running the latest nightly, and it has improved so much.
Webpages are speedy, the UI is more responsive, etc. etc.
Only downside I've found is the add-on incompatibility. :/
I used to use VimFX for some nice keybindings, but it's dead thanks to the new web-extensions.
Just a couple of days I found out about the Vimium Firefox port, though-- now, all is comfortable and right.
I still think the UI is ugly and lacks any sort of identity or distinction, unlike the last UI.