[Info-vax] BridgeWorks

[Dave Froble]

On 7/24/2024 8:43 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2024-07-23, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:16:40 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>
>>> If you look at third party COM components used by VB6 and VBS back in
>>> the late 90's and early 00's, then most of it are gone.
>>
>> If they were open-source, at least someone else could take over
>> development/maintenance after the original creators have gone bust/given
>> up.
>>
>
> How does that work for the original XUL-based version of Firefox so
> that you can get back the functionality you used to have ?
>
> How many people are trying to maintain the old XUL version of Firefox,
> especially on Android, while trying to keep it moving forward with all
> the other changes happening in the (new) mainstream Firefox ?
>
> I picked this example because I am writing an extension for current
> Firefox on Android and this Web Extensions is a complete and utter
> bloody joke compared to what you could do in the old Firefox for Android.
>
> Hell, they don't even support context menus on Android in the current
> Firefox:
>
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/menus#browser_compatibility
>
> This was absolutely standard functionality in the original Firefox for
> Android. I know this because I wrote extensions in the past that used it :-(
>
> And BTW, the bloody control freaks at Mozilla no longer allow you to
> load your own extensions into Firefox without having to upload it to
> Mozilla for signing. You had to work to turn signing off in the older
> versions (which was OK because a user could not easily load an unsigned
> extension without having to go through some non-obvious steps) but if
> you were a developer, you could do it.
>
> You can sideload Android applications, so I wonder why the bloody control
> freaks at Mozilla think its OK to stop you from sideloading your own
> extensions that you wrote.
>
> IOW Lawrence, you picked a really bad week to bring that up. :-)
>
> Simon.
>

Perhaps they learned at (you'll go where we want you to go today) Microsoft?

One could guess they get away with such since you get what you paid for, and 
there is no leverage, such as sales, on such people.

-- 
David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-0450
Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc.      E-Mail: davef at tsoft-inc.com
DFE Ultralights, Inc.
170 Grimplin Road
Vanderbilt, PA  15486