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Re: NoScript Not Available for Latest Firefox

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Post by andrei_says_ »

The title of this post is incorrect.

Seems like it is available, just in the old extension format.

From the noscript site:

> Please be patient: if you feel naked while you're waiting for the "brand new" NoScript, you can still use the "regular" NoScript 5.x (and all the other extensions of yours) on Firefox 52 ESR, which will receive security updates until June 2018. See you soon!

Edit: my statement is incorrect, the noscript page refers to the ESR version of firefox.

> authors suggest to use ESR, which is Extended Support Release, not the latest firefox.

Re: NoScript Not Available for Latest Firefox

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Post by ycmbntrthrwaway »

andrei_says_ wrote: post #2

The title of this post is incorrect. Seems like it is available, just in the old extension format. From the noscript site: > Please be patient: if you feel naked while you're waiting for the "brand new" NoScript, you can still use the "regular" NoScript 5.x (and all the other extensions of yours) on Firefox 52 ESR, which will receive security updates until June 2018. See you soon! Edit: my statement is incorrect, the…

It is not, authors suggest to use ESR, which is Extended Support Release, not the latest firefox.

Re: NoScript Not Available for Latest Firefox

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

andrei_says_ wrote: post #2

The title of this post is incorrect. Seems like it is available, just in the old extension format. From the noscript site: > Please be patient: if you feel naked while you're waiting for the "brand new" NoScript, you can still use the "regular" NoScript 5.x (and all the other extensions of yours) on Firefox 52 ESR, which will receive security updates until June 2018. See you soon! Edit: my statement is incorrect, the…

Latest Firefox is 57.0 "Quantum", for which it's not available, as in the title.

I feel the way addons were handled in the upgrade was wrong, most of mine were just removed rather than being listed and marked as "incompatible". That seems wrong to me.

Re: NoScript Not Available for Latest Firefox

#7

Post by zython »

andrei_says_ wrote: post #2

The title of this post is incorrect. Seems like it is available, just in the old extension format. From the noscript site: > Please be patient: if you feel naked while you're waiting for the "brand new" NoScript, you can still use the "regular" NoScript 5.x (and all the other extensions of yours) on Firefox 52 ESR, which will receive security updates until June 2018. See you soon! Edit: my statement is incorrect, the…

Or you know, "if you feel unsafe" you can always downgrade to 56 or chromium.

Re: NoScript Not Available for Latest Firefox

#8

Post by Etheryte »

gdulli wrote: post #3

The utility of the long tail of Firefox plugins was what gave it its value. I've been using a hybrid of Pale Moon and Firefox since the last round of losing plugins and now don't see a reason to keep Firefox at all.

While I definitely see where you’re coming from, I certainly prefer building for better peformance as opposed to supporting everything forever. Analogous to Windows, supporting all the old things gave them a strong edge in their business, but they also paid a very hefty price on it (performance issues, security loopholes, BSODs to name a few).

Re: NoScript Not Available for Latest Firefox

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

gdulli wrote: post #3

The utility of the long tail of Firefox plugins was what gave it its value. I've been using a hybrid of Pale Moon and Firefox since the last round of losing plugins and now don't see a reason to keep Firefox at all.

I'd value a resource with a simple explanation of the changes that prevent a compatibility layer from enabling all the old plugins?
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