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TaoPhoenix:

My bad, Pale Moon still has the option Firefox doesn't ...
-4wd (February 27, 2015, 04:56 PM)
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I've got it! Palemoon is my favorite extension!
:P

TaoPhoenix:
After the transition period, it will not be possible to install unsigned extensions in Release or Beta versions of Firefox. There won’t be any preferences or command line options to disable this.
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So, for my own good, you're not even going to allow me to override your decision and install whatever software/extensions I want on my own machine?

How does an open source group even come to a decision like that? How is that open?
-Deozaan (March 16, 2015, 04:00 PM)
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(Bitter) No. Because FF decided their market is "hipsters not cool enough to go for Apple but with none of the tech skills of the original FF spirit." (/Bitter)

All this junk is making me always go WWPMD as in What Would Pale Moon Do. Besides the very nice oasis on the UI side with my familiar menus, the P-M people also seem to try to keep some sanity back in the browser when they can. I'm still on the old version, but will this change filter in there?

You'd hope a plugin dev would be thorough enough to sign the addons, but often times it's hobbyists just trying to release something cool, in that spirit.

It would be a shame if it all got chilly and locked them all out.

MilesAhead:
So, for my own good, you're not even going to allow me to override your decision and install whatever software/extensions I want on my own machine?

How does an open source group even come to a decision like that? How is that open?
-Deozaan
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I mainly stay away from IE variants because of BHOs and ActiveX.  But during the MaxThon 2.x days I used to enjoy that community.  Since then I would download MaxThon once or twice a year just for nostalgia.  See what the new version looked like etc..  Man those extension restrictions totally killed it.  The community is a shell of its former self.  It seems like the trend these days is hell bent on making surfing a chore to be endured rather than a fun way to pass the time.  Such a waste.

Deozaan:
There will be a transition period of two release cycles (12 weeks total) during which unsigned extensions will only generate a warning in Firefox.

After the transition period, it will not be possible to install unsigned extensions in Release or Beta versions of Firefox. There won’t be any preferences or command line options to disable this.

Installation of unsigned extensions will still be possible on Nightly and Developer Edition, as well as special, unbranded builds of Release and Beta that will be available mainly for developers testing their extensions.-all of the paragraph
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-Curt (March 16, 2015, 04:18 PM)
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I don't want to run an unstable Nightly or a Developer Edition, nor do I want "special" builds just to run some extensions. If I'm going to go for special, unbranded builds, I might as well go for IceWeasel or Pale Moon or Project Spartan.

MilesAhead:
I don't want to run an unstable Nightly or a Developer Edition, nor do I want "special" builds just to run some extensions. If I'm going to go for special, unbranded builds, I might as well go for IceWeasel or Pale Moon or Project Spartan.
-Deozaan (March 18, 2015, 02:05 AM)
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Plus what extension author will bother if the thing will only run on marginal builds?
I fear many will go the way of Andy Halford.

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