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BrowserWorks / Waterfox-Classic

The Waterfox Classic repository, for legacy systems and customisation.
https://classic.waterfox.net
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Suggestion - Why not basing Waterfox Classic on UXP? #201

Open Sa-Ja-Di opened 11 months ago

Sa-Ja-Di commented 11 months ago

Waterfox Classic is a dead-end - that should everyone see already.

But why not re-branding UXP based browsers as Waterfox Classic? The Pale Moon/UXP code is much more capable of viewing modern web pages than the old classic Firefox 56 engine, and old add-ons still are supported there too.

Additionally, it provides an ongoing strong effort now to implement missing ECMAScrip features. For example, right now work is happening to make BigInt possible in Pale Moon.

Therefor i highly suggest in breathing new life in Waterfox Classic and restarting it with using UXP as base code.

Win-Win situation for everyone!

tordenflesk commented 10 months ago

You'll lose WebExtensions, no?

michael-j-oconnor commented 10 months ago

You'll lose WebExtensions, no?

Basilisk doesn't have then, so guessing not.

hawkeye116477 commented 5 months ago

Yeah, you'll lose WebExtensions and also I don't know what the point of that would be, there is already browser with similar UI called Basilisk.