The ideal migration plan is to maintain the old generation as you build support for the new one.
It just becomes a question of where the laziness is being passed on to, particularly for consumer products like web browsers. In this case, Mozilla want to be lazy. No problem, we have choice now. Mark. On 17/Nov/17 09:28, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > Break now and set a foundation for the future, happens everywhere: > > - Windows: 98, Vista, 8 > - Apple: move to Intel > - Intel/HP: Itanium > - Google: Android 5 > - Java: move from 4 to 5, 7 to 8 > - Python: 2.x to 3.x > - PHP: 4.x to 5.x > - MySQL 4.x to 5.x there was a failed 6.0 in there > > To mention but a few that I remember being exposed to over time. Its a > bold move, but there comes a time when its more painful and costly to > not to break > > Stephen > > Stephen S. Musoke > Skype: ssmusoke > Twitter: @ssmusoke > +256 776 553 260 > http://ssmusoke.com > > /Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is > that we are powerful beyond measure ~Marianne Williamson/ > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Mark Tinka <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Not at a global scale that FF is at. > > For a business, while painful, it's a smaller footprint for the > impact. > > FF has millions of users around the world. What are they thinking? > > Mark. > > > On 17/Nov/17 09:04, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: >> Oh yes indeed, but once in a while you need to break a whole lot >> of stuff to start on a new path. >> >> I am actually in that situation now, where we are rolling out >> software that needs an infrastructure change which is painful but >> is the best for the future direction. And just has to be done >> >> Stephen >> >> Stephen S. Musoke >> Skype: ssmusoke >> Twitter: @ssmusoke >> +256 776 553 260 >> http://ssmusoke.com >> >> /Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear >> is that we are powerful beyond measure ~Marianne Williamson/ >> >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Mark Tinka <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Guys, I won't lie, I love FF, but man does it make my fan go. >> Even the new, lighter FF 57, though better than the last >> iterations, is still power-hungry. >> >> But as with most of you, the callous disregard for the >> Extensions that made FF is what has really got me thinking. >> >> For the foreseeable future, I'll use Chrome (would prefer >> Safari, but it's not as well supported by the community as >> Chrome and FF are). >> >> Happy to relaunch FF once all this is sorted out, if ever. >> >> Mark. >> >> >> On 16/Nov/17 22:46, Kyle Spencer wrote: >>> I love the new Firefox. It's much lighter and faster. A few >>> key extensions don't work yet (e.g. NoScript) but >>> compatibility is coming very soon. >>> >>> Who can trust a closed-source browser from a large corporation? >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Tim Schofield >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Mozilla have irritated me on several things recently, >>> though I have found their developers will often listen >>> to reasoned argument. >>> >>> However I persist because I dislike the spyware built >>> into Chrome, and because I don't want to see a web >>> dominated by MS/Apple/Google. Firefox saved us from the >>> IE6/DHTML/Jquery nightmare of a proprietary web, and I >>> hope Mozilla will revert back to how they once were so >>> that it doesn't happen again. >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> On 16 November 2017 at 16:55, James Makumbi >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Stephen, least you could have done is read the >>> shared url. >>> I had read elsewhere the impending doom for >>> extensions in ff but like you, I thought the >>> unsupported open source devs would adapt. >>> Sadly if what Nils said is true, the quality >>> extensions we have been using might all disappear. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, 15:07 Stephen S. Musoke, >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> James, >>> >>> Webapps I moved to Firefox Developer Edition the >>> blue one, runs fast without alot of the consumer >>> baggage >>> >>> Patience with Firefox, the extensions will be >>> back in a month or two, after all you are paying >>> narra for it ... >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> Stephen S. Musoke >>> Skype: ssmusoke >>> Twitter: @ssmusoke >>> +256 776 553 260 >>> http://ssmusoke.com >>> >>> /Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. >>> Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond >>> measure ~Marianne Williamson/ >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 3:00 PM, James Makumbi >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I wonder which browser will take all my >>> crazy security and Web app debugging extension? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, 13:23 Mark Tinka, >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> After years of avidly supporting FF, I >>> think it's time for me to make the tough >>> call, and move on to another browser: >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.downthemall.net/re-downthemall-and-webextensions-or-why-why-i-am-done-with-mozilla/ >>> >>> <http://www.downthemall.net/re-downthemall-and-webextensions-or-why-why-i-am-done-with-mozilla/> >>> >>> Mark. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Uganda Linux User Group: >>> http://linux.or.ug >>> >>> Send messages to this mailing list by >>> addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Mailing list archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>> Mailing list settings: >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> <http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug> >>> To unsubscribe: >>> http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> <http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug> >>> >>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is >>> generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by >>> whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). 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