Radu-Cristian FOTESCU a écrit :
But it was announced weeks ago that Firefox 5 will be released today.
If you develope add-on you should know it and act accordingly (Mozilla
even sends reminders for developers!).
Hold on. Find me another product with such a short lifetime:
FF 4.0 was released on March 22, 2011
FF 5.0 was released on June 21, 2011
That makes it THREE MONTHS ONLY!!!
Believe me, I am using FF because I am used with it and no other browser has:
-- HttpFox
-- select text, right-click, View Source (for selection)
-- menu bar and everything "the classic way", not like Chrome/Chromium
Otherwise,
I hate Mozilla more than I hate Apple,
I hate Apple more than I hate Google,
I hate Google more than I hate Microsoft,
and I really hate Microsoft.
R-C
for what it's worth, I read a Mozilla blog a little while back talking of plans to make versions 5
& 6 updates to 4, as well as plans to automate compatibility ajustment of addons.
Also, the new development system has parallel development of 4/5/6, etc.
It is supposed to provide more stability. Certainly it requires more work to support the parallel
streams.
As far as your frustation with Mozilla documentation, easy to understand :)
I've make a few personal patches (cludges) to overcome problems that weren't fixed. (With
Seamonkey, the browser side is almost identical to Firefox.)
When I get frustrated, I try to spend a little more time getting fresh air, in nature to relax ...
whatever works for you.
take care :)
--
André
