Rufus wrote:
If a *user* has to be savy enough to hack code to get a "finished" product to work, then that product isn't "finished".
You don't have to hack anything to use SeaMonkey. Some extensions need minor tweaks to make them work. By your own logic, these extensions are unfinished, not the product. Extensions may be a vital part of our ecosystem, but they are not under our (direct) control. We know there are issues, but there are efforts to minimize the impact as much as we can:
1. The Add-on Compatibility Reporter allows you to install any add-on that has been declared compatible with an earlier version of SeaMonkey (well, starting with 2.0, since that marked the beginning of the new install system support) *and* report to the add-on authors whether it still works or not.
2. We created a Wiki page that lists add-ons and their state of compatibility: <https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/2.1/AddonCompat>. That list is actively maintained. While it may not list all your favorite add-ons, it allows you to easily see whether their state is known or not. Granted, it's still for SM 2.1, but given the very few changes between 2.1 and 2.2, I'd expect all add-ons that worked with 2.1 to work with 2.2 as long as the Add-on Compatibility Reporter is installed.
I currently have 93 add-ons installed, 66 of which are active, and the vast majority of those is either directly compatible with SM 2.2 or just needed the Add-on Compatibility Reporter to be installed first.
Actually, I miss all of the features that the 1.1.x series included. I didn't use the Forms Manager, but I get the impression that enough people miss it to put me on their side.
So you acknowledge that you never used it, but still that determines that you don't like the change. That's ill logic. I'm not saying this is a non-issue, but it should be for you!
Anyway, Philip Chee was kind enough to make the Autofill Forms extension compatible with SM 2.0 and AFAIK it still works with SM 2.2. Problem solved.
HTH Jens -- Jens Hatlak <http://jens.hatlak.de/> SeaMonkey Trunk Tracker <http://smtt.blogspot.com/> _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
