On 3/6/2015 11:04 PM, Alex Beauroy wrote:
> On 07/03/2015 01:47, David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 3/6/2015 10:42 AM, Rick Merrill wrote:
>>> Desiree wrote on 02/13/2015 1:59 AM:
>>>> On 2/12/2015 9:05 AM, David E. Ross wrote:
>>>>> According to
>>>>> <https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/02/10/extension-signing-safer-experience/>,
>>>>> Firefox will no longer allow extensions to be installed unless signed by
>>>>> Mozilla.  Users will have NO option to allow an unsigned extension to be
>>>>> installed.  That is, signatures by Mozilla will be mandatory.
>>>>>
>>>>> Will this also be implemented in SeaMonkey?
>>>>>
>>>> The blog states this will NOT be implemented for SeaMonkey.
>>>>
>>>> I stunned that Mozilla is doing this.  This is political and could be the 
>>>> death of Fx.
>>> I can understand that some users love extensions, but I think security is 
>>> the reason
>>> that this is being done, and so I am much in favor of it.
>>>
>>
>> Before I retired, I had a 41-year career in software, first programming
>> and then testing.  I developed approximately 25% of the specifications
>> for a military software project that eventually cost about $400,000,000.
>>   I was called out of the shower (at home, getting ready for bed) to take
>> a phone call from a satellite launch facility to explain how to use the
>> command and control software for a space satellite that was within a
>> hour of launch.  I taught end-users about the mathematics underlying
>> their software.  I p[roved that a new software package failed to
>> implement the customer's requirements, delaying deployment about 6
>> months while the package was rewritten.
>>
>> I do not need or want some developer who was not yet born when I started
>> my career imposing unwanted protection on me.
>>
> Wow!!! You have a very impressive CV!!!
> I just wanted to know if you have been using the theme "Orthodox"
> which does not work with SeaMonkey 2.32.1, but certainly works with 2.26.1
> I love it!!
> I don't have your programming and testing skills, therefore I remains 
> trusting
> Mozilla for security!!
> Best Regards
> @lex
> 

I use the SeaMonkey default theme.


-- 
David E. Ross

I am sticking with SeaMonkey 2.26.1 until saved passwords can
be used when autocomplete=off.  See
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433238>.
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