> In any case, I think it would be better to spend effort into migration to
> something future oriented, even if it means to lose loved features or
> functionality, than to spend the effort in keeping something outdated alive.
Personally my heart isn't into this. Even while paving the way to 2.57 I am
always going to add this and that to 2.53 because that is for me the version
where everything still works. Building beyond 2.57 is a major task which would
need more developer support. Firefox is a big construction site for years to
come and I no longer care about Mozilla or Fx. So much has been ripped out
with no adequate replacements and more to come. I agree with some and the
general direction to modernize but not with just telling everyone how bad the
old was and how good the new is: No themes; No rss; forced updates; telemetry;
butchered bookmarks; butchered primitive mobile interface; limited extension
support and so on... Thanks but no thanks.
For a complete rewrite I would probably rather go with the tide and switch to
Chromium as a base. If you do this a hobby and not a daytime job it needs to
be at least some fun to continue :)
FRG
[email protected] wrote:
First of all, as a Seamonkey user from day one I have to say a big thanks to
all the the people involved in keeping this project alive and providing such a
fantastic web suite for so many years! Your work is really appreciated and I
think most users do fully understand how much of your time and effort is
needed to get this done.
That being said: after reading the blog update I'm not very optimistic about
the options the seamonkey project has because in my optinion Seamonkey will
have to go for Quantum in order to keep up with the web standards and new
technology. Without an competitive rendering engine it will not have any
future. And if this means that classic extensions will no longer be supported
or loved features will have to be dropped then it should be done. Because
without an up to date engine Seamonkey will not be able to appeal to new users
and long time users will slowly move on as well. I.e. in my optinion Seamonkey
would not have a future without an up-to-date engine.
Would it maybe be possible to build some XUL layer on top of Quantum? I mean a
way to still provide the needed interfaces for XUL, but in the end render
everything using the new engine?
In any case, I think it would be better to spend effort into migration to
something future oriented, even if it means to lose loved features or
functionality, than to spend the effort in keeping something outdated alive.
Whatever the future of the Seamonkey project will be, I'm very thankful for
the people caring for the project and supporting it.
You're all great!
Ant schrieb:
https://blog.seamonkey-project.org/2018/12/19/updating-everyone/
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