Firefox: your options to run legacy add-ons
Firefox users who rely on specific legacy add-ons have a couple of options to retain their functionality. The following options are available:
Switch to Firefox ESR (until June 26, 2018)
Firefox ESR, [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/] Extended Support Release, will support legacy add-ons until June 26, 2018. This special version of Firefox is maintained specifically for organizations that require more stability and less change when it comes to software.
Firefox ESR gets all the security updates that Firefox Stable gets, but none of the functionality changes. The current version of Firefox ESR, 52.x, is based on Firefox 52.0. This means that it won’t incorporate any changes made in Firefox 53, 57 or even 60.
It is no longer supported after the release of Firefox ESR 52.8.0 which is released next to Firefox 60....
Block further updates (unlimited, but insecure)...
Pale Moon (not all add-ons are compatible)
Pale Moon, which shares a lot of code with Firefox, may be an option of the add-ons that you want to use work in the browser.
Not all Firefox add-ons are compatible with Pale Moon on the other hand, so you best verify this before you migrate to the browser. https://www.ghacks.net/2017/08/08/firefox-your-options-to-run-legacy-add-ons/
Then there is
What is Basilisk?
Basilisk is a web browser building on the Unified XUL Platform (UXP), an application platform currently in development, a true fork of Mozilla’s pre-servo platform code and using a new iteration of Goanna as a layout and rendering engine, that will allow customizable, cross-platform applications to be built using the XUL markup language. The web browser is both a vessel to facilitate development and testing of UXP, and a direct replacement for Firefox with full add-on capabilities (both NPAPI plugins and all types of extensions). http://www.basilisk-browser.org/preview/index.shtml
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ok all- what browsers does adblock plus work with? That’s all i wanna know (and which ones can play youtube videos)
Good information in your #84. The gHacks.net link has good information too, including a way to check if your add-ons are updated for FF57+.
does palemoon run adblock plus? That’s the only one i care about- plus playing youtube vids with no problems-
The first release of Basilisk has just been made available. I've been running it all day with no problems. It works with all five of the extensions I use.