Even more horrible is the introduction of WebExtensions and therewith the death of our Add-Ons.
#Waterfox vs cyberfox full#
However, Mozilla seems to put the sledgehammer on Firefox once more, this time by removing full themes and XUL from the product. So far so good, my Waterfox is now the way I like it.
Classic Theme Restorer allowed me to also disable Australis and Hello, the ads were quickly removed with some about:config settings. Waterfox disables Pocket, DRM and Add-On Signing by default which is great and most appreciated. They have added some rubbish to it in the past (most notably: Australis, Pocket, Hello, DRM, Add-On Signing, ads.) and I have not been satisfied with their direction ever since. Recently I gathered some information about the future of Firefox as planned by Mozilla. It is an ambitious project, but I'd imagine that interest is there both from the developer community and userbase to realize it.For a long time I have been a Waterfox user now, so firstly my best wishes for the future are of course going to Alex. The plan to create a startup, fork Firefox, and continue development of a classic version of the browser depends on financing of course. Those who rely on classic add-ons want to pick the Extended Support Release version, others the RR version. This means that Watefox users can pick one of the browsers going forward. Waterfox ESR and Waterfox RR are likely going to happen. The browser is expected to be out this week. The lead developer plans to provide additional details about the future of Waterfox in the Waterfox 52 release announcement. That new browser would use C++ and not Rust as the core language. The new browser would have its own release cycle, which would be similar to Firefox's 1 to Firefox's 3.6 release cycle (less but larger releases). He would then try and get programmers on board that would help him maintain that version of the new browser following in "Mozilla's ethos". He plans to get funding for a startup to fork the last working version of Firefox with XUL/XPCOM to create a new browser out of it.
#Waterfox vs cyberfox install#
Waterfox ESR would ensure that users of the browser could install and use legacy add-ons in the web browser, something that would not be possible otherwise with the release of Firefox 57 in November (and the subsequent release of Waterfox 57).īut the developers plans don't end there. One that would be migrated to Firefox ESR, another called Waterfox RR which would follow Mozilla's release scheme. The plan, announced on the official Waterfox Reddit forum, would see the team putting out two versions of the browser in the near future.
#Waterfox vs cyberfox code#
Waterfox is based on Firefox code that has been offered as a 64-bit version for a long time, and ships without features such as Pocket, or Adobe DRM that Firefox shipped with. The Waterfox developer has different plans however. He plans to migrate the browser to Firefox's Extended Release channel, and support it until Mozilla Firefox upgrades ESR to the next release cycle. The lead developer of Cyberfox made the decision to put the browser to rest. When Mozilla announced the deprecation of the legacy Firefox add-on system, and the focus on WebExtensions, it was clear that any browser based on Firefox needed to come up with a plan going forward. The developer of the Firefox-based Waterfox web browser revealed today on Reddit how he plans to to deal with the changes Mozilla makes to Firefox.
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