57.0 Update Addons

[JDsnyke]

Hello,

When can we expect the 57.0 update to drop? Most of the interesting firefox addons require this version at the least. Perhaps a roadmap to showcase upcoming features?

Loving WaterFox by the way

Thanks!

[hawkeye116477]

There will be no 57.0 version. Next mayor version will be 60.

[grahamperrin]

Please subscribe to:

• Waterfox and old firefox api · Issue #215 · MrAlex94/Waterfox
• Waterfox Quantum? · Issue #267 …
• No compatibility with FF57 Addons · Issue #346 … – but don't be misled by the title
• Webextension API merge strategy · Issue #389 …

… roadmap …

Please see yesterday's Waterfox's current status …

[thebunnyrules]

Oh wow, so he's decided to go with Quantum after all?

[MrAlex94]

You can use extensions for 57, the WebExtension API was already mature in 56. I’ll just add a UA override in the next release so you can install without issues.

@thebunnyrules, kind of. Obviously compatibility and XUL/XPCOM support is the big idea so if it doesn’t work then the 56 base will remain.

[laniakea64]

You can use extensions for 57, ... I’ll just add a UA override in the next release so you can install without issues.

Does this mean Waterfox will support the WebExtensions APIs introduced in 57 (e.g. webRequest.filterResponseData) in the next release?

Edit: This question was answered in #484 (comment)

[JDsnyke]

Thanks for the replies everyone! Looking forward to the UA override @MrAlex94 !

[thebunnyrules]

@MrAlex94 Best of luck with that. It certainly would be nice to have XPCOM/XUL support and the speed of the new Quantum architecture but I imagine that as Moz moves further and further into WebExtensions, you're going to have to put in more work to support both standards.

I'm almost done making a telemetry free FF that's in the same spirit as WF but for Quantum. If you end up seeing that supporting Quantum is untenable, I can probably put it up as it's own project.