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Thunderbird Will Phase Out Legacy Add-Ons, Will Support WebExtensions (bleepingcomputer.com)
Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: Mozilla announced last week plans to modernize Thunderbird's codebase, plans that include fixing some "technical debt" by incorporating the recent changes in the Mozilla engine into Thunderbird, adding a new user interface (UI), and phasing out old legacy add-ons that are built on the XUL and XPCOM APIs. The changes are part of Mozilla's new plan for Thunderbird development, a project that it left for dead in 2012, but later decided to reinvigorate in 2016.
See subject & get ready for a weekend of APK posts in every story. Topics featured will include:
1) Hosts file engines and why they're essential for security
2) Slashdot users who have humiliated themselves arguing with APK
3) Bump stock bans and why such bans are necessary
4) Vatican conspiracies and their role in keeping bump stocks legal
5) Slashdot moderation and why it is censorship
6) Reasons that 2018 will again not be the year of Linux on the desktop
7) Unpleasant truths about how OpenSores is destroying America
...AND SO MUCH MORE!
Get ready for the marathon this weekend!
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