You really should be using uBlock Origin instead of Adblock Plus. It's faster and doesn't allow ads to slip through if the ad company pays off the devs, like with ABP's "acceptable ads".
Regarding FireFTP, it simply seems like the developer is butthurt for no reason, which seems to be ridiculously common among geeks, probably somewhere on the spectrum, usually considering themselves "omnologists". Yes, some functionality is no longer available, because it could be used as an attack vector by malicious XUL extensions. If I may be so blunt: Use an actual FTP client instead.
For password editing, the API is being added probably to FF58 or possibly 59. Or they could be adding the functionality directly to the browser. You can edit the saved passwords already without an extension, but I assume you want to add new custom ones?
CookieCuller has been abandoned by the dev, but there are active maintained alternatives.
I'm running my SD-era consoles to a Bang & Olufsen BeoVision MX8000, in my mind the ultimate SD 4:3 format CRT TV, 28" of goodness. Two fully RGB-capable SCART ports master race etc.
I was a diehard Phoenix user way back since 0.1 in 2002, I defected to Chrome around Firefox 30-something around mid/late-2014, and I've been back on Firefox for a couple of months now since I was impressed at how good Firefox Quantum is looking (and I was getting fed up with Google's spying). I've probably installed, tried out and uninstalled more addons than most people;-)
A hell of a lot of those extensions are completely redundant. Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger takes care of just about everything ad/privacy-related, perhaps with Decentraleyes on top to avoid tracking by JS hosting sites (including Google), and possibly speed up browsing.
That takes care of Adblock Latitude, Betterprivacy, Canvasblocker, Ghostery, Facebook Blocker, Stop Fingerprinting, Twitter Disconnect and Disconnect (Disconnect's filters can be added in uBlock Origin).
Classic Theme Restorer is more or less redundant when looking at the Photon redesign and customization.
FF57 doesn't autoplay videos if the tab isn't in focus, and there's an option in about:config to completely disable autoplay.
HTTPS Everywhere is available in the dev channel for FF57 beta and will be released concurrently with FF57.
Similarly, NoScript will be released in webext format when FF57 comes out mid-November. As a much more powerful alternative, uMatrix is available.
Nuke Anything Enhanced is available, as you noted.
I think you should weed out your list of extensions and get rid of the redundant ones. It is typically users with a ton (perhaps too many) of extensions that report stability issues on Firefox. I bet you've built up this list of addons over the years, and never weeded out any of them. Maybe it's time.
As far as I can see, all of the essential addons are either already available for FF57, or will be come mid-November.
You can continue to argue that all key combinations are close to other key combinations ad infinitum.
At some point you just have to slow down a teeny tiny bit, and not simply slam your clumsy meat mittens on the keyboard and hoping for a positive result.
Alternatively, you could enable "browser.showQuitWarning" in about:config. It'll pop up a warning if you accidentally press ctrl+shift+Q.
Unfortunately, Firefox is getting neutered with the release of version 57
Nonsense. It's migrating to a significantly safer plugin structure, with much better support for multithreading, and sane limits to how much extensions will be able to fuck up.
The vast majority of reported Firefox stability issues over the years have been because of shitty extensions.
Personally, I just took a good long look at which add-ons I had installed, and which ones I actually need. Basically only uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. You should try minimalism. It's fun, and less shit breaks.
I wouldn't mind going back to the simple web pages of yesteryear, stuff you can write in a simple text editor. Black text on a white background, blue underlined hyperlinks that turn purple when visited, simple formatting that respects your browser's default fonts and pages that degrade gracefully to slow connections and low-resolution devices.
My desktop is from 2010, and it still keeps up quite. To be fair, it's a 3.2GHz 6-core Phenom II with 16GB RAM, so reasonably high-end for the time, but I honestly think I could keep using it just fine for at least another 3-4 years, before noticing any shortcomings. The graphics card (GTX460) is its weakest point by far, once I upgraded to an SSD.
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Why both ABP and uBO? They overlap completely. Replace ABP with Privacy Badger instead.
You can add the title bar back through the UI customization.
It's almost as if you haven't actually made any effort, and jumped straight to baseless complaints instead.
You really should be using uBlock Origin instead of Adblock Plus. It's faster and doesn't allow ads to slip through if the ad company pays off the devs, like with ABP's "acceptable ads".
Regarding FireFTP, it simply seems like the developer is butthurt for no reason, which seems to be ridiculously common among geeks, probably somewhere on the spectrum, usually considering themselves "omnologists". Yes, some functionality is no longer available, because it could be used as an attack vector by malicious XUL extensions. If I may be so blunt: Use an actual FTP client instead.
For password editing, the API is being added probably to FF58 or possibly 59. Or they could be adding the functionality directly to the browser. You can edit the saved passwords already without an extension, but I assume you want to add new custom ones?
CookieCuller has been abandoned by the dev, but there are active maintained alternatives.
I have shares in Apple, so I definitely agree.
Buy more iPhones, people! ;-)
I'm running my SD-era consoles to a Bang & Olufsen BeoVision MX8000, in my mind the ultimate SD 4:3 format CRT TV, 28" of goodness. Two fully RGB-capable SCART ports master race etc.
I was a diehard Phoenix user way back since 0.1 in 2002, I defected to Chrome around Firefox 30-something around mid/late-2014, and I've been back on Firefox for a couple of months now since I was impressed at how good Firefox Quantum is looking (and I was getting fed up with Google's spying). I've probably installed, tried out and uninstalled more addons than most people ;-)
A hell of a lot of those extensions are completely redundant. Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger takes care of just about everything ad/privacy-related, perhaps with Decentraleyes on top to avoid tracking by JS hosting sites (including Google), and possibly speed up browsing.
That takes care of Adblock Latitude, Betterprivacy, Canvasblocker, Ghostery, Facebook Blocker, Stop Fingerprinting, Twitter Disconnect and Disconnect (Disconnect's filters can be added in uBlock Origin).
Classic Theme Restorer is more or less redundant when looking at the Photon redesign and customization.
FF57 doesn't autoplay videos if the tab isn't in focus, and there's an option in about:config to completely disable autoplay.
HTTPS Everywhere is available in the dev channel for FF57 beta and will be released concurrently with FF57.
Similarly, NoScript will be released in webext format when FF57 comes out mid-November. As a much more powerful alternative, uMatrix is available.
Nuke Anything Enhanced is available, as you noted.
I think you should weed out your list of extensions and get rid of the redundant ones. It is typically users with a ton (perhaps too many) of extensions that report stability issues on Firefox. I bet you've built up this list of addons over the years, and never weeded out any of them. Maybe it's time.
As far as I can see, all of the essential addons are either already available for FF57, or will be come mid-November.
You can continue to argue that all key combinations are close to other key combinations ad infinitum.
At some point you just have to slow down a teeny tiny bit, and not simply slam your clumsy meat mittens on the keyboard and hoping for a positive result.
Alternatively, you could enable "browser.showQuitWarning" in about:config. It'll pop up a warning if you accidentally press ctrl+shift+Q.
FF57 is one hell of a browser, way better than Chrome if you ask me (and with none of the tracking and spyware).
Your feeling would be wrong, then.
All of what you mention is still 100% possible.
Which extensions are you using currently, that will not be available for FF57?
Which extensions would that be?
Which extensions are those?
The shortcut is now ctrl+shift+Q in FF57, probably for exactly that reason.
Alternatively, you could try the current Firefox beta (57.0b12) and see just how mistaken you are. It's a wonderful browser, better than Chrome.
Firefox 57.0b12 on Windows 7, 15 tabs open, using less than 500MB.
You're right that something is wrong, but it probably isn't Firefox.
Unfortunately, Firefox is getting neutered with the release of version 57
Nonsense. It's migrating to a significantly safer plugin structure, with much better support for multithreading, and sane limits to how much extensions will be able to fuck up.
The vast majority of reported Firefox stability issues over the years have been because of shitty extensions.
Firefox Quantum (in beta now, to be released mid-November) is one hell of a browser. You really owe it to yourself to give it a go.
How in the world do you categorize those as "far left"?
That is only true if you're looking from a severely skewed right-wing perspective, and you think you're actually centrist.
Please demonstrate, if that is the case.
There are very good reasons for deprecating the old extension format, most noticeably security, stability and performance.
Personally, I just took a good long look at which add-ons I had installed, and which ones I actually need. Basically only uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger. You should try minimalism. It's fun, and less shit breaks.
But why? FF57 is such a gigantic improvement over previous versions, it's absolutely bonkers to not upgrade.
Just use uMatrix instead of NoScript, it's a lot more powerful.
I wouldn't mind going back to the simple web pages of yesteryear, stuff you can write in a simple text editor. Black text on a white background, blue underlined hyperlinks that turn purple when visited, simple formatting that respects your browser's default fonts and pages that degrade gracefully to slow connections and low-resolution devices.
HTML is for content, not styling.
My desktop is from 2010, and it still keeps up quite. To be fair, it's a 3.2GHz 6-core Phenom II with 16GB RAM, so reasonably high-end for the time, but I honestly think I could keep using it just fine for at least another 3-4 years, before noticing any shortcomings. The graphics card (GTX460) is its weakest point by far, once I upgraded to an SSD.