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Noscript with older Fiefox?
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 6:56 pm
by Guest
On an old PC I must use Firefox 48.0.2 due to CPU restrictions.
Noscript is 5.1.7
Question: is it possible to install (xpi) and use the new Noscript 10.x on this OLD Firefox? Or definitely not?
Thanks for a competent answer
Re: Noscript with older Fiefox?
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:03 pm
by barbaz
NoScript 10.x requires at least Firefox 57.
Re: Noscript with older Fiefox?
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:41 am
by Guest
Thanks, even if it makes me not happy.
Is it a standard for ALL new kind Add-ons, that they don't run on older Firefox before Quantum?
Re: Noscript with older Fiefox?
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:51 am
by therube
It is no standard, but Mozilla (as open as it is) is blocking all (new or revised) extensions that are not webextensions from AMO.
Re: Noscript with older Fiefox?
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 1:16 pm
by Pansa
Guest wrote:Thanks, even if it makes me not happy.
Is it a standard for ALL new kind Add-ons, that they don't run on older Firefox before Quantum?
Well backwards capability is not always possible.
If you are using an old Firefox build, how would that know how to handle methods that were only introduced afterwards. (In this case a whole different way of doing Addons to begin with)
Re: Noscript with older Fiefox?
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:28 pm
by Guest
Pansa wrote:Guest wrote:Thanks, even if it makes me not happy.
Is it a standard for ALL new kind Add-ons, that they don't run on older Firefox before Quantum?
Well backwards capability is not always possible.
If you are using an old Firefox build, how would that know how to handle methods that were only introduced afterwards. (In this case a whole different way of doing Addons to begin with)
If I understand this correct,
ANY new Add-On from AMO works together with older Firefox than FF57 Quantum. Right?
Even a local xpi-install of a new kind Add-On on an old Firefox won't work. Right?
(I could try and see what will happen
Re: Noscript with older Fiefox?
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:32 pm
by Guest
Sorry. It should be NO new Add-Ons
Re: Noscript with older Fiefox?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 5:50 pm
by Guest
Guest wrote:If I understand this correct,
NO new Add-On from AMO works together with older Firefox than FF57 Quantum. Right?
Even a local xpi-install of a new kind Add-On on an old Firefox won't work. Right?
(I could try and see what will happen
I tried the local xpi-instal of NoScript 10.1.2
As expected, it didn't work:
"Noscript could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox 48.0.2"
EOT