compatibility with BackTrack Tab History addon

[sumyungguy]

Great addon!

Would be even better if I could use it with the "branching history submenus" feature in BackTrack Tab History:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/backtrack-tab-history

When I've installed BackForwardHistoryTweaks, I can't see the branching submenus anymore.

Thanks!

[DumbJoe]

How'd you even get that addon to work? That requires Firefox version 65 and the latest 1.7 version of this addon doesn't even work on Quantum.....

[sumyungguy]

@DumbJoe first, go backwards in time, in the usual way, to two years ago when I made that comment. Then, get the current versions of everything from that time, and... well, you can figure out the rest. I hope.

[DumbJoe]

...unless the author of that mod removed prior versions to that off their AMO page....and just left the current recent release of it.....

BTW, how is that addon coming along with you with this Back/Forward Tweak addon?

I googled for an equivalent addon that would work on quantum but nothing close comes to and that backtrack history mod is pretty far but still closer than nothing......

Unfortunately, according to the author of this mod, it cannot be ported to Quantum because the necessary API required don't exist....yet if they even will be.....

[sumyungguy]

It wasn't the author who removed it, Mozilla (the people who make Firefox) have recently deleted all non-Quantum legacy addons and prior versions from AMO.

That's why I said you just have to travel backwards in time. Once you do though, you'll find that Back/Forward History Tweaks is not compatible with branching submenus of BackTrack Tab History, just as it was(n't) in 2016... because you'll be in 2016.

If you prefer to remain in 2019 - though I'm not sure why you would, things were a lot better back then - you can use Back/Forward History Tweaks and/or BackTrack Tab History with Waterfox. Both are available in its Classic Add-on Archive. Since nothing has changed with this add-on since 2016, the branching submenus incompatibility between them is still present in the present, and seems likely remain so for the forseeable future. Probably the unforseeable future too.

[DumbJoe]

It wasn't the author who removed it, Mozilla (the people who make Firefox) have recently deleted all non-Quantum legacy addons and prior versions from AMO.

So where will the users of older firefox version go off to download their non-quantum compliance addons hm?

If you prefer to remain in 2019 - though I'm not sure why you would, things were a lot better back then -

Well it's kinda hard to stay back because everyone is like dropping support for older stuff like flies.......for example steam just recently dropped support for windows xp..... RIP ~100k XP users....... Plus some websites are broken using the older Firefox 52.9 ESR........

Since nothing has changed with this add-on since 2016, the branching submenus incompatibility between them is still present in the present, and seems likely remain so for the forseeable future. Probably the unforseeable future too.

Um, this was updated 4 months ago.......apparently....

Is there a hybrid Firefox browser that combines Quantum and legacy for 100% compatibility of all addons, assuming they're still downloadable from a 3rd party source since their original AMO will or is removed?

[mzso]

@DumbJoe commented on 2019. jan. 11. 17:59 CET:

It wasn't the author who removed it, Mozilla (the people who make Firefox) have recently deleted all non-Quantum legacy addons and prior versions from AMO.

So where will the users of older firefox version go off to download their non-quantum compliance addons hm?

I don't think this github issue section is a Q&A for those who are too lazy to luck up stuff on google.
But look up "classic add-ons archive".

Is there a hybrid Firefox browser that combines Quantum and legacy for 100% compatibility of all addons, assuming they're still downloadable from a 3rd party source since their original AMO will or is removed?

Impossible. The Quantum project started by removing stuff that old addons depend on.

[DumbJoe]

I don't think this github issue section is a Q&A for those who are too lazy to luck up stuff on google.

Maybe it's the wrong stuff? Or they were looking in the wrong place?

Impossible. The Quantum project started by removing stuff that old addons depend on.

Oh.....welll....shit....lol Guess I'll need to setup two browsers then....and use Firefox 52.9 ESR as my main but the Quantum version when sites are broken....for example Github, as it won't let me edit my own post on 52.9 ESR anymore....

The other thing Ive notice, though not sure if it's just me or affects all firefox uses, is that after a while Firefox just becomes so sluggish and unresponsive that clicking a link will take upwards of 30 seconds to register....as if I had an extreme latency issue playing a game.....but it's not a game and only simply web browsing....

Happens to both the legacy and Quantum browsers.....though the latter seems to be slightly more responsive.......and not as bad.......but still pretty uncomfortable to use....