Re: add-ons for firefox

[Ryo ONODERA <ryo%tetera.org@localhost>]

Hi,

I have found that the search from "about:addons" page is broken.
You should search the addons from
https://addons.mozilla.org/ web site instead.

I have no good ideas how to fix the broken "about:addons" page
unless Mozilla adds NetBSD as their supported OS and
addon authors mark their addons as NetBSD ready.

JavaScript only addons should work with Firefox on NetBSD.
At least I can install
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock/
to my pkgsrc/www/firefox-72.0.1nb1 on NetBSD/amd64 9.99.39.
However I have not tested its functionality.

Thank you.

Jörn Clausen <joernc%googlemail.com@localhost> writes:

> Hi!
>
> Over the weekend I compiled www/firefox (72.0.1) on NetBSD 8.1/amd64,
> just to find out that I cannot install any add-ons. Does anybody have
> a work-around for this?
>
> The add-on page returns "invalid platform", and even a manually
> downloaded xpi file won't install any longer. I need at least ublock
> to actually use Firefox.
>
> There is some talk in the Mozilla fora, folks on other BSDs seem to
> have the same problem:
>
> https://github.com/mozilla/addons/issues/708
> https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/4610
>
> The list of supported platforms seems to be shortened to "Linux",
> "Windows", "Mac" and "Android":
>
> https://addons-server.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/api/addons.html#addon-detail-platform
>
> -- 
> Joern Clausen
> https://www.oe-files.de/photography/

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