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		notriddle on Nov 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla launches venture fund to fuel responsible ... Bringing back XUL extensions won't rescue Firefox, because removing XUL extensions is not what caused Firefox to lose marketshare in the first place. https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/108/556/56... Source for the "XUL Deprecated in August 2015" date: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2015/08/21/the-future-of-dev... Source for the browser stats over time: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrowserUsageShare.pn...

Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Nov 4, 2022 [–]

So what? XUL was a "technology that respect users" but was replaced because firefox needed to copy chrome.

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